The new "exosuit" which brings us one step closer to Terminator.This is absolutely triumph of science and technology.
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This is absolutely triumph of science and technology. |
You do not need a degree from Harvard to know that a "exosuit" that can make you jump higher, run faster and substantially increase your resistance would be a commercial success, but it would help to have a Harvard degree in engineering to design it.
This is the case of Conor Walsh, head of the Laboratory Biodesign Harvard, the Wyss Institute, and principal engineer in the development of a robotic exosuit that will improve your natural abilities to move.
The device is still in prototype instance, but the first results were quite impressive, and the same applications ranging from trying to be stronger than the Terminator Cyberdryne, to more reasonable and important as helping the elderly to improve their mobility or perhaps help us keep up with our children on a long hike.
Of course, military applications are always involved, which are likely to boost the development of the concept with large subsidies. In fact the United States Navy has its own research about exosuits in conjunction with the "Warrior Web" DARPA program.
Forget Cyborgs Robot and think: we can not really imagine our wars or fighting robots patrolling the streets as police. However we can see policemen using these exosuits used as kevlar armor.
The exosuit Walsh, who at this stage of development weighs about 6 kilos mostly due to its battery runs for 4-6 hours on a charge, and while that is something that needs to be optimized, at this time as it is functional even if you have the Ironman Arc Reactor to provide unlimited energy.
So far, research shows that, in fact, accept the electronic help muscles and reduce their workload, allowing a significant improvement in resistance. Until now be "able to leap over tall buildings in a single bound" Superman seems as distant as outrun a train.
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