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  • Inventor broke after Trojan fails to catch fire [full body armor exoskeleton for the troops a bust]

    02/08/2007 1:37:23 AM PST · by LibWhacker · 127 replies · 6,055+ views
    Hamilton Spectator ^ | 2/7/07 | Wade Hemsworth
    Troy Hurtubise is facing eviction after his Trojan invention flopped.Troy Hurtubise really put everything he had into his bulletproof combat suit. He spent two years and tens of thousands of dollars developing the Trojan, hoping to sell it to the Canadian or American armed forces, or to another friendly government. Now he's broke. Last month, he promised the Trojan would give soldiers in the field affordable, lightweight protection from bullets and bombs alike. He had worked all kinds of extras into the body armour: a ventilation system and multiple lights in the helmet, pepper spray that could shoot from the...