mega power armour

yay…its like a weeks worth of techno coo-ness. following last weeks hyper-unit neo-washaru 2000-zeta and yesterdays future tech post comes the rockin’ powersuit BLEEX. wired has an interesting article today on the BLEEX (berkeley lower extremity exoskeleton), a powered exoskeleton being developed by uc berkeley that augments a wearers strength. the exoskeleton, which sounds very similar to the robo-pants mentioned in the neo-washaru post, is composed of robotic legs, a power unit, and a large backpack. sensors and hydraulics in the exoskeleton keep track of weight distribution throughout the frame so it never feels like the wearer is lifting anything strenuous. according to the article, testers were able to walk around with the 100 lb frame and 70 lb backpack and only felt as if they were carrying around 5 lbs. woo. all the sci-fi lovers out there are probably already imagining running across rooftops, running at 100mph, and viciously ripping evil robots heads off. but the unit at the moment is being geared towards soldiers, fire-fighters, and rescue crews carrying heavy loads over large distances. whatever…the second they develop an upper-body exoskeleton too, what we have is a power suit that you can mount chainsaws, rail guns, and bfg 2000’s onto and run around blowing up invading alien matrix armies bent on opening portals to hell and merging to form devastator. woo-fucking-ha.

and on a sidenote, what the heck is wrong with these researchers? why do they always give these ridiculously coo technologies retarded acronym names? HIRB? BLEEX? wankers. toss that shit out the window. we’re re-christening it the super-dimensional mega power armour. rock on.

> super-dimensional mega power armour (via wired)
> BLEEX project website