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Re: The future is now
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Tue, 16 Jan 2001 08:22:37 GMT
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in article G78t3q.4s5@lugnet.com, Ran Talbott wrote:
> 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".
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> Anybody else remember this?
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> Ran
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
--
Mark's Lego(R) Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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