Thanks for that link Barry. This is fascinating stuff. My art teacher while I lived in Japan in the mid-70's name is Stelarc. He's a Greek-born Australian "performance artist" who specialised in developing the notion of enhanced replacement body parts. He was starting to think about and design the stuff depicted in that video nearly 30 years ago - and it wowed us as his students. I reckon he was my favourite teacher of all time.
The Robert A Heinlein novel "Star Ship Troopers" has his Soldiers wearing Powered Armour.
No wonder they called his work "Future History" not Sci-Fi.
From Wikipedia.
The novel Starship Troopers in 1959 details the tactics involved with powered armor. It was also apparently the first work of fiction that widely popularized the concept. The 1997 film adaptation, however, did not use powered armor, opting instead for the Troopers to use simple (but clearly ineffective) body armor. In contrast, the 1999 television adaptation remained far more faithful to Heinlein's original vision.
The Robert A Heinlein novel "Star Ship Troopers" has his Soldiers wearing Powered Armour.
No wonder they called his work "Future History" not Sci-Fi.
From Wikipedia.
The novel Starship Troopers in 1959 details the tactics involved with powered armor. It was also apparently the first work of fiction that widely popularized the concept. The 1997 film adaptation, however, did not use powered armor, opting instead for the Troopers to use simple (but clearly ineffective) body armor. In contrast, the 1999 television adaptation remained far more faithful to Heinlein's original vision.
I believe they dropped the suits for budget reasons.
Going from memory here, but the suits allowed the men (not soldiers but "Mobile Infantry") to basically leap many metres into the air. I'm not sure they were more effective than those portrayed in the movie. Hard to tell as battles were not a major part of the book as I recall.
Heinleins powered suits also had built in communication systems, radar, and could be used for delicate work as well.
But you can see what this Real Powered exoskeleton could possibly progress into.
Imagine the boon it would be to invalids as well.
Wow interesting video clip. Could sure use one of those to move around the big telescopes etc. And it kind of reminds me of the Dalek's, and the infamous "I obey". The human mind and its ability to imagine is a powerful tool, who needs a time machine.
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