Iron Man soon to join US army

[Kramodlog]

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20141201/DEFREG02/312010015

And http://science.dodlive.mil/2014/12/01/army-evaluates-darpas-futuristic-soft-exosuit/

But a final prototype of the device, which could cut a wearer's exertion level by 25 percent when carrying a 100-pound load and might let an unburdened soldier run a four-minute mile, could be tested in a realistic setting in less than two years, according to Maj. Christopher Orlowski, who runs the program under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's banner.

Add some drone support and you got yourself a quite a futuristic army. That works for good and world peace*.


*In case the NSA is reading.

 

[Homicidal_Squirrel]

Are they running Windows on those computers? Future army is going to suck.

 

[Joker]

They wanted to use a Mac but they read the terms and conditions. It would have allowed Apple to turn them into Armored Human Centipads. They decided against it.

 

[Thunderfoot]

Good stuff - and as for the NSA reading this? They have neither the time nor inclination (trust me on this *wink*)