Halo Suit I want one.
 

Popular science had a story on this guy way back when his suit was a bulky hulk of a thing. I want one.

http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NAS...=1014656511815

This guy already went out of business, and had to sell his prototype suit on eBay because no organisation was interested in it. He spent thousands on it and now has a big hole in his pocket.

Very nifty stuff and all, but this line really made me raise my brows =I

Heh, I remember this guy. Scott Ramsoomair over at VG Cats posted a video interview from the same source and day back in January. The suit itself looks pretty nifty, but too flashy to be taken seriously. That crotch clock doesn't really help its credibility either.

I'm sure that's a typo. Just remove the "L".

Oh man! Straight from my hometown too! =0
Of all places, looks like there's giant Halo enthusiast here.
Tough luck though since inventions are a rather risky business to dabble about in.

he'd kick ur ass on Xbox live~

Battlefield 2142 might be a closer bet, since he made it with current military applications in mind.

This is an evolution from his Bear suit, so I have to wonder just how much range of motion it leaves him. There's a reason why we don't just cover a policeman's whole body with kevlar. =/

I wouldnt mind buying a mockup, just to help the guy out financially since inventors need every penny they can get.

I do armor but this is out of my league. Nice work.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...%3Den%26sa%3DN

haha, it's nice that he made that armour for real soldiers and not for mock reasons like "I want to be a super fighter like master chief!". The designs look pretty out there, but some of the attachments look pretty dependable. But then again, the actual useful-ness wouldn't be much. I'm pretty sure that the boys over seas are nicely taken care of with their equiptment. It's a nice idea, and maybe sometime in the future, the city bomb squads can use it.

Looks like a power ranger! =D

Its something I would put on if we were playing with live rounds because paintball wouldnt be that fun.

Not to sound like a negative nancy or anything but this thing would never work. Think about it, where are most of the world's conflicts now? Almost always places that are really really hot. Try wearing that thing here in Arizona and you'll pass out from heat stroke in an instant. The suit alone weighs forty pounds, and add another 10 pounds for a rifle, and ammo and you're looking at carrying 50 pounds of weight around just because you have to. But i guess other people already figured this out, since he's out of business apparantly.

Try running around in "Arizona" in full MOPPs gear... It is doable, our soldiers are trained to operate in some rather extreme conditions. My guess is that Armor probably breaths better than the carbon stuffed suits they use for MOPP (level 4).

What is more important is the ballistic characteristics of the armor. If that armor could actually protect your entire body from rifle calibur ammunition I'm sure he would have gotten contracts BUT my guess is that it doesn't work as well as he has claimed. Besides saying it survived being shot with an "Elephant Gun" doesn't mean anything. Shoot it with .50BMG ammunition, if it survives then you have something to sell to the military.

You're right it is doable, but they aren't in level 4 MOPP gear all the time. This guy basically wants troops to be in that bear suit lite all the time. And if it "breaths" better, doesn't that take the whole point of a MOPP suit out?

This stuff was supposed to be designed as body armor, not a full environmental suit. I do see your point but if it really did perform as well as he said I am sure they could design a MOPP system that would be compatible with this armor, however I doubt it the wearer would survive a bullet impact from an "Elephant Gun". We have body armor now that MIGHT allow you to survive after being hit with large caliber ammunition and the stuff this guys armor is sporting doesn't look like it even comes close to that level of protection.

something about that thing just screams HEY I'M A FETISHIST WHO LIKES ELABORITE THINGS

He has a hard on for teh "Major", you know it is true. CROTCH CLOCK says it all!

Could you imagine a few thousand soldiers running around in this armour in Afghanistan and Iraq? It would scare the crap out of me!

Our enemy will strap a bomb to their chest and run at us, scare tactics aren't going to be terribly effective unless you have actions to back them up.

War is about functionality not retarded scare tactics.

Well, I know it would require MORE than just running around in armour, but adding weapons to an already wild armour would just add to it.

Um... maybe you're forgetting but there really isn't very much you can do to scare these guys. I mean little kids are ready to take on tanks with rocks, these people are like literally ready to strap bombs to their kids to blow up troops. I don't think a guy in a suit is really gonna shock them that much.

I bet if you started bombing them with pigs blood and shooting them with bullets filled with pigs fat that they'd think twice about what they are doing... That is about the only way you are going to "scare" them into submission.

WE SHOULD HIT THEM WITH COWS RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE HA HA.

Isnt that India?

That Armor would not really suit well in combat due to view, weight, staring through a glass or whatever material face plate also feeling restricted would impair reaction time and movement (just think of how medieval knights felt wearing all that armor. Standard soldiers carry about 67 pounds. Changing the armor excluding water canteens, etc would still make the armor over 80 pounds which I doubt anyone can carry for long.

Yeah India, cow bombs. :X

Standard soldiers only carry 67lbs? That might be true when they are launching an attack and if they only weight 160lbs but the rest of the time 80lbs wouldn't be uncommon for a soldier to carry when you consider how much armor and ammunition they have to carry during forced marches and while out on patrol.
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From all of the soldiers I know that went to Iraq they all said they carried at least 80lbs of gear and in a few cases more than 100lbs (someone who was manning a SAW).

Like I said before, weight really isn't the issue.

Ok, did you even read what you linked? Weight already is a problem?

If our soldiers are currently able to fight with that much gear on doesn't that make your statement false, especially when you consider they carry close to twice that for forced marches? I think you under estimate our soldiers. I've been on forced marches before, carrying that much weight isn't a lot of fun BUT it is do-able and for extended periods of time.

I do agree that lighter would be better, you have no idea how light your body feels when running after you carried around 60-70lbs all day long for the last 6 weeks.

When I said weight wasn't the issue I was referring to that guys "Halo" armor. That crap it is made out of just isn't going to be able to withstand rifle caliber ammunition. The creator said he shot it with an "elephant" gun, but those are usually large bore weapons that use low pressure cartridges meaning they travel slower. Military ammunition on the other hand is designed to operate at higher velocities and impact in the smallest section possible, they are also commonly cored with steel rather than lead like most civilian cartridges are so they don't break up upon impact.

Maybe the creator should have marketed the idea to hollywood instead of the military.