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    Re: The future is now —Bryce McGlone
   (...) Science fiction made science fact...the begining of the end. Bryce (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
   
        Re: The future is now —Greg Majewski
     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 (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
    
         Re: The future is now —Eric Joslin
      (...) Because it's been done? (URL) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
     
          Re: The future is now —Greg Majewski
      Well, I've never heard of that, so it doesn't count! :-b.. (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
     
          Re: The future is now —Mark Sandlin
      (...) That's because you're a KID. It first appeared in Popular Mechanics back in the 80's. :^D ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
     
          Re: The future is now —Ran Talbott
      (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
     
          Re: The future is now —Mark Sandlin
      (...) 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 (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
     
          Re: The future is now —Paul Hartzog
      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 (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: The future is now —Richard Marchetti
      (...) Llamas son mas grande que ranas... -- Richard (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
    
         Re: The future is now —Mark Sandlin
     (...) I got yer aircar right here: (URL) "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
   
        Re: The future is now —Jeff Johnston
    (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
 

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