09-21-2010, 09:49 AM
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I think the building is already up and the gov't is funding it with additional partners that will contribute to the already existing project.
I think it sounds cool. I always thought once fiber optics got better they would be used for things like this. Traditional wires would never do. The next trick is to make it work, then make it commonplace and priced so everyone gets the 'good limbs' and not just the elite few $$.
Quote:The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is funding the $5.6 million center with industry partners as part of its Centers in Integrated Photonics Engineering Research (CIPhER) project, which aims to dramatically improve the lives of the large numbers of military amputees returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
I think it sounds cool. I always thought once fiber optics got better they would be used for things like this. Traditional wires would never do. The next trick is to make it work, then make it commonplace and priced so everyone gets the 'good limbs' and not just the elite few $$.
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