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The Science of Iron Man

Posted by timothy on from the no-duh-it's-iron-man dept.

holy_calamity writes "New Scientist takes a look at the evidence-base behind the science and technology in the new blockbuster Iron Man, and finds it is pretty solid. From exoskeletons to real-time translation there are at the very least proof-of-concept demonstrations of pretty much all the glitzy tech the hero Tony Stark uses."

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  1. Print Version by Dancindan84 · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn13815&print=true
    Without the ads and other extraneous stuff.

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  2. Spoilers! by effigiate · · Score: 2, Informative

    The article contains some spoilers. If you want to see how the movie unfolds for yourself, save reading the article until after you've seen it.