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  1. 07-11-2013, 05:00 PM #1
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    News - Titan Arm – powered upper body exoskeleton wins Dyson Award

    Augments a user’s arm strength by 18Kg – it’s not quite Titanfall yet.
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  2. 07-11-2013, 05:36 PM #2
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    Re: News - Titan Arm – powered upper body exoskeleton wins Dyson Award

    Don't ask me why, but this strikes me as the kind of thing that the army would be interested in.

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    Re: News - Titan Arm – powered upper body exoskeleton wins Dyson Award

    The queue for Elysium starts here...
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    Re: News - Titan Arm – powered upper body exoskeleton wins Dyson Award

    Quote Originally Posted by crossy View Post
    Don't ask me why, but this strikes me as the kind of thing that the army would be interested in.
    The army has already been working on things like this for years. That was partly what the article was referring to by "current exoskeleton solutions".

    http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/06/article-0-0CE19BC100000578-434_634x737.jpg
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    Re: News - Titan Arm – powered upper body exoskeleton wins Dyson Award

    I don't know why, but that video reminded me of the latest Deus Ex game....
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    Re: News - Titan Arm – powered upper body exoskeleton wins Dyson Award

    Augments for everyone!
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    Re: News - Titan Arm – powered upper body exoskeleton wins Dyson Award

    Powered by the Nvidia Titan
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    Re: News - Titan Arm – powered upper body exoskeleton wins Dyson Award

    I never asked for this!
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    Re: News - Titan Arm – powered upper body exoskeleton wins Dyson Award

    Do you have to take it off when going to the loo?
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