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These are like two tall canes with forearm-supporting handles that
come all the way down to elbow level, meant for walking on steep
terrain, over streams etc. the elbow supports would make it
unnecessary to waste any energy hanging onto the canes as they
would be strapped to your forearms. And
you could put your weight
either on your elbows or adaptively on your shoulders. It would be
sort of like walking in a trench and pushing yourself along using both
hands on the lips of the trench. Praying Mantis Leg Arms.
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Yay, and in a pinch you could pray too! Nice visual JHC.+ |
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+ It's good, and love the title, too. |
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This is much less good an idea than I thought it would
be. |
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What I want are proper praying mantis arms. I'm
imagining a carbon-fibre arm, about as long as my
real forearm, fixed to a hinge that's attached to a
glove that goes on my real hand. The new arm is
normally folded back to lie alongside my real
forearm. |
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A wire-and-pulley system is such that, when I extend
my real forearm, the carbon-fibre extension arm
whips out, praying-mantishly. |
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Proper praying mantis arms would involve bone grafts, not cf add-ons. |
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Now, [pocmloc], no need to bite his head off. |
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