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TheFogan@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Isn’t the obvious problem whatever your arm lifts, the rest of your body has to support? an “arm” alone attached to a frail human body would pretty quickly hit its limits, and lifting 1000 lbs is basically giant exo skelleton level.

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snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
This is why the 6 Million Dollar Man was such a farse.

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- TheFogan@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Don’t think I’ve ever really watched it, but yeah his legs and arms were both enhanced, but if he were to ever do something like pick up a car or something, you’d likely expect his spine to snap unless he used some kind of leverage.
  
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