Real-Life Exoskeletons Start to Get Serious
 

*Source: Tech-Ex (http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com...-to-get.html)*
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It's obviously not as sleek and cool as Iron Man, or even the powered suits worn in Starship Troopers (the animated series (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roughne...ers_Chronicles) or the book (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_troopers), not the movie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starshi...s_%28film%29)), but it's getting there. Sarcos, a Utah-based company, has been working for years on real-life exoskeletons for the military. Recently purchased by Raytheon, Sarcos' exoskeletons are starting to get impressively realistic, though definitely still not a threat to Iron Man.

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