Or the body armor described in Heinlein's Starship Troopers.
My guess is that this would be mostly useful for things like packing cargo rather than actual combat. The demo model was "tethered," and I assume part of that is power supply. Has battery technology come far enough along for an untethered combat model?
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Date: 2007-11-25 11:17 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-11-27 08:46 pm (UTC)My guess is that this would be mostly useful for things like packing cargo rather than actual combat. The demo model was "tethered," and I assume part of that is power supply. Has battery technology come far enough along for an untethered combat model?
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Date: 2007-11-30 12:42 am (UTC)