Obama: 'We're building Iron Man'

[Swift]

The fact is that it's real. The Pentagon is totally building Iron Man, and the US Army has confirmed this a few times already. In fact, along with robots, it's one of its biggest bets, just like the US Air Force and the US Navy are betting on drones. I wrote about this last year:

While the Army's Iron Man suit—officially called Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS)—will not have flying capability, little missiles, or repulsors, the feature list is still extremely impressive.

RDECOM wants TALOS to have ballistic and shock protection—using an armor that will get from flexible soft surface to hard metal solid, capable of repelling ammo when applying an electric current. Oh, and fire-retardant capability. The Army also wants the suit to "store and release energy to prevent injuries and increase performance."

And as if that wasn't impressive enough, the suit will have integrated communications, body and external sensors, and a head-up display that will give battle information graphics in real time along with night vision. It will be more Google Glass than Jarvis in this generation, but you get the idea.

Another feature for the suit is an optional attachable exoskeleton that will provide with hydraulic mechanisms to improve both strength and speed. Like the others, this technology exists already.

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/obama-says-us-army-is-building-real-iron-man-and-no-he-1532582334

 

[Solid Snake]

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

we spend 50 trillion a year on military, we should be doing cool shit like this

 

[Lockard 23]

Seems a little ambitious at the moment. Maybe they should work on building Robocop first and see how that goes.

 

[WarMachine1]

Funniest news I have heard in years

 

[Mean Smark Callous]

i want giant mecha robots, like in macross.

 

[Nick]

Maybe we should fix the other problems before we build Iron Man

 

[Mean Smark Callous]

Maybe we should fix the other problems before we build Iron Man

yeah like trying to figure out how to talk to girls, right nick?

 

[Farooq]

:damn:

 

[Nick]

yeah like trying to figure out how to talk to girls, right nick?

:damn:

 

[Swift]

Great sig :gusta:

@Nickelodeon

 

[Swift]

yeah like trying to figure out how to talk to girls, right nick?