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Raytheon Exoskeleton Brings "Iron Man" to Life
An anonymous reader writes "Raytheon is bringing 'Iron Man' to life, according to EETimes. 'The movie opens in theaters worldwide today, but the real "iron man" has already been under construction at Raytheon Company (Salt Lake City, Utah) since 2000. Raytheon's Exoskeleton project is the brainchild of project leader Stephen Jacobsen and is being funded by the U.S. Army. The project, according to the company, permits soldiers to don an Exoskeleton suit that amplifies their strength — enabling them to lift 200-pound payloads without tiring.'"
It's like the "Anti-V for Vendetta" movie.
Unadulterated fascist, racist propaganda of the lowest intent - with crypto-homoeroticism as the cincher. In other words: more American "culture".
If you want to brainwash your 14-year-old into thinking corporate executives are "cool" and that weapon systems are "hot" - send 'em. Maybe they'll sign up to die in an endless war on Terra!
Just make sure they're really gullible and ignorant. It's a pretty transparent setup.
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
Well twitter, considering the demographics of the vast majority of people who will watch this movie, it's safe to say that your self-aggrandizing concerns about that are unimportant.
By the way, I lost track of your sockpuppets in the last few days. How many now, ten? twelve?
Web2.0: I love when people Flickr my cuil and digg my boingboing until my google is reddit and I start to yahoo
King Kong Lived?
"Jack Rink, associate professor of geography and earth sciences at McMaster, has determined that Gigantopithecus blackii, the largest primate that ever lived, roamed southeast Asia for nearly a million years...
It's pathetic and demeaning to the real scientists. Of course it makes the original publication and Slashdot look like whores too, but they don't have any credibility to lose.
That is precisely where we diverge. I have zero interest in military applications. If I want to blow random people up, I load up Quake.
The problem with soldiers is there is no ceiling to war escalation. If we have mechas, the enemy will build bigger mechas with insta-gib rifles. Then we'll respond with something more vicious.
Eventually everyone is launching moon-sized nukes at each other and we cease to exist. War is FUCKING stupid.
-Billco, Fnarg.com