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All right all you mecha non-believers. Hear me now and believe me later. (URL) "Muffin Head" Sandlin (23 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) Science fiction made science fact...the begining of the end. Bryce (23 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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Whoop-dee-doo. Why are they even trying to develop power suits when they should be working on flying cars? I was promised flying cars in the year 2000 and they've missed thier deadline. Where is my flying car? I want a flying car! Greg "The llama is (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Because it's been done? (URL) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I think I remember reading an article about a four-legged pick-up truck developed by MIT (or Harvard) back several decades. History Channel, I believe. The basic problem was that the legs were too slow, to keep it's weight balanced required 3 (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) Llamas son mas grande que ranas... -- Richard (23 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I got yer aircar right here: (URL) "Muffin Head" Sandlin (23 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Well, I've never heard of that, so it doesn't count! :-b.. (23 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) That's because you're a KID. It first appeared in Popular Mechanics back in the 80's. :^D ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (23 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) The end is pretty slow in coming, then...the human race has been turning science fiction into fact for a heck of a long time. Read some stuff by Jules Verne and then think about how much of it has actually come to pass. We've visited the (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Speaking of which, I'm pretty sure I saw the first artist's conceptions (or possibly even a photo of a full-sized mock-up) of a powered exoskeleton in PM, back in the 60s. IIRC, it was called something like "the Man Amplifier", and had a (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I wasn't around back in the 60s, but I have read about the machine you're describing. I suppose microprocessor and strong, light materials have progressed to the point where they would like to try it again. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (23 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Actually it was the future in the 1960s (URL) was fooling around with a concept called "Hardiman" a few decades ago. The first picture may seem familiar because that's where the idea for the forklift suit in Aliens came from. They shelved Hardiman (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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