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While it ’s a shame that the Fukushima disastercould well have been prevented , you’re able to only dwell on the past for so long . If Japan is to move on from this disaster , the Fukushima deftness must hail down . But how does one disassemble such a highly radioactive structure ? One inquiry squad skip the root involves this new generation of radiation sickness - shielding , strength - magnifying exo - suits .
https://gizmodo.com/its-official-the-fukushima-disaster-was-totally-avoida-5951343
The Hybrid Assistive Limb , or HAL — yes , like the malevolent computer from 2001 — is the handiwork of the Cyberdyne Corporation — yes , like the vicious computer company from T2 — and is in no way dastardly . Quite the diametric actually .
See , the Fukushima works has irradiation levels floating at about 1,000μSv ( micro sievert ) in its “ red-hot ” spots , down from a high gear of 400,000μSv last year . Then how do you get clean-living up crew into those areas ? So far the response has been to have them don 130 - pound Tungsten vests to protect their intimate organs from spontaneous cookery . The ( obvious ) problem is that these vest are a huge impediment towards doing any kind of meaningful manual labor .
For Yoshiyuki Sankai , prof of engineering at the University of Tsukuba , and his team the solvent is simple : build up HAL , a thought - controlled cybernetic exosuit , to not only support the exploiter under his 59Kg albatross of protective cogwheel but also furnish added radiation resistance and , oh yeah , deed over him superhuman enduringness while they ’re at it .
The 5 - foot grandiloquent courting itself weighs 50 pounds and is power by a worn 100V AC battery , which provides nearly three time of day of run time on a single charge . The user commands his wooing via Cyberdyne ’s Cybernic Voluntary Control ( Bio - Cybernic Control System ) . It reads faint electrical signals on the cutis present when nerve signals fire , telling your body to say stand up or walk , via a specialized , worn sensor . The courtship interprets these signal , compares them to a database of known signals to effectively anticipating the user ’s intention , and set off the powered joints to help the crusade , thus man and simple machine move as one and it takes much less musculus power to move about . What ’s more , a series of sports fan inside the suit will help oneself keep the user cool while an onboard computing machine will monitor his respiration and heart charge per unit for sign of fatigue .
Cyberdyne recently uncover the previous version of this suit at the Japan Robot Week last Thursday . While there are already 300 HAL units in use at 130 hospitals and hospices across Japan , there is no word yet on whether the Radi - HAL will be tap for the Fukushima cleanup . [ Wikipedia – Cyberdyne – Inhabitat ]
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