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This guy's armor puts my harness to shame...
« on: 2008-05-30, 04:52:21 »
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Re: This guy's armor puts my harness to shame...
« Reply #1 on: 2008-05-30, 10:43:09 »
Geez Louise!  I hope he has some sort of HANS device, like the NASCAR drivers use, to prevent a broken neck!
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Re: This guy's armor puts my harness to shame...
« Reply #2 on: 2008-05-30, 14:06:38 »

Haha, yeah that guy has been working on that forever. I wonder when he'll actually get to the bear phase. :)
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Re: This guy's armor puts my harness to shame...
« Reply #3 on: 2008-05-30, 18:40:49 »
He's actually gotten past that phase and it seems that he's now designing it with military purposes in mind. It looks very much like the MJOLNIR armour from Halo. He actually named it "Trojan" armour and said that he was inspired by Halo.

Admitting to something like that instantly forfeits you credibility in my eyes, lol.

He was demonstrating how it all worked. The helmet is smaller now, and it even has a built in air-conditioner for hot climates. The suit also has various other features, like a built-in watch at your groin and a pepper spray launcher in your arm for warding off crowds. He said, pertaining to the pepper spray, that it was much stronger than regular pepper spray and even the spray used to ward off bears.

The project may be a little crazy, but I admire the guy for his ingenuity and honesty.

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Re: This guy's armor puts my harness to shame...
« Reply #4 on: 2008-05-30, 20:06:38 »
Yeah I watched that other video also! Some really great stuff!
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Re: This guy's armor puts my harness to shame...
« Reply #5 on: 2008-05-30, 20:44:06 »

Flying cars? Well, we might have driving planes soon:

http://www.terrafugia.com/index.html

Very ambitious. I hope they succeed!
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Re: This guy's armor puts my harness to shame...
« Reply #6 on: 2008-06-01, 00:53:45 »
I've been dying for these to be widely available for years:

http://www.moller.com/
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