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US army develops robotic suits (Video Included)
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| 4-17-08
| Rajesh Mirchandani
Posted on 04/17/2008 11:03:57 AM PDT by AngryCapitalist
On the big screen, films like Robocop, Universal Soldier and forthcoming release Iron Man show man-machines with superhuman powers. But in Utah they are turning science fiction into reality.
We are at a research facility on the outskirts of Salt Lake City, ringed by beautiful snow-capped mountains. Once they held the Winter Olympics here; now they are testing endurance in other ways.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: usarmy; xos
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Althoigh it is a prototype, its still cool as hell.
To: AngryCapitolist
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posted on
04/17/2008 11:05:03 AM PDT
by
MrB
(You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
To: AngryCapitolist
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posted on
04/17/2008 11:06:49 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(Do we really want Huma answering the White House phone at 3 AM?)
To: MrB
Mech Warrior anyone?
Only if they scale it up by a factor of 10.
Still, I want!
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posted on
04/17/2008 11:08:37 AM PDT
by
Dr.Zoidberg
(Mohammedanism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
To: humblegunner
No more forklifts.
Just strap on the suit and load up the conex.
When you are done, put each conex on your shoulder and carry them over to the trucks.
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posted on
04/17/2008 11:11:08 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: AngryCapitolist
To: AngryCapitolist
Strangely enough, I know the software engineer in the suit. He’s a heck of a basketball player too.
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posted on
04/17/2008 11:15:31 AM PDT
by
Andyman
(The truth shall make you freep.)
To: AngryCapitolist
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posted on
04/17/2008 11:19:19 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: AngryCapitolist
Juan Rico, report to your Mobile Infantry unit!
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posted on
04/17/2008 11:23:05 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Code Pink should guard against creating stereotypes in the Mincing Community." --Titan Magroyne)
To: AngryCapitolist
MECHA-nized warfare?
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posted on
04/17/2008 11:23:16 AM PDT
by
pogo101
To: Slings and Arrows
All right you gorillas, listen up...
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posted on
04/17/2008 11:27:58 AM PDT
by
magslinger
(cranky right-winger)
To: AngryCapitolist
Great, so how bout spending some of the R&D on figuring out how to permanently defeat those primitive roadside bombs.
High tech has alot of wow factor but is useless in the grit of warfare.
Without those rather basic kevlar vests, we’d have thousands more dead against the “backward” Arab insurgents.
Keep it simple.
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posted on
04/17/2008 11:35:24 AM PDT
by
stravinskyrules
(Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?)
To: AngryCapitolist
Some of the early civilian applications will be in hospitals and nursing homes. A tiny nurses’ aid will be able to move the heaviest patient with ease.
To: springtime4hillary
The Japanese one looks even more improved, not so lanky.
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posted on
04/17/2008 11:51:55 AM PDT
by
Larebil
(My name is liberal backwards, since they backwards thinking)
To: AngryCapitolist
Troy Hurtubise would kick everybody's butt...
To: AngryCapitolist
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posted on
04/17/2008 11:56:51 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(I always rely on God and Guns in that order)
To: AngryCapitolist
Here's a link to a news report on the exoskeleton from a Utah tv station:
Link This video also shows where the company wants to go with this and the possible look of future suits. Very cool.
To: snarks_when_bored
Looks like a cross between teletubbies and power rangers.
To: Freedom with Responsibility
(laugh) Troy’s da bomb! His bearsuit videos are some of the funniest videos I’ve ever seen...
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