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Inventor Develops "HALO" or Robocop Suit for the US Military.

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So what happens if you really have to take a sh*t? I hope it can come off fast enough, especially if you've had Taco Bell or McDonalds, where you're guaranteed to poop in 1 hour.
 
Originally posted by: ranmaniac
So what happens if you really have to take a sh*t? I hope it can come off fast enough, especially if you've had Taco Bell or McDonalds, where you're guaranteed to poop in 1 hour.
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With an approximate have-to-poop and pooping release window of around 1 minute for each of those restaurants, they should probably keep a warning label on the suit.
 
The whole suit comes in at 18 kilograms. It covers everything but the fingertips and the major joints, and could be mass-produced for about $2,000, Hurtubise says.
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You know what makes me mad, it costs 2k for him to make this suit but 1.2k for a suit of plastic stormtrooper armor...
 
Originally posted by: fongo888

You know what makes me mad, it costs 2k for him to make this suit but 1.2k for a suit of plastic stormtrooper armor...
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Spoken like a true Star Wars nerd. 😀
 
Originally posted by: dennilfloss
Because one of his projects is loony does not mean the others are. If you make that leap, your logic is faulty. Serendipity is often looked down upon but it remains a valuable asset in science and engineering.
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Put that on your resume: "Really good at trying random crap until something works."
 
His projects don't seem "loony", it's the fact that he tests them by throwing himself off of cliffs and being hit by cars, now that's loony.
 
Originally posted by: Googer
Originally posted by: xSkyDrAx
That is badass, I hope his suit works and he makes at least his money back.
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He has yet to have made any money off his bear-proof suit. But I do hope that it works and we get this suit to the battlefields sometime real soon, our fighting men need it.
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ROFL, did anyone see homer Simpson bear proof suit... he had the butt ocks part open just incase he got scared.
 
Originally posted by: Triumph
You guys actually believe his claims? You guys think he's the first person to do this? You don't think the big body armor manufacturers haven't already done something similar as technology demonstrators, with their proven armor recipes? Go read Defense News Weekly or Jane's, you'll see products developed similar to this every other week, except not developed by a nutjob. If a government actually buys this suit, I'll eat my shoe.
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Apparently you didn't see the bear suit video.
 
Originally posted by: Twista
Originally posted by: Googer
Originally posted by: xSkyDrAx
That is badass, I hope his suit works and he makes at least his money back.
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He has yet to have made any money off his bear-proof suit. But I do hope that it works and we get this suit to the battlefields sometime real soon, our fighting men need it.
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ROFL, did anyone see homer Simpson bear proof suit... he had the butt ocks part open just incase he got scared.
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The inventor of the Robocop suit was the inspiration for that episode.
 
Originally posted by: SagaLore
I think he could do better. No joint or finger protection. Sure you'll survive rapid fire or a rocket blast, but you're not going to feel very good after it...
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yeah he should really make it so that grenade shrapnel feels like a small asian woman giving you a massage,
 
Originally posted by: chrisms
Originally posted by: ranmaniac
So what happens if you really have to take a sh*t? I hope it can come off fast enough, especially if you've had Taco Bell or McDonalds, where you're guaranteed to poop in 1 hour.
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With an approximate have-to-poop and pooping release window of around 1 minute for each of those restaurants, they should probably keep a warning label on the suit.
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yeah, cuz soldiers are really eating taco bell and mcdonalds
 
I surprised it took someone so long to come up with this, while troops are being sent to war to die for so long. Many don't have the luxury of regular body armor...didn't mean to get all dramatic there, it just happened 😛 - Give every soldier one of these suits! I guess that could get a tad expensive, but they're already spending trillions on the war, what's 100 more trillion? The government should be working toward making currency of all kinds obsolete anyways.
 
seems to me this guy has a Steve jobs-style reality distortion field about him. Sure, he says he'll stand in the way of a bullet, and that's commendable, but some of his stuff seems like BS. Also, look at the helmet which isn't supposed to obscure vision. Think how even motorcycle helmets remove some peripheral vision and I don't see how looking through a two inch slit doesn't limit visibility, which is key in the battlefield. It should also be noted that peripheral vision is more sensitive to movement and so is arguably more important when on the field.

Interesting project though.
 
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