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    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 (23 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 (...) (23 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 (23 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 (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 

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