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DARPA building superhuman exoskeleton for tomorrow's soldiers

Filed in archive Government on November 27, 2006

DARPA building superhuman exoskeleton for tomorrow's soldiers
If the bullet-proof t-shirt in our last post doesn't do it for you, how about the superhuman exoskeleton being developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). They've hired Sarcos of Salt Lake City to build a robotic exoskeleton that will let GIs run faster, leap further and carry more, reports New Scientist..

John Main, chief of DARPA's exoskeleton program, tested a prototype. "It makes you feel really, really strong. You get the sensation that you have a lot of strength. I sort of felt like The Hulk and I'm a skinny guy. I wore a 100-pound weight on my back and it felt like I was carrying nothing like that amount," he says.

Let's hope the Defense Department comes to its senses and starts using some of its billions to lighten the load on some of the world's less fortunate too. (image New Scientist)

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