New Exoskeleton Will Give Soldiers Super-Human Power

[sayshi]

This sounds pretty swell. Or scary

A nanotechnologist in Texas has come up with a way of producing a super-fabric with 100 times the strength of human muscle. The Pentagon now wants him to develop a super-suit for its soldiers.


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Newsweek reports that Baughman now has a grant from the Pentagon to develop an exoskeleton for the US army. It is hoped that a suit made out of this type of material could allow GIs to jump over high barriers and transport heavy objects quickly and over long distances. The soldiers would be protected by another nano product -- a bullet-proof carbon fabric that would be a lot lighter and much stronger than the current bullet-proof vests.


Give new meaning to when i tell you to jump....you say "how high!!!!"

It's not long story. Very interesting.

[Riz]

http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/med...11-2007_a.html

Similar, yet different.

Sounds like the nanotech one would be better though, increasing physical abilities other than just providing protection.

[TheJESTERJ]

Woah, I knew they were developing a new stealth jet in Texas, but this? Freakin' sweet.