By now most of us have seen Michael Bay’s sequel to Transformers – and can agree that it’s the legion of cool looking robots that steal the show, right?
There’s a point in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen when Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox are hiding out in an adobe hut from a host of Decepticons, [...]
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Pulp Science: Real (Scary) Transformer Tech
Pulp Science: Super Soldier Suits
The trailer for the upcoming G.I. Joe film includes this piece of titilating action flick dialogue:
“Standing in front of you are Delta Six Accelerator Suits.”
“What’s it accelerate?”
“You.”
Cue the DARPA stiffy.
This got me wondering if there’s any super soldier suits being developed now that can increase human strength, speed, and endurance… Because I always wanted to be a frakkin’ G.I. [...]
Greatest Commercial Ever: Evolution Through Robots
This is a Saturn commercial created by Scholz & Friends, an advertising agency in Berlin, Germany. I’ve watched it 18 times already (I highly recommend you watch it in HD!) It’s a brief summary of evolution, using robots — from a robotic bee, to a steampunk T-Rex, to a female humanoid cyborg (I don’t know what [...]
Pulp Science: Cyborg Soldiers Closer to Reality with Raytheon Sarcos Exoskeleton
Choose whatever sci-fi reference you want: Robocop, Iron Man, Terminator — the Raytheon Sarcos Exoskeleton is little of each, and could lead to a legion of half-man, half-machine storm troopers.
Built from a combination of sensors, actuators and controllers, the futuristic suit enables a user to easily carry a man on his back or lift 200 pounds [...]
