Many of you are asking questions of "how will it perform in combat, can operators crouch/dive/roll/prepare a five course dinner/shoot/etc, and what happens when it runs out of gas?"
This is why we have the prototype stage when we build something.
When Goddard launched his first rockets, people didn't say "Yeah, but how're you going to get to the moon on that?"
You build, find the shortcomings of your design, improve, and test again.
The suit probably doesn't have any practical application now, but future versions in five - ten years might allow military mechanics to fix heavy vehicles quickly, and in 20 - 50 years, our soldiers might be able to carry better body armor into combat with less restrictions than the current body armor (which is heavy in its own right).
I like the idea that our soldiers who are being shot at will eventually be able to move faster, shoot more effectively, wear more protection, and be better equiped than their enemies.
I'd like to know what happens if you're driving on an overpass that crosses over a slow street. Would the system just adjust to the faster speed for that moment if you're driving on the slower road?
Many freeway onramps have a speed limit of 25mph, and a short merge into 55-60 mph traffic. I'm sure this wont generate any problems.
Where I live, there's an elevated section of freeway (55mph) with a highway (35mph) directly underneath it. How would the system know which speed to assign to your vehicle?
I don't know about cost effectiveness, but wouldn't it be a more accurate system to have mini-broadcasters in light posts, speed signs, traffic lights, etc? Once your car passes within prximity of the speed sign, your car would reset the speed at which the pedal becomes harder to push.
Actually, people don't want lava anywhere near their land. If lava goes over your property, the county laws say your land is automatically unusable. You can't live/build on it. You also can't sell it, or abandon it to the county. Oh yeah, you still have to pay taxes as long as you own it.
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Many of you are asking questions of "how will it perform in combat, can operators crouch/dive/roll/prepare a five course dinner/shoot/etc, and what happens when it runs out of gas?"
This is why we have the prototype stage when we build something.
When Goddard launched his first rockets, people didn't say "Yeah, but how're you going to get to the moon on that?"
You build, find the shortcomings of your design, improve, and test again.
The suit probably doesn't have any practical application now, but future versions in five - ten years might allow military mechanics to fix heavy vehicles quickly, and in 20 - 50 years, our soldiers might be able to carry better body armor into combat with less restrictions than the current body armor (which is heavy in its own right).
I like the idea that our soldiers who are being shot at will eventually be able to move faster, shoot more effectively, wear more protection, and be better equiped than their enemies.
I'd like to know what happens if you're driving on an overpass that crosses over a slow street. Would the system just adjust to the faster speed for that moment if you're driving on the slower road?
Many freeway onramps have a speed limit of 25mph, and a short merge into 55-60 mph traffic. I'm sure this wont generate any problems.
Where I live, there's an elevated section of freeway (55mph) with a highway (35mph) directly underneath it. How would the system know which speed to assign to your vehicle?
I don't know about cost effectiveness, but wouldn't it be a more accurate system to have mini-broadcasters in light posts, speed signs, traffic lights, etc? Once your car passes within prximity of the speed sign, your car would reset the speed at which the pedal becomes harder to push.
Actually, people don't want lava anywhere near their land. If lava goes over your property, the county laws say your land is automatically unusable. You can't live/build on it. You also can't sell it, or abandon it to the county. Oh yeah, you still have to pay taxes as long as you own it.