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SpiderSense Suit Delivers Superhuman Perception

Posted by samzenpus on from the with-great-power-comes-a-great-price-tag dept.

Zothecula writes "In the Spider-Man comics and movies, the famous hero's 'Spider Sense' warns him of incoming danger, which proves to be just as important a superpower as slinging webs and climbing walls. Now a group of researchers at the University of Illinois in Chicago may have found a way to replicate such superhuman perception that doesn't involve any radioactive spiders. Using a collection of sensors placed all over the body, the group has designed a 'SpiderSense' suit that detects objects in the environment and warns the wearer when anything gets too close."

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  1. 4th Augmented Human International Conference by schneidafunk · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Mateevitsi presented the suit just last week at the 4th Augmented Human International Conference in Stuttgart, Germany." Wow, this is the first I've heard of this conference. I had to look it up, http://www.augmented-human.com/

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  2. Peril-Sensitive by O-Deka-K · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...and warns the wearer when anything gets too close."

    Does it do so by turning the wearer's sunglasses completely black?

  3. LOOK OUT by Antipater · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's a fork-shaped object approaching [user]'s face and mouth, topped with heat-treated biological tissue! Engaging chemical/biological warfare protection mode!

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  4. Re:It is a neat idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Technically speaking, not all human units come with this particular type of technology, and some have degraded or damaged systems. So those with a disabilities in this type of technological implementation might find these suits useful.

  5. 360 degrees by neorush · · Score: 2

    I also thought something like this would be really awesome once you got used to it. Ever since I read 'Have Spacesuit Will Travel' when I was a kid, I have been waiting for someone to develop 360 degree wearable vision. I have always wondered how long it would take for you to start seeing in 360 degrees. I'd imagine if you were blind, this suit could be awesome.

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  6. Are you baiting us? by OpenSourced · · Score: 3, Insightful

    as important a superpower as slinging webs

    That's pure trolling, baiting us to come shouting that the webs of Spiderman ain't no superpower, but a device. I for one won't fall into the trap. At least I won't shout.

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    1. Re:Are you baiting us? by kannibal_klown · · Score: 2

      Well at one point in the comics, Spidey underwent a metamorphosis and gained organic web shooters and stingers. However after "A Brand New Day" something changed and he has mechanic ones again; but still remembers having organic ones (as he comments using them a lot required a lot of replenishing fluids + protein).

      However, now that Kaine is revived as a new Scarlet Spider he has Organic web shooters and spider stingers again, as did the millions of people infected during the Spider Island arc.

  7. Sure, trolling in the summary, but anyway by nedlohs · · Score: 2

    Slinging webs is not a damn superpower - it's just technology. Being able to use them to swing through a city without regularly crashing is another story, but that story is the damn spider-sense anyway!

  8. Nope, that's Iron Man's sensors by Culture20 · · Score: 2

    Spider-Man's spider sense is psychically/mystically based (he can sense if a hidden sniper a mile away is pointing a gun at him). This is more like Iron Man's armor sensors, which have danger detection systems too. /nerd