Hardiman I Exoskeleton

Re:Hardiman I Exoskeleton by fernly on Sunday May 29, 2016 @11:56PM (#11799460)

Made me think of Heinlein's story "Waldo" [1] which featured mechanical manipulators controlled by motions of the operator's hand and fingers. I thought, oho, this is where Heinlein got the idea! But no! "Waldo" was published in 1942. Perhaps inspiration ran the other way.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldo_(short_story)

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Re:Hardiman I Exoskeleton by grkvlt on Monday May 30, 2016 @04:19AM (#11800222)

Ah, I had always assumed Waldo was an acronym or initialism of some kind; checking wikipedia shows they are named after the Heinlein story you mention!

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Re:Hardiman I Exoskeleton by hollander on Monday May 30, 2016 @04:24AM (#11800241)

Is WALL-E named after him? I know that's an acronym for "Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class", but I bet it's no coincidence.

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Re:Hardiman I Exoskeleton by shrikant on Monday May 30, 2016 @02:22AM (#11799868)

Oooh, interesting.

There's an episode of the TV show Black Mirror called "The Waldo Moment", which features an arrogant animated puppet that's entirely controlled by the motions of the operator's hand and fingers.

I reckon this bit was clearly a reference to the Heinlein short story.

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