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Kaeten
Hybrid Syndicate
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Posted - 2007.05.29 18:26:00 -
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Edited by: Kaeten on 29/05/2007 18:38:08 Edited by: Kaeten on 29/05/2007 18:32:39 Exoskeleton
Whole suit weighs at 18kg and can withstand elephant rifle shots. Only thing that isn't covered is the fingertips and major joint areas. Costs $2000 to make. Interesting, however the guy seems like a wacko at first but then he says hes actully talked to the guys on the ground. Would like ot see if it would hold up in a real situation.
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Hypatia Iola
Caldari Central Defiance Terror In The System
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Posted - 2007.05.29 18:34:00 -
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Edited by: Hypatia Iola on 29/05/2007 18:34:21 Edited by: Hypatia Iola on 29/05/2007 18:33:23 i've read articles on stuff like this actually
Popular science had an article about 2 years ago.
if it's actually cheaper than the original idea, bravo on him
but IS THAT A MOTORCYCLE HELMET?
and he's not in the prone position when he says "in the prone position"
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FireFoxx80
Caldari E X O D U S Imperial Republic Of the North
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Posted - 2007.05.29 18:53:00 -
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BEEEEEEFFFFFCAAAAA***KEEEE!
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lofty29
Athanasius Inc.
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Posted - 2007.05.29 18:54:00 -
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Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooold --- My sig has gone into exile
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Radgun
Minmatar Republic Military School
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Posted - 2007.05.29 19:02:00 -
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OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG
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Hydraxian
Gallente Infinitus Odium
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Posted - 2007.05.29 19:02:00 -
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Originally by: lofty29 Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooold
But still worth of a lol
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lofty29
Athanasius Inc.
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Posted - 2007.05.29 19:03:00 -
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Originally by: Hydraxian
Originally by: lofty29 Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooold
But still worth of a lol
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Shalia Ripper
Caldari High4Life Curse Alliance
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Posted - 2007.05.29 19:24:00 -
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I couldn't get the vid to play correctly here at work, but if is what I think it is, it is the same guy (crazy Canadian?) that made the grizzly suit.
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lofty29
Athanasius Inc.
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Posted - 2007.05.29 19:44:00 -
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Yeah, its his 'new' version designed for soldiers. --- My sig has gone into exile
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Oberoonmoon
Gallente E X C L U S I V E
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Posted - 2007.05.29 20:41:00 -
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Dont think this suit would offer too much protection. Also the helmet is limiting a soldiers primary sensors - eyes & ears. must be a joke
But there are many goverments all over the world who actually are doing research on this. BUT to make the suit tough enough, but lightweighted as well, they need to make a new type of armor... enter the nanotechnology.
I know they are studing nanotechnology in the military (read Jane), primary to make better armor solutions on vehicles and personal armors. So in the near future I think we will have such suits, but I doubt a ordinary joe on the street will know how to develope it + have the cash needed to develope this as well.
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sycokill
Caldari Coreli Corporation Corelum Syndicate
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Posted - 2007.05.29 20:56:00 -
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On a t.v show i watched a month or two ago (animal farm i think), they had a goat producing the same proteins a spider web has by taking a certain part of its dna that produce the web from the spider and then injecting it into the embryo of the goat.
They then extracted it from the milk and made little fiber strands like a normal web, they said if it were to be made into body armour it would be 1/3 as light as the ones currently used in the army and it would be 10x as strong as steel. However it remains to be seen if they can produce it at commercial level.
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Derovius Vaden
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Posted - 2007.05.29 21:06:00 -
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Originally by: Oberoonmoon Dont think this suit would offer too much protection. Also the helmet is limiting a soldiers primary sensors - eyes & ears. must be a joke
But there are many goverments all over the world who actually are doing research on this. BUT to make the suit tough enough, but lightweighted as well, they need to make a new type of armor... enter the nanotechnology.
I know they are studing nanotechnology in the military (read Jane), primary to make better armor solutions on vehicles and personal armors. So in the near future I think we will have such suits, but I doubt a ordinary joe on the street will know how to develope it + have the cash needed to develope this as well.
The word you want in carbon tubing, not nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is only of interest to the medical field.
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Oberoonmoon
Gallente E X C L U S I V E
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Posted - 2007.05.29 21:39:00 -
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We could discuss this forever, but you partial correct. The proper term (if I can translate it proper from Norwegian, are "carbon nanopipes", meaning they do use nanotechnology
And the use for nanotechnology have primary been intended for medical use, there are many other ways to use it as well. For example they are working on optical filters and new lenses which are 10 fold better than the ones we use today.
