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Re: The future is now
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Tue, 16 Jan 2001 06:38:14 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Mark Sandlin writes:
> That's because you're a KID. It first appeared in Popular Mechanics back in
> the 80's.
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 space-frame cab vaguely like a Star Wars AT-ST in outline (rectangular
from the front, trapezoidal from the sides). Might've had 2 legs, but I'm
pretty sure it was 4. Plus a couple of simple arms with 2- or 3-fingered
pincers for "hands".
Anybody else remember this?
Ran
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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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