Power Armor? Possable?

[redeclipse]

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=real-life-iron-man-exoskeleton


your thoughts?

 

[John47]

a

 

[Guffe]

I heard about a similar thing but that was a mecha type exoskeleton so it was a bit bigger. Sounds cool and all but I wouldn't want 100 Iron men flying around in the sky battling over who's the best. Also, expensive...

 

[AcacianLeaves]

Your spelling made part of my brain hurt.

However you posted a cool article so I will forgive you this once. Feel honored!

I think it's not only possible but inevitable. We simply need to develop a material lightweight yet sturdy enough to justify the expense.

EDIT: Wait...Cyberdyne? CYBERDYNE?!? Goddammit someone call Sarah Connor, this shit is not going to end well.

EDIT 2: You have got to be fucking kidding me. They named the exoskeleton HAL? HAL?!?!

 

[Fusionxl]

Power armor is definitely possible and I don't think it would be very difficuly to engineer one ( as the HAL exoskeleton is already working ), but the main problem is energy. One does not run a 500kg walking car on two AAA batteries.

 

[Ironic Pirate]

In terms of looks I prefer that one anti-bear suit of armour, but this looks pretty awesome too.

Holy shit, what if we could get them to fight each other? It could be a reality show!

 

[Motoko Minato]

I want to see this, then I can have, at least, a chance at being like Nomad, from Crysis, using maximum strength and throwing North Koreans everywhere!

 

[John47]

a

 

[BlindTom]

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=real-life-iron-man-exoskeleton


your thoughts?

it's a nanosuit still not power armor
also i got messaged and i mistaken china with japan so my thoughts are that this is apocaliptic seriously it enhances strengh so what next cell regeneration suits? because if a suit alters your strenght then that means it alters your cells or muscles or stuff lol well it alters your body so there can be speed suits,armor suits,regeneration suits upcoming next in my oppinion and just imagine if someone would ask why are you making these suits and for what jobs they would just answer simply war probably

Somebody already mentioned power consumption and that seems to be the major problem. I'm curious about the weight to range ratio of the "batteries." It would seem that rather than limiting overall operation range excessive power consumption would limit carrying capacity over longer distances since they could carry spare batteries. Combat application is a whole different matter though, I don't know anything about shooting guys so meh.

 

[Duskwaith]

damn it looks like all these threads about power armour started today after my whats with power armour in rts games thread lol i think it's shit because it's made by the japanese and they don't care for quality but for how much units of anything are produced

I think you are thinking of the Chinese. The Japense do create alot of well made goods.

As for power armour, if they could have a power pack of reasonable size to power the thing then maybe it would be a good idea but how would you fit through standard sized doors?

Never mind being a giant bullet/RPG magnet. The resulting forces might not penatrate the actual exoskeleton but they would sure cause massive damage to the occupant.

 

[John47]

a

 

[Broady Brio]

Possible?

Just that it won't be as durable as it is portrayed in the Fallout series.

 

[Kingstome]

I heard about this a long time ago, when they were still testing their prototype. Guess now they are ready to start selling the things.

Also, their company and product name freaked me out the first time I heard about it too.

 

[silver wolf009]

Possible, intriging what can be done with technology when it gets worked on but im still waiting for my jetpack first.

 

[Albino Boo]

The problem with the whole power armor concept is that an armored vehicle will always carry more firepower with great mobility. If you developed a power source that makes power armor feasible applying the same technology to a tank will produced better results. Imagine a M1 doing 100 mph with a gun of twice the range.

 

[Sgt Doom]

Certainly feasible with regards to current developments, but it'll be quite a while before a sufficient power source is developed, and a while after that before it's mass-producible.

The problem with the whole power armor concept is that an armored vehicle will always carry more firepower with great mobility. If you developed a power source that makes power armor feasible applying the same technology to a tank will produced better results. Imagine a M1 doing 100 mph with a gun of twice the range.

A power-armoured human won't be significantly larger than a normal person, and more mobile than a tank. A tank will certainly be faster, though it can't go in the same places as a person can.

 

[HeySeansOnline]

i think it's shit because it's made by the japanese and they don't care for quality but for how much units of anything are produced

Not to sound like a troll or some griefer but weren't the Japanese beat out by US overproducing units?

 

[PurpleSky]

Am I the only one here who knows about the american exoskeleton for infantry??? These aren't a big deal, they just need to get bigger and cooler to impress.

 

[hannan4mitch]

Your spelling made part of my brain hurt.

However you posted a cool article so I will forgive you this once. Feel honored!

I think it's not only possible but inevitable. We simply need to develop a material lightweight yet sturdy enough to justify the expense.

EDIT: Wait...Cyberdyne? CYBERDYNE?!? Goddammit someone call Sarah Connor, this shit is not going to end well.

EDIT 2: You have got to be fucking kidding me. They named the exoskeleton HAL? HAL?!?!

If the power armor gets a big red eye-thing, then I'll be scared...

 

[Duskwaith]

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Im pretty sure the army would have access to better facilities and were more than likely the ones behind the original prototypes. Theres even a video of the US military's exoskeleton which is pretty far ahead in actually being a viable product in terms of useage.

Would make sense to see them as much as a military aid as a civilian aid