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The next time one of your friends brags about jogging or staying in shape, strap on one of these pneumatic muscle suits and kick their ass in a five mile run on the tread mill.

Pneumatic systems are clean, safe, lightweight, and reliable. In a pneumatic electronic hybrid, electric components simply control the flow of air pressure, removing the burden of weight and kinetic actuation from electric to pneumatic power. The result is a lightweight low idle-power system with high-power kinetic impact.
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That thing looks like official manager gear:

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Barry Bonds would love one of those,if they can come up with one that won't show under his baseball uniform.:D
 
man this suck now everyone is going to be able to know what it feels like to be me.
 
That's pretty kick ass. I can imagine the US Military is very interested in this technology..
 
Probably only a matter of time before someone comes out with the "StrokeMaster 4000" masturbation add-on for this :)
 
ElGuