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14 Sep 2014 6:54 p.m. PST
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| Tango01 | 12 Sep 2014 10:52 p.m. PST |
…Spider-Man Suit. "The average spider can stay perched in a web for long hours waiting for prey and can lift eight times its own body weight. The average soldier – cannot. The military is trying to change that with help from scientists at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, called on to develop a so-called "Soft Exosuit." The suit would imbue the wearer with what might be called "super" endurance and lifting ability. It may sounds like the "Iron Man" suit the military's already tinkering with, but this Spidey suit would be constructed mostly of an experimental textile material in a scientifically-designed "web" pattern, rather than a bunch of hydraulic pumps and metal. It would have a small low-energy microprocessor but wouldn't need an enormous battery pack for operation. The prototype even comes equipped with Spidey sense in the form of a "network of supple strain sensors that act as the ‘brain' and ‘nervous system' of the Soft Exo-suit, respectively — continuously monitoring various data signals, including the suit tension, the position of the wearer (e.g., walking, running, crouched), and more."…"
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Armand |
 Legion 4  | 13 Sep 2014 7:09 a.m. PST |
"With great power comes great responsiblity, Peter" … |
| John the OFM | 13 Sep 2014 10:31 a.m. PST |
First find a radioactive spider. |
| Tango01 | 13 Sep 2014 11:25 a.m. PST |
LOL! (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| Legion 4 | 13 Sep 2014 12:47 p.m. PST |
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| Stryderg | 13 Sep 2014 12:48 p.m. PST |
That would suck if the suit thinks it needs to contract, everything, right now. |
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finally begins Vietnam.
