Man of Iron

Well, you know, I was just working out in the gym. Did about 500 reps at 200 pounds. Not bad for one days work. You should have been there.

That's what Rex Jameson was probably telling his friends. Except its not quite as good as it sounds, this robotics engineer did it with a sweet suit.

While I haven't seen the Ironman movie yet, I have seen the trailer and it looks decent. The concept is just cool to think about. Ya know, everyone would like to fly around in a powerful suit of armor that shoots things that blow up tanks. Anyways, if you are totally ignorant and do not know of the Ironman thing, let me elaborate and cure your ignorance.

So there is this guy, Tony Stark. Super rich, super smart guy that develops weapons for the military. Basically he gets caught by a terrorist organization and is held hostage until he builds a superweapon. Instead of some atomic bomb, he makes an iron suit (get it, Ironman?!) and kills some terrorists. Once he is back in his billion dollar home he makes a new suit and flies around shooting things. Yeah, you can tell I haven't actually seen the movie.

Well, back to Mr. Rex. This enterprising engineer made a similar suit under contract from the US Military. While I don't know the specifics, the suit basically detects your every movement and amplifies it almost immediately. So now instead of being the gym class looser who can't bench the bar, you can be like Hercules and throw giant things around at the hundred-headed Hydra (that is like the sweetest animated movie ever, next to Lion King).

The suit is about 150 pounds and the military hopes to use it to make a new super soldier. The main problem with it at this point is the battery life. You can't go fighting enemies with only thirty minutes of battery life. And it looks nowhere as cool as Ironman's suit.