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One of the most important parts of the technology required for creating power armor is the negative feedback system that would operate the actual motion of the armor's infrastructure. This was something even mentioned by Heinlein in Starship Troopers which is the first time that powered armor showed up on major literature.

It seems like we're making advances in that technology:

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movie-talk-real-life-iron-man-suit-unveiled.html

Now, we just need to strap some body armor on that sucker.

I think this came up in the off-topic forum a few months ago...

I think the intended utility is for freight handling?

Moving to OT

Yea that thing has been around for a few years now. Its pretty cool, and obviously a step in the right direction for suits like that. The only drawbacks to these ideas, is the powersupply for them. We just dont have the batteries to power those properly.

Yeah, I saw that on TV a couple of years ago. It looks like it's coming along nicely.

Like you said, we just need some armor to go on it.

Yeah, were planning to use this just for errrrr *cough* freight lifting *cough*

Pretty interesting...I wonder how long it is until they slap some armor on that baby? 10-15 years?

_Tim?

The Aliens movie taught us that even freight handling mechs can be utilized to dispatch a rogue queen.

Ma55ter_fett wrote:The Aliens movie taught us that even freight handling mechs can be utilized to dispatch a rogue queen.

Alien Queens don't have guns that can kill you from a quarter mile away though.

Some_Call_Me_Tim? wrote:Pretty interesting...I wonder how long it is until they slap some armor on that baby? 10-15 years?

_Tim?

Considerably longer, probably. Batteries aren't going to advance in capacity enough to power the thing, so you'll need to strap an internal combustion engine on the back of the thing. That alone will eat up most of your weight budget, along with making it less stealthy than the Kool-Aid man in a wall factory AND rendering you completely dependent on the whims of your supply lines.

Slap a micro Jet engine on that sucker to power it and thus eliminate most of the "weight" issues for a onboard power plant.

Or a cold fusion reactor...


"Thank god for cold fusion!"
*cracks open can of beer*

(A cookie if you can get that reference)

sbrook129 wrote:Yeah, were planning to use this just for errrrr *cough* freight lifting *cough*

Is that anything like waste managment?

if power armor is so gratr the how comeim drunk off my as??????????????????????????????????????????????

"Get away from her you BITCH!"

sorry had to be done...as you were.

A drunken Orkeosaurus has appeared!
DRD uses "LOL"!

*ahem*
Yeah that's awesome. I want it!

It's being funded by the US Army, it's the second generation model of it, it uses less energy and does more than the previous model, and they already have a design that lets it accept armor plating. Yes yes, us yanks will be the first space marines.

jp400 wrote:Slap a micro Jet engine on that sucker to power it and thus eliminate most of the "weight" issues for a onboard power plant.

Or a cold fusion reactor...


"Thank god for cold fusion!"
*cracks open can of beer*

(A cookie if you can get that reference)

starcraft i used to live by that game can i have a cookie?

Makkin wrote:starcraft i used to live by that game can i have a cookie?

I saw that 'best FMV in a video game' thing and I thought about putting that one in there. It's a great scene.

CrashUSAR wrote:It's being funded by the US Army, it's the second generation model of it, it uses less energy and does more than the previous model, and they already have a design that lets it accept armor plating. Yes yes, us yanks will be the first space marines.

Sadly, it still needs to be plugged into a wall.

Yeah, I'd wager the idea behind it is more for rescue than for fighting. Nothing like having a guy who can lift a ton and take a few bullets pulling your troops out of a wreck.

As for combat, unless we have some sort of micro nuclear reactor to power it and for some reason the AI's have all gone rogue then there really isn't a need for power armour because we could just build robots.

BrockRitcey: Shatterer of Dreams

And, the Assault Marine comes a little closer to a reality, too:

http://shopping.yahoo.com/articles/yshoppingarticles/436/martin-aircrafts-commercial-jetpack-looks-to-take-flight/

Now we just need the appropriate armor...

You people have only found out about this now???

I've known about this for years! (Thanks to relatives *cough*)

We've known about it.

It's just something that never dies and continually gets reposted, like the "OMG RL BOLTER!!!11!" threads relating to the AA-12.

jp400 wrote:Slap a micro Jet engine on that sucker to power it and thus eliminate most of the "weight" issues for a onboard power plant.

Or a cold fusion reactor...


"Thank god for cold fusion!"
*cracks open can of beer*

(A cookie if you can get that reference)

Starcraft!

Also the quote "Looks like you mashed some poor fella's dog, sarge."

CrashUSAR wrote:It's being funded by the US Army, it's the second generation model of it, it uses less energy and does more than the previous model, and they already have a design that lets it accept armor plating. Yes yes, us yanks will be the first space marines.

Is it REALLY a surprise though? Weapons are our bread and butter man, no buddy can argue that one

Does this mean WE will user in the era of "peace" for the world?

They need to move everything closer in to your apendages, and use the same thing the space marines use to power their suits nuclear power with really good rad protection in the pack then slap the armor plates on

You're going to need some serious power flow to enable a fully armoured suit. Just standard body armour weighs a heck of a lot and that is just for chest rig! You'd weigh the same as a small family car after you've gone the whole hog! It would be interesting to see just how darned big the fans would have to be to lift you fully armoured.

You'd need something better than a nuclear rig as all that it does is boil water to give you steam, you'll need something drastically different to give plain, vanilla power rather than just have a big steam engine strapped to your back.

One of the lead researches on the project said something about using battery power due to advances in the output levels and lifetime of newer batteries...need to dig up where I read that...

Elmodiddly wrote:You're going to need some serious power flow to enable a fully armoured suit. Just standard body armour weighs a heck of a lot and that is just for chest rig! You'd weigh the same as a small family car after you've gone the whole hog! It would be interesting to see just how darned big the fans would have to be to lift you fully armoured.

You'd need something better than a nuclear rig as all that it does is boil water to give you steam, you'll need something drastically different to give plain, vanilla power rather than just have a big steam engine strapped to your back.

Ironically, better power density than a nuclear genny is pretty much impossible. Of course, given that the smallest possible (non-RTG) nuclear reactor still weighs more than most cars...