Cyberdyne said to be mass producing $4,200 HAL robotic suit

Years after the HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) suit first debuted, it seems that Cyberdyne's pride and joy is about to get really real. According to a report over at HPlus Magazine, the company is linking up with Daiwa House in order to "begin mass production" of the cybernetic bodysuit. You already know what it does -- inflates the ego, boosts your strength and scores you loads of nerd dates -- but here's the crucial part: $4,200. Of course, there's no hard date on when the first of the 400 annual units produced will be made available, but we'd probably get up with someone about a pre-order if you're serious about going bionic.

[Thanks, Phil]

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 12th 2009 11:48PM]

Two things:
1) Sign me up. I'd totally rock that in a heartbeat! Especially for $4200.
2) I wonder if Nintendo's going to get up-in-arms about the oddly Wii-esque color scheming. ;)

[Stereobot Posted Apr 13th 2009 12:29PM]

The article says the suit helps increase your strength by 10 fold, but how does it keep your wrists from snapping/ dislocating/ dismembering when carrying the increased load?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 13th 2009 8:40PM]

Watch the video over on youtube of it. It's all in how you lift things.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 8:15AM]

SaWEET!!!! I'm "consolidating debt" here pretty soon, anyway... I'll just take out an extra five grand... It's really not that bad. Seriously. And I'd like it in a matte black finish, please. With red lights, instead of blue ones.

[rudolphe Posted Apr 13th 2009 10:57AM]

Shit dude if this thing is really $4200 i'll be holding off on buying a new house, buying one of these, then building a house on my own!

[Digital1 Posted Apr 15th 2009 1:20PM]

This is literally 10 tons of delight...I wonder:
1) Does it come on black.
2) Can I wrap it in a sweet body suit and thus effectively be more awesome by 3000%