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Power Suit Promises Super-Human Strength

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the robocop-coming-soon dept.

anthemaniac writes "LiveScience is reporting out of NextFest on a Japanese-built power suit that amplifies the strength of its wearer. The onboard computer is hooked up to sensors that monitor natural movements, then it inflates cuffs to boost lifting power. The Power Assist Suit could be used by hospital workers to move heavy patients, the researchers say."

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  1. Let me be the first to say... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let the Mech Wars BEGIN!

  2. Let's get them all out of the way by Nova+Express · · Score: 5, Funny
    1. What could possibly go wrong?
    2. I for one welcome our new power-suited overlords!
    3. Does it transform into a semitruck?
    4. Put Rico's Roughnecks on standbye.
    5. Now we need to find a whining Japanese teenage boy who will be required to share living quarters with lots of hot girl and who be the only one who can pilot the mech to save the world.
    6. All hail our giant cyborg President! May death come quickly to his enemies!

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  3. Yeah yeah, patients etc. by Colin+Smith · · Score: 5, Funny

    My question is where are the dual minigun mounts?

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  4. Oh my god by CaffeineAddict2001 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If this suit gets a short while somebody is in mid-lift I hope it makes it on YouTube.

  5. Sounds like the birth of a fetish... by AmazingRuss · · Score: 5, Funny

    Japanese + nurses + mechasuit

    1. Re:Sounds like the birth of a fetish... by BiggerIsBetter · · Score: 5, Funny

      Japanese + nurses + mechasuit

      Maybe they can use them to fight off the tentacles?

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  6. Rifleman's Creed v1.1 by __aawdrj2992 · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is my powered armor suit. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My suit is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.
    My suit, without me, is useless. Without my suit, I am useless. I must fire my tatical nuclear ordinance true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy who is trying to kill me.
    I must vaporize him before he shoots me. I will...
    My suit and myself know that what counts in this war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit...
    My armor suit is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its negative force feedback. I will ever guard it against the ravages of weather and damage as I will ever guard my legs, my arms, my eyes and my heart against damage. I will keep my powered armor suit clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will...
    Before God, I swear this creed. My suit and myself are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life...
    So be it, until victory is Terra's and there is no enemy, but peace!

  7. Voice Activated by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course, coming from Japan, the super-powers of this suit will be voice-activated. And not just regular-voice, or sotto voce, the wearer will be required to shout-out the desired function as it is being used.

    Fat-Person-Lifting Super-Strength!!!!
    New-Bride-Over-Threshold Ultimate-Lift!!
    Giant-Cherry-Blossom Power-Tree-Shaker!!!

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