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Aliens - Ripley in payloader vs. xenomorph queen I remember seeing something simliar to the G.E. Hardiman in this 1980s sci-fi movie ...
1 posted on 01/15/2013 7:18:35 PM PST by DogByte6RER
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Lots more photos and tech drawings of the G.E. Hardiman at:

http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=2656

http://www.retronaut.com/2013/01/the-general-electric-exoskeleton/


2 posted on 01/15/2013 7:20:42 PM PST by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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the suit has never been the problem, the power supply on the hand...
6 posted on 01/15/2013 7:32:08 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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This led to a visit to the emergency room.

9 posted on 01/15/2013 8:01:40 PM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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There were a lot of articles about things like this in Popular Science in the 1960’s. Then it ll all disappeared for decades. perhaps because the government research grants were cut off.


10 posted on 01/15/2013 9:26:45 PM PST by wideminded
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that’s where john got his idea for the forklift suit in Aliens.


11 posted on 01/15/2013 10:39:50 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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