Monday, March 15, 2004

It seems that the US military have developed a bionic exoskeleton.

"The Bleex exoskeleton has a small, purpose-built combustion engine built into it. On a full tank the system should be able to run for up to two hours.

The device's leg braces are attached to a modified pair of army boots and connected to the user's legs.

In the lab, subjects have walked around in the 45kg (100lbs) exoskeleton plus a 31.5kg (70lbs) backpack and reported that it felt like they were carrying little over 2kg (5lbs)."

I could have used a pair of those when I was moving house last weekend!!

Jon 2:00 PM Permalink