Is Judgement Day coming soon?

If you’re a Terminator fan, you’ll probably be shocked to know that there’s a real-life Cyberdyne company. In the Terminator canon, Cyberdyne is the company responsible for bringing the end of the world via the creation of Skynet, the computer network that takes over all systems and brings about Judgement Day.

And now, the real-life Cyberdyne company has announced the creation of a robotic suit…

Called HAL or short for Hybrid Assitive Limb, the suit works by getting nerve signals from the skin

Here’s the description for the Cyberdyne website:

When a person attempts to move, nerve signals are sent from the brain to the muscles via motoneuron, moving the musculoskeletal system as a consequence. At this moment, very weak biosignals can be detected on the surface of the skin. “HAL” catches these signals through a sensor attached on the skin of the wearer. Based on the signals obtained, the power unit is controlled to move the joint unitedly with the wearer’s muscle movement, enabling to support the wearer’s daily activities. This is what we call a ‘voluntary control system’ that provides movement interpreting the wearer’s intention from the biosignals in advance of the actual movement. Not only a ‘voluntary control system’ “HAL” has, but also a ‘robotic autonomous control system’ that provides human-like movement based on a robotic system which integrally work together with the ‘autonomous control system’. “HAL” is the world’s first cyborg-type robot controlled by this unique Hybrid System.

I wonder if they’ll make a machine that can send things to the past to rectify our wrongs. Oh well…