Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-172.250.98.20-20131022021621/@comment-98.239.192.193-20140101201138

"A couple hours" is the battery life of the NerveGear. The NerveGear system connects wirelessly to the Internet (as evidenced by the wireless indicator lights on the front of the head peice), and is connected to electricity via a power cord, with a limited battery back up. Rescue teams used the back up power time span to transport the users to hospitals where their bodies would be taken care of and reconnected the main power source when they arrived. Removing the NerveGear would result in immediate death, as would total power failure.