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. [...]
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Pulp Science: Super Soldier Suits
Geektastic Links for January 19th, 2009
8 Year Old Becomes World’s Youngest IT Professional! - When I was his age I was playing with GI Joes and fighting with my brothers over who got to play the next game of Mega Man. What a show off.
First Peek into Warehouse 13 — The SciFi Channel’s new original series, to debut in July 2009, [...]
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 [...]
Pulp Science: Robot Suit Hal Elicits Tears of Joy from Geeks Everywhere
Cyberdyne’s Robot Suit HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) is “a cyborg-type robot that can expand and improve physical capability.” Cool. Guess what else it improves? My chances at being a superhero!
Can any comic book nerd look at this suit without thinking of all those times (s)he cried himself to sleep, wishing (s)he was Iron Man? Dude, [...]
