Comments on: PUMA’s digitigrade soccer cyborgs http://hplusbiopolitics.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/pumas-digitigrade-soccer-cyborgs/ A blog concerning technologies that modify human minds and bodies, plus the laws and regulations that govern their usage in society. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:15:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: K-Ro http://hplusbiopolitics.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/pumas-digitigrade-soccer-cyborgs/#comment-754 K-Ro Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:59:46 +0000 http://hplusbiopolitics.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-754 I'm late to the game for your essay, but I think the problem that I have with ads that depict some kind of futuristic look at the game of football is that they go too far. The sport has a heritage and a pedigree that shouldn't be lost in treatments that shoe a speculative future - its like undermining the sport itself. I saw an ad that showed a defender cloning into 4 defenders...uh...ok...isn't that illegal in the game? The games rules are sacrosanct and wouldn't evolve to accommodate something like that. Might as well just pick the ball up and run with it. At that point it ceases to be football but becomes something else. I’m late to the game for your essay, but I think the problem that I have with ads that depict some kind of futuristic look at the game of football is that they go too far. The sport has a heritage and a pedigree that shouldn’t be lost in treatments that shoe a speculative future – its like undermining the sport itself.

I saw an ad that showed a defender cloning into 4 defenders…uh…ok…isn’t that illegal in the game? The games rules are sacrosanct and wouldn’t evolve to accommodate something like that. Might as well just pick the ball up and run with it. At that point it ceases to be football but becomes something else.

]]> By: warpig http://hplusbiopolitics.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/pumas-digitigrade-soccer-cyborgs/#comment-595 warpig Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:49:12 +0000 http://hplusbiopolitics.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-595 These bionic limbs do not appear to mechanically interface with the body in any way, as they simply replace the pelvis and limbs that attach to it --- I have only seen this ad a few times, but I seem to remember there being a scene, right near the beginning, where this extension is fitted much like robotic trousers - the body slides into it, more like a suit than a prosthetic. It appears more to enhance what is there than to create any force or power. It perhaps aids the body in selecting the proper trajectory? Like... angles required etc? I don't know. I just thought it would be worth adding here. I am probably incorrect in my assumptions though so feel free to disregard :P I love this ad with a passion. Those legs just look so damn cool. I want a pair. :D These bionic limbs do not appear to mechanically interface with the body in any way, as they simply replace the pelvis and limbs that attach to it

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I have only seen this ad a few times, but I seem to remember there being a scene, right near the beginning, where this extension is fitted much like robotic trousers – the body slides into it, more like a suit than a prosthetic. It appears more to enhance what is there than to create any force or power. It perhaps aids the body in selecting the proper trajectory? Like… angles required etc? I don’t know. I just thought it would be worth adding here. I am probably incorrect in my assumptions though so feel free to disregard :P

I love this ad with a passion. Those legs just look so damn cool. I want a pair. :D

]]> By: Joshua http://hplusbiopolitics.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/pumas-digitigrade-soccer-cyborgs/#comment-549 Joshua Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:59:26 +0000 http://hplusbiopolitics.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-549 <blockquote>i wish you wrote more…</blockquote> I'm still here, so I could always help you out if there was something more you wanted to know. Also, note that the speed record I gave here was the average speed over 200m. Usain Bolt, at the 2008 Summer Olympics, was running at about 45 km/h at one instant during his record-breaking 100m sprint.

i wish you wrote more…

I’m still here, so I could always help you out if there was something more you wanted to know.

Also, note that the speed record I gave here was the average speed over 200m. Usain Bolt, at the 2008 Summer Olympics, was running at about 45 km/h at one instant during his record-breaking 100m sprint.

]]> By: Niket Ruparelia http://hplusbiopolitics.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/pumas-digitigrade-soccer-cyborgs/#comment-544 Niket Ruparelia Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:07:21 +0000 http://hplusbiopolitics.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-544 hey, your not being over critical. i have to write an essay about this ad, anaylzing it and stuff so your comments really helped me out. i wish you wrote more... hey, your not being over critical. i have to write an essay about this ad, anaylzing it and stuff so your comments really helped me out. i wish you wrote more…

]]> By: leftback92 http://hplusbiopolitics.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/pumas-digitigrade-soccer-cyborgs/#comment-216 leftback92 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:30:18 +0000 http://hplusbiopolitics.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-216 Personally, I wouldn't want to watch a football match that has people on metal legs. Not that I have anything against prosthetics, but because I think it takes away from the nature of the game. Granted, this isn't what the post was about...but still.... Personally, I wouldn’t want to watch a football match that has people on metal legs. Not that I have anything against prosthetics, but because I think it takes away from the nature of the game. Granted, this isn’t what the post was about…but still….

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