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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, David Laswell wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Bram Lambrecht wrote:
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We’re working on it:
BLEEX Project
The current powered exos in the lab weigh about 100 lb apiece and can carry
a payload of over 70 lbs, but mobility is still rather limited.
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all it would take was one shot to the battery to render it useless
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A shot to the head will do pretty much the same thing ;-) But seriously, it
still need some powersource and a lot of logistics, I read somewhere that in
Operation Iraqi Liberation, one of the problems were the to acquire enough
batteries for the new laptops (needed for all the new advanced stuff), and to
get them distributed. A lot of units had to communicate by radio the
oldfashioned way. That may be just be a first time error and because much of the
logistics is outsourced, but it pretty much shows how vunerable advanced
technology is to even small delays in logistics.
That kind of baby needs a lot more power than a laptop and it’s a lot of
equipment to abandon for the enemy or carry away... (especially when the armor
plates and heavy weapons is strapped on).
I first saw a short note about it in a magazine a couple of weeks ago, but
disregarded it as useless at the battlefield because of above mentioned
logistical considerations, price, and weight: I wouldn’t like to cross a swamp
in that outfit or even meadows or muddy roads, because the weight is so
concentrated. But it might work in urban (paved) areas with a lot of electric
sockets around... and if the enemy didn’t come from behind, because seriously,
how fast can such turn in such a thingie?
It seems much better at moving crates in a warehouse!
-NB
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