You’ve read the comics, watched the movies, played the game and now you can… own the suit! Yip – those clever guys with the white coats, big glasses and frizzy hair has done it again, making fiction into reality!

Ironman

Cyberdyne Incorporated is constructing a real-life Ironman suit (called HAL). The suit is designed to enhance the abilities of the wearer without restricting their range of motion. By sensing the nerve impulses sent by the brain to the muscles, these same instructions are then obeyed by HAL but magnified tenfold (we say ‘Awesome!’ to that)

Why the interest in enhanced exoskeletons? The good ol’ human body remains the most useful and adaptable machine in production today and although robots may outperform the flesh at specific tasks, nothing matches it’s versatility. A robot skeleton allows the same flexibility without the limitations of regular machines or human strength and fatigue.

The suit can also follow pre-programmed instructions which could potentially allow paralysed patients to walk by themselves. 

We can’t wait!

Source: The Daily Galaxy