Friday, September 29, 2006

New Power Suit Amplifies Human Strength


LiveScience.com - New Power Suit Amplifies Human Strength: "Engineers in Japan are perfecting a wearable power suit that amplifies human strength to help lift hospital patients or heavy objects.
Driven by portable batteries, micro air pumps and small body sensors that pick up even the slightest muscle twitch, the Stand-Alone Wearable Power Assist Suit is designed to help nursing home workers lift patients of up to 180 pounds while cutting the amount of strength required in half, project researcher Hirokazu Noborisaka told LiveScience today. "

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's cool.... I want one.

Anonymous said...

That is cool, but man, they need to compact it a bit so the person wearing it doenst have to feel like Iron Man, lol :D

Anonymous said...

or make it into an Iron Man suit! :)

Anonymous said...

thats just weird go to the gym people!!