On May 04 2010 18:33 ayadew wrote:
On another note

Why does war have to be one of the prime motivators to advance science? A lot is very wrong with that.

If it wasn't for war, we would be nowhere near as technologically advanced as we are.

Funchucks

Canada2113 Posts

May 04 2010 13:26 GMT

#45

On May 04 2010 22:15 jamaZn wrote:
technology is moving so fast damn

This is not all that fancy. It is pretty much selective cauterization.

They put a dye in the wound, and the laser heats the dye faster than the surrounding tissue, even passing through the tissue somewhat. By putting the dye on the bits you want to stick together, you can basically melt/cook the surfaces of the cut tissue back together. Now instead of a gaping wound, you've got a thin, deep burn.

You still have to clean the wound and push stuff against each other that needs to connect together. This is just a replacement for stitches.

DeCoup

Australia1933 Posts

May 04 2010 13:30 GMT

#46

Was clearly fake since the page has been removed.

sLiniss

United States849 Posts

May 04 2010 14:06 GMT

#47

LOL THIS IS HILARIOUS. AHHHH

The epicness of this news justifies ALL CAPS

kickinhead

Switzerland2069 Posts

May 04 2010 14:07 GMT

#48

futuristic indeed. ^^'

Rabiator

Germany3948 Posts

May 04 2010 14:13 GMT

#49

There are experiments for bio-mechanic-implants and exoskeletons, so a "combat suit" as shown in the cinematic trailer seems possible some time in the future. The research is done under the cover of "humanitarian aid" for soldiers who have lost a limb during fighting, but do we trust the US Army to stick to those only if they see an advantage?
Some english Professor already had a chip implanted into one of his arms to control a roboter with it. Sadly I havent found his name yet.
And last but not least there is a "Hirnschrittmacher" (Pacemaker for the brain ... no idea how to translate it) for people with Parkinson disease AND about two years ago some company demonstrated their first attempts to invent a "brain guided computer control" (worn like a crown) at the E3 ... which - if added together - connect brains and computers with each other.

All of these give me a bad feeling for the future, because isolated and not abused they are nice, but added together they pretty much end up as RoboCop or The Matrix as worst case scenarios. I intend not to be around when humanity screws up that big; luckily the required energy would probably make them more or less impractical right now now.

Hesmyrr

Canada5776 Posts

May 04 2010 14:16 GMT

#50

On May 04 2010 22:30 DeCoup wrote:
Was clearly fake since the page has been removed.

It still works for me though O.O
Does the link really invisible to those with Australian IP?

OPSavioR

Sweden1465 Posts

May 04 2010 14:17 GMT

#51

Green lantern!

See.Blue

United States2673 Posts

May 04 2010 14:18 GMT

#52

I love how the light is even green

RawrAnOcean

United States359 Posts

May 04 2010 14:22 GMT

#53

With healing becoming so efficiently and rapid, now I can be even more reckless and not worry about a thing. Kinda like Starship troopers where the commander can throw a knife into the guys hand and not have to really worry about the consequences since healing was so good in the movie.

Floophead_III

United States1832 Posts

May 04 2010 14:27 GMT

#54

Now we just need a suit with a grenade launcher on it....

DorF

Sweden961 Posts

May 04 2010 14:33 GMT

#55

awesome

Adeeler

United Kingdom764 Posts

May 04 2010 14:36 GMT

#56

This technology has been around for a bit, also they use magnets to help heal hard to heal bones and things.

pyr0ma5ta

United States458 Posts

May 04 2010 15:01 GMT

#57

TF2 and SC2 both have healing beams. About time life reflected art.

m0rra

Estonia29 Posts

May 04 2010 15:07 GMT

#58

Meh, who knows? Maybe game designers at Blizzard heard about this super-secret technology long time ago and decided to incorporate it into the game at government request to make the youth more susceptible to fight in a space war versus highly advanced aliens and a bug race.
*tin foil hat - ON!*