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SCI-FI to SCI-FACT: Iron Man Suits

SCI-FI to SCI-FACT: Iron Man Suits

April 22, 2008 By Sam Sloan 3 Comments

And you thought Iron Man was all fiction. Well, think again! A company called Cyberdyne Inc. will go into production to make the Sacros XOS Exoskeleton suit that will give humans, normally incapable of such feats, the ability to lift weights exceeding two-hundred pounds or more — ENDLESSLY!


[Image courtesy of LiveScience]

Evidently the “machine suit” (which is really a slick-down version of the apparatus seen in the Alien films in the cargo bay and dubbed HAL — “hybrid assistive limb”) will mimic and follow any movement from its user (or wearer), only it can move at nearly a thousand times per second, according to its developer. It operates from its central brain, a computer built into the metallic suit. The computer has the capability to monitor the user’s movements up to that thousand times per second mark and greatly amplify the human user’s normal strength through its robot-like exo-skeleton and portable power-pack.

Production is geared to begin as early as October of this year according to Cyberdyne Inc. The design of HAL originated from Japanese researchers.

Filed Under: Technology News Tagged With: Sci-Fi to Sci-Fact

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Comments

  1. Bronzethumb (from Australia) says

    April 22, 2008 at 5:09 am

    Cyberdyne?

    Oh crap…

    Reply
  2. Zippy says

    April 22, 2008 at 5:14 am

    Cyberdyne? HAL? I really want to call bullshit on this, though I have seen this on TV I do recall that the biggest problem with the suit is creating a PPP that will last more than a few hours with recharging.

    Reply
  3. tim and darcy low says

    April 22, 2008 at 7:43 pm

    wow cool! but i always wondered something. ironman could ever go out if it was raining or something. and in winter it would be soo cold in those suits.

    😛

    darcy

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