Something that made the scientist to rasie a eyebrown, was when they did discovered a way to use the new optical systems, were they sent light through small holes with a diameter which are less than the wavelenght on the ligth. Meaning using this, you also in theory should be able to squeze a person wearing such equipment, through a keyhole.
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Patch86
Di-Tron Heavy Industries Sparta Alliance
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Posted - 2007.05.29 21:51:00 -
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This came up before, and I think the same thing now as I did last time:
If the military saw any sort of use in that kind of thing, I'm sure they wouldn't need to wait for some eccentric Canadian inventor to make it for them, what with it's massive R&D budget. He can plug it all he likes, but if it were useful, someone else would already be on it. --------
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flaming phantom
Minmatar Tyrell Corp INTERDICTION
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Posted - 2007.05.30 02:13:00 -
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lmao, i was going to complain baout there being no sound, and then i realized my speakers were off
carbon-nanotubes maybe?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_nanotubes
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Phoenix Britannian
Gallente Virtue Corporation
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Posted - 2007.05.30 02:33:00 -
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I admit, I thought most of this guys stuff were jokes too, but I've seen them in action and stuff on the Science Channel and all that. First, this guy made the "Bear Suit" which is a slightly bulkier version of this suit which can which can probably withstand a car hitting it without injury to the wearer, let alone bears. Then he came up with some sort of material that doesn't conduct heat, you can hold a blowtorch to it forever and it won't even heat up, and with a couple inches of it, can take grenades and heavy explosives without breaking glass behind it. I think the second one was picked up by the military too.
This is just some guy working out of his garage.
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JaegerKnack
Minmatar 5punkorp Betrayal Under Mayhem
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Posted - 2007.05.30 10:58:00 -
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First of all, nice to see he's still got the crotchclock......
Problem is, its not IED proof. sure, it might stand up to a .50cal rifle round, and it may indeed stay in one piece when hit by a large bomb/grenade/rpg etc. but without being sealed, the overpressure caused by the explosion will rip the lungs to sheds (see also: Blast Lung/Pneumothorax).
Its also 18kg of stuff to lug round with you, and on top of your weapon/ammo/grenades/radio/food/FAK, thats gonna be a pain to run round in the desert in.... |
Liu Kaskakka
PAK
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Posted - 2007.05.30 13:30:00 -
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Originally by: JaegerKnack thats gonna be a pain to run round in the desert in....
Well, if it's got air conditioning, I'll take it! ^_^
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Roshan longshot
Gallente Ordos Humanitas FREGE Alliance
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Posted - 2007.05.30 16:12:00 -
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Originally by: JaegerKnack First of all, nice to see he's still got the crotchclock......
Problem is, its not IED proof. sure, it might stand up to a .50cal rifle round, and it may indeed stay in one piece when hit by a large bomb/grenade/rpg etc. but without being sealed, the overpressure caused by the explosion will rip the lungs to sheds (see also: Blast Lung/Pneumothorax).
Its also 18kg of stuff to lug round with you, and on top of your weapon/ammo/grenades/radio/food/FAK, thats gonna be a pain to run round in the desert in....
Which is why the US Army and USMC said "Thanks but no thanks" Good against bullets and shrapnel, but not against Bio or chem attacks. Or near miss explosions.
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Phoenix Britannian
Gallente Virtue Corporation
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Posted - 2007.05.30 16:20:00 -
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Edited by: Phoenix Britannian on 30/05/2007 16:20:29
Originally by: JaegerKnack
Its also 18kg of stuff to lug round with you, and on top of your weapon/ammo/grenades/radio/food/FAK, thats gonna be a pain to run round in the desert in....
Yeah, but that 18kg is distributed across the body. Probably would hardly feel it.
Originally by: Roshan longshot
Which is why the US Army and USMC said "Thanks but no thanks" Good against bullets and shrapnel, but not against Bio or chem attacks. Or near miss explosions.
And kevlar jackets and helmets are good against explosions, bio, and chemical attacks? I suppose this helmet could be upgraded to have it's own filtration system and the like, like a gas mask built in.
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Shai Faetal
Burn The Witch
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Posted - 2007.05.30 16:35:00 -
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wear that and go emo/berserk on your high school, you'll be famous. ________________
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JADE DRAG0NESS
Native Freshfood
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Posted - 2007.05.30 18:20:00 -
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Pretty old really and not very practical for a soldiers kit [too fiddly].
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Drizit
Amarr
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Posted - 2007.05.30 23:39:00 -
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Is it a Power Ranger or a Stormtrooper? --
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ReaperOfSly
Gallente Lyrus Associates Betrayal Under Mayhem
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Posted - 2007.05.31 00:07:00 -
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The first thing I thought of when I saw this was "People can't see the soldier's face. This is bad."
