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Nerdcore Rap + ’80s Action Movies = Friday Videos

If you have a love for ’80s action flicks like I do, dig this: nerdcore rappers DJ Mayhem and MC Mouthmaster Murf of the band The Anomalies have followed up their Amazing Predator Rap with the Amazing Robocop Rap.
Both videos are below and make for perfect it’s-Friday-screw-this-office-job viewing.
ROBOCOP   “I’m not arresting you anymore.”

PREDATOR   “I [...]

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, [...]