"Batman meets Iron Man in this high-tech armor" by Doug Gross on March 4, 2014
Have you ever wanted to be a superhero like Batman or Iron Man? Well now you can! Australia has created a suit of armor called the Lorica. It is a high-tech suit made from a blend of lightweight, flexible materials and comes with Wifi and Bluetooth connectivity, a POV camera, a microphone, and 52 pressure sensors that can send data to an external computer program. The suit was made to allow people, mostly only martial artists, to compete. They have practiced for many years and this is a way to test their skills without seriously injuring someone. The sensors on the suit transmit data about the fight, describing the force/power of blows and whatnot. This allows for them to understand fighting and the type of damage and it can cause. Many are excited about this, including myself! Also, it will soon be a public event to watch as well in perhaps as soon as late this year. As the company said,
"You look at the popularity of combat sports in video games -- the public loves seeing people fight with weapons...We can throw a Samurai master against a Chinese Shaolin staff master and see who comes out on top."
If that is not cool enough, one of the developers is an armorer who helped build more than 2,500 suits in the "Lord of the Rings" and "Hobbit" movies!! Besides the suits coming to the public, it is also going to the military and for law-enforcement uses in a training environment. This is a huge deal!!! It will effect the economy dramatically. It will change the way that people see everything in the world. It is improving our technology and allowing for this high-tech to become close to us in our lives. My view on this topic is that this will expand the economy and bring up the demand in the market. Many people are willing to buy these suits and this will affect the market. This armor will allow for safer and more scientific discoveries. People will be able to gain new experiences and improve the world for the better. This will affect other economies in the future and gain more new enterprises. More income will come and this money is not being wasted on building these suits. They will help others in need and allow for the world to gain further knowledge. Overall, these suits are super special awesome and YOU NEED IT.... NOW! IT IS FOR THE GREATER GOOD!
Well old sport this was quite an interesting read! And the gifs and pictures on this blog were like the icing on the cake! If you could get me a Bilbo Baggins outfit I would wear it always! But seriously this was such a fascinating read! I definitely agree that it will effect the economy drastically! It will be very popular for people of all ages, especially those who are huge fans of super heroes and definitely improve safety levels. Great job! Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteMaybe if we took some of that money we are using to police other countries, America could buy some of those suits for the US military, to help protect our soldiers. Come on America, shouldn't we be worrying about the good of our own people.
ReplyDeleteThat's so cool!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat post! I am sure that every true super hero fan will be anxious to get their grubby little paws on a Lorica. Are these suits being made available to the general public? It would be kind of strange to see civilians walking around wearing these.
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what really caught my attention in your article is when you said it is going to the military i think that will be really interesting to see how that turns out
ReplyDeleteHow much does this cost? It must of cost thousands or millions of dollars. I hope the United States does not buy to much since we are already in trillions of dollars in debt.
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