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Ben
April 8, 2019 at 5:53 pm
I think I would trust a rope more then a bunch of (sensitive electronics)
Masterofthemash
April 8, 2019 at 6:07 pm
next thing you know someone becomes doc ock
Rurushu
April 8, 2019 at 6:13 pm
next thing you know we all become cyborgs under our lord Elon Musk
jeffrey dahmere
April 8, 2019 at 10:38 pm
not bad
Louis Y
April 9, 2019 at 1:04 am
Dumb and unnecessary. A pole and tether cable addresses his use cases
Danish Joshi
April 9, 2019 at 1:50 am
Smart phones were dumb(the irony) and unnecessary too. The telegraphs worked just fine. Heck pigeons were fine too.
Louis Y
April 9, 2019 at 2:14 am
Danish Joshi solution to a problem that doesn’t exist. his use case is pure lack of understanding of the real world. come back here in 10 years. you then realized your dumb comment
Sumit Saini
April 9, 2019 at 2:35 am
Dr. Octopus Origin Story…
Rafal Molak
April 9, 2019 at 6:47 am
It’s not innovation and it’s not new…. Dr. Octopus used this tech for years now.