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Robotic Suit Could Lead Us Into a Super Soldier Era

news.yahoo.com — Rex Jameson bikes and swims regularly, and plays tennis and skis when time allows. But the 5-foot-11, 180-pound software engineer is lucky if he presses 200 pounds — that is, until he steps into an "exoskeleton" of aluminum and electronics that multiplies his strength and endurance as many as 20 times.

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  • girl4free, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1the new world terminator is comming now? Words fail me..
  • killbert24, on 05/15/2008, -1/+3I am Iron Man.
  • rasmasyean, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2And the Japanese were supposed to have these first...
  • ezzonguard, on 05/16/2008, -3/+1the Japanese are focusing on a product to be used to help the elderly and healthcare staff ..not making soldiers more deadly.Hmmmm... which is better for humanity me ponders?
  • positron, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2I've been seeing these "exo-skeleton super soldier" reports since the early 90s. Get back to me when they actually start issuing them.
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