Military Exoskeletons
It's true that science fiction often predicts the future. I just finished reading Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein, a military sci-fi adventure that takes place in earth's future. The troopers, the equivalents of today's infantry, wear technologically advanced suits that allow them to run at 40mph, jump to the height of 10 story buildings, carry extremely heavy loads, and do all this while keeping in constant communication with their comrades. I was amazed to hear just a few days ago that the U.S. military is developing a similiar suit for its own armed forces.
The suit is being described as an exoskeleton that will increase a soldier's capability to run, carry equipment, and spot the enemy. Several technologies are being tested to power the suit such as deforming magnets and pneumatic muscles. Whatever they use needs to operate silently. The suits are still in development and many obstacles need to be overcome before they will be field ready.
posted by Brian at 1/26/2007 03:03:00 PM
7 Comments:
Some people may think that it'll good for war and whatnot, but I think it'll be great for catching sasquatches...
Oh, man, you could run circles around a sasquatch with one of those suits. Like taking candy from a baby.
more like taking candy from a sasquatch if you know what I mean.
i just saw a nice tv commercial for a type of BROWN dried meat. some young, unruly men were harassing a very large, BROWN saquatch. they found the sasquatch asleep on the ground. they then dipped the sasquatch's hand in some warm water. this caused the sasquatch's urinary bladder to empty which caused a lot of giggling and snickering by the unruly young men. the giggling stopped when the sasquatch began to pound unpon them with small tree he had unrooted in anger.
i hope you enjoyed that story. i know i did!
yours,
the brown master
sorry about the typos in the above comment. there's nothing i hate more than trying to type!
You should give up your career as a doctor and follow your literary genius. Great story, brown master.
You should give up your career as a doctor and follow your literary genius. Great story, brown master.
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