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  1. Don't forget... by yesthatmcgurk · · Score: 1 · on Army of Davids Beats Pentagon Procurement

    Vietnam was full of new and shiny tools for soldiers to use in combat. Stuff like microphones shaped like shit, dropped en masse over a jungle in an attempt to track VC movements, failed miserably. Some like night-vision goggles were huge successes. But while loading down soldiers with eventually useless gear is annoying in peace time, in time of war it can be deadly. Which is one of the reasons (other than bureaucracy, corruption, incompetence, etc) why the military takes these kinds of innovations slow. And thank God, seeing as how we've got maniacs like http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/media_archive/jan -11-2007_a.html this guy and his amazing seven-timezone-cock-cock running around trying to "help".

  2. Smegging Dupe by Droid+Rot · · Score: 1 · on Inventor Slims Down Exoskeletal Body Armor

    This guy has just ripped off the 'Hudzen' android from Red Dwarf series 3 "The Last Day"!!!

    Hudzen http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/deck06/images/image_bank /3-7l.jpg
    Trojan http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/images/hs/hs15587 62_1.jpg

  3. Here's an actual video for the picture sceptics. by Tsuki_no_Hikari · · Score: 1 · on Inventor Slims Down Exoskeletal Body Armor

    http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/media_archive/jan -11-2007_a.html

    While he showed no demonstrations of being hit with that suit, if it's like his bear suit, it'll hold up well.

  4. Re:WOW! Could it live up to his hype? by Fallen+Seraph · · Score: 1 · on Inventor Slims Down Exoskeletal Body Armor

    I saw a video demo of the suit yesterday actually. It has a built in fan in the front of the helmet too keep the area around your neck cool (and therefore, the rest of your body since there are so many arteries running through that area. To power it, the back of the helmet contains small power packs that are recharged by small solar cells on the back of the helmet.

    It's got a lot of other interesting features as well. I've never been in the military myself, but frankly it seems as if it's a lot more protective than anything I've seen a soldier in recently. And there's still that intimidation factor, because an invading force looks almost inhuman in suits like that.

    The video btw is here: http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/media_archive/jan -11-2007_a.html
    May take a while to load since the site is still getting hammered.

  5. Just look at that helmet by PayPaI · · Score: 1 · on Inventor Slims Down Exoskeletal Body Armor

    I bet Daft Punk has already signed up to buy two

  6. Re:WOW! Could it live up to his hype? by AKAImBatman · · Score: 2, Informative · on Inventor Slims Down Exoskeletal Body Armor
    Wouldn't want to be wearing one in the desert (jungle, etc), probably a reason why there is limited government interest. Unless this things has some sort of personal AC unit... but that would probably require portable energy beyound military logistical capabilies.

    In this video, he claims that the built-in AC unit is powered by powerpacks on the back of the helmet with solar recharging capability. (I presume the headlights are powered by the same packs.) FWIW, there are battery packs with extremely long field-use durability. Nothing incredible, but enough to keep the guy suited for an 8 hour mission before he has to visit the charger to swap battery packs.

    Getting back to the Yucca Mountain thread the other day, they *could* use some of that material for batteries that never die, or at least recharge themselves. Unfortunately, I doubt the military would want to take the chance of any radioisotopes getting into the hands of enemy combatants.
  7. Re:Move Further... by Scrameustache · · Score: 1 · on First Embryonic Stem Cell Clinical Trial Imminent

    This is why we have universities. The drug companies might get there first because they have larger budgets and a narrower focus, but independent research labs will make the discovery eventually.

    Well, ideally.
    Unfortunatly, they're in bed together. So it's not a given.

  8. Probably too late... but I did this!! by Sgs-Cruz · · Score: 1 · on Goodbye Global Warming!...Hello Terraforming?
    My name's Geoff Olynyk (currently 18 yrs old). I did almost the same thing as a science project three years ago, and last year...(see hereand here.


    I used blast furnace slag (magnesium and calcium sulphides and oxides, mostly) and reacted it a 6-tank vessel I built in my garage. I knew about this thing at Los Alamos and thought it was the coolest thing ever that I was doing the same research as the guys that built the first nuke.


    -Cruz