Soldiers in Iraq are basically an occupying force. It's all very well protecting them from attacks, but the civilians they are trying to protect need to see the soldier's face, otherwise they'll just be seen as "the evil occupying invaders from the west". See the face, and he becomes a human being rather than a target. I realise I may be talking out of my arse here, so correct me if I'm way off the mark.
Also, the army is pretty well equipped with body armour already. How many attacks could this exoskeleton ward off that standard body armour couldn't? The guy mentioned snipers. Surely a sniper bullet is just going to tear straight through that helmet of his? --------------------------------------------------------------------
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lofty29
Athanasius Inc.
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Posted - 2007.05.31 00:56:00 -
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Originally by: Drizit Is it a Power Ranger or a Stormtrooper?
Neither, its Master Cheif --- My sig has gone into exile
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Drizit
Amarr
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Posted - 2007.05.31 01:35:00 -
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Originally by: ReaperOfSly Also, the army is pretty well equipped with body armour already. How many attacks could this exoskeleton ward off that standard body armour couldn't? The guy mentioned snipers. Surely a sniper bullet is just going to tear straight through that helmet of his?
I would have thought that would be covered as it would most likely be made of Kevlar or something similar to stop a bullet.
What I have noticed though is that there is no protection between the head and shoulders for impacting. A sniper bullet is generally high velocity and even if the helmet stopped the bullet, it would most likely break his neck at the very least with the amount of impact force. A medium velocity bullet like a .30 magnum can lift someone clean off their feet when it hits body armor. A 9mm round from a SMG at 100 yards can impact your chest beneath a kevlar vest by over 4 inches which is why trauma plates are used and that's only a low velocity round. A sniper round would probably rip your head straight off in one of these.
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Kuseka Adama
Gallente WOLFPACK DELTA
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Posted - 2007.05.31 03:18:00 -
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Originally by: Oberoonmoon Dont think this suit would offer too much protection. Also the helmet is limiting a soldiers primary sensors - eyes & ears. must be a joke
But there are many goverments all over the world who actually are doing research on this. BUT to make the suit tough enough, but lightweighted as well, they need to make a new type of armor... enter the nanotechnology.
I know they are studing nanotechnology in the military (read Jane), primary to make better armor solutions on vehicles and personal armors. So in the near future I think we will have such suits, but I doubt a ordinary joe on the street will know how to develope it + have the cash needed to develope this as well.
The bear suit he refers to is actually used in real live. They offer real protection against the force of the massive grizzly bears and their vicious claws. Good for situations in forests where rangers would have to deal with them. I wondered if he would take the next step. It seems he has. This guy aint exactly ordinary either he has been at this for a long time with the bear protection suits. It wouldnt take much to design something like this.
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Camilo Cienfuegos
Caldari EP0CH
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Posted - 2007.05.31 06:11:00 -
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Quote: First of all, nice to see he's still got the crotchclock......
LOL Yup, I had a double take when he announced that we should "look at his clock"!
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Nadjer
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Posted - 2007.05.31 06:13:00 -
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What total wack job. "i looked at Star Wars, i looked at Halo" ahhh proper research then.
That plastic piece of junk wouldn't stop a pea shooter.
Watch his bear suit documentry, what a joke.
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Mr Friendly
That it Should Come to This
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Posted - 2007.05.31 06:33:00 -
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Edited by: Mr Friendly on 31/05/2007 06:40:44 The man is insane, no question. I also got a lol at his cackadoodle clock, too . My god...
That said, I've seen his grizzly suit, and I think he's just crazy enough to be useful, so long as you keep him caged, plumb his ramblings and STAY AWAY FROM THE BARS!!!.
Though I doubt we'll see his suit iteration anytime soon on the battlefield and I'm sure the real US army's Landfighter (sp?) getup is superior, keep this in mind... HE did this... just him and maybe some advice from his buddies, refined by suggestions from some Spec Op guys. I'm sure the Pentagon has spent literally billions to get 20% farther than him (mostly in full hermetic seals and better sight lines with linked communications). He spent, what, less than 20k?
Crazy Man Wins!
I did really like his 'mass capsicum dispersion spray', though...
edit: It's all kevlar/reinforced high-impact polymers/etc, btw.... his bear suit (mark VII or something lol) took a 3-5 ton tree swung from 25 feet away impact and didn't do more than lightly bruise him. Similarly, it took a 12 gauge shotgun SLUG and AXES to the chest without being fazed iirc... as far as ballistic and impact tests go, I'm SURE his 'new' suit (excepting that nasty gap between his head and chest. lol) is proof against most anything short of a .50 cal. He's crazy; he's not stupid.
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