Japan robot suit offers hope for nuclear work

Neat!: Japan robot suit offers hope for nuclear work: http://phys.org/news/2012-10-japan-robot-nuclear.html "A robot suit entitled HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) is displayed at the Japan Robot Week exhibition in Tokyo. The brain wave-controlled robot suits that allow wearers to don heavy radiation protection without feeling the weight were unveiled in Japan." wonder it is related to HAL 9000 in Space Odyssey! :)

Also see: http://www.gizmag.com/japanese-first-responders-robotic-exoskeleton/24555/