And yet America still manages, despite our "'quant' old money" and lack of metric system, to be the richest country on Earth, as well as leading the world in technological development. Funny, that.
Did anyone else notice that on the tile that lists all the groups in/on the table (alkalai, metalloids, etc.), noble is spelled "NO8LE"? It's a combination of an outer-shell electron joke and chemistry 1337-5p34k...
It seems to me like you do not in fact actually get the idea of an exoskeleton. A jeep does NOT offer the same capabilities as an exoskeleton, it offers the capabilities of a JEEP. As the the article said, far more terrain on earth is accessible via legs than any other type of vehicle/locomotion. A helicopter may indeed be able to move OVER any kind of terrain, but as far as being in/on it, completely different story. If you need to fight in a war torn city, you need to be effective on the ground and in BUILDINGS, not in the air, or in the street.
As far as optimizing human mobility ranges, you could scarcely do better for the purpose. When one will be fighting humans, one wants to be able to do the same things they do and be the same places they are. Given the nature of the battles most likely to be fought in the future by the USA, at least, this will involve rugged terrain and/or urban areas. Humans live on most types of terrain in the world, so consequently you want a vehicle that would be capable in all of them to the people who will be doing the dirty work. Exoskeletons couldn't make MORE sense to me.
It may be of interest for some of you, especially those of you who scoff that such a condition can exist, that the medical name for "face blindess" is prosopagnosia. A search with Google will pull up a number of imformative pages, espcially from medical journals and the like, that might not be reached otherwise.
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And yet America still manages, despite our "'quant' old money" and lack of metric system, to be the richest country on Earth, as well as leading the world in technological development. Funny, that.
This post is fantastic. Thank you.
Did anyone else notice that on the tile that lists all the groups in/on the table (alkalai, metalloids, etc.), noble is spelled "NO8LE"? It's a combination of an outer-shell electron joke and chemistry 1337-5p34k...
It seems to me like you do not in fact actually get the idea of an exoskeleton. A jeep does NOT offer the same capabilities as an exoskeleton, it offers the capabilities of a JEEP. As the the article said, far more terrain on earth is accessible via legs than any other type of vehicle/locomotion. A helicopter may indeed be able to move OVER any kind of terrain, but as far as being in/on it, completely different story. If you need to fight in a war torn city, you need to be effective on the ground and in BUILDINGS, not in the air, or in the street.
As far as optimizing human mobility ranges, you could scarcely do better for the purpose. When one will be fighting humans, one wants to be able to do the same things they do and be the same places they are. Given the nature of the battles most likely to be fought in the future by the USA, at least, this will involve rugged terrain and/or urban areas. Humans live on most types of terrain in the world, so consequently you want a vehicle that would be capable in all of them to the people who will be doing the dirty work. Exoskeletons couldn't make MORE sense to me.
It may be of interest for some of you, especially those of you who scoff that such a condition can exist, that the medical name for "face blindess" is prosopagnosia. A search with Google will pull up a number of imformative pages, espcially from medical journals and the like, that might not be reached otherwise.
Apparently you're new to Slashdot. Reading the article before posting is the exception, NOT the rule.