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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.
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Very nifty stuff and all, but this line really made me raise my brows =I
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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.
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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~
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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.
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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.
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Looks like a power ranger! =D
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Its something I would put on if we were playing with live rounds because paintball wouldnt be that fun.
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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.
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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. |
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something about that thing just screams HEY I'M A FETISHIST WHO LIKES ELABORITE THINGS
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Could you imagine a few thousand soldiers running around in this armour in Afghanistan and Iraq? It would scare the crap out of me!
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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.
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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.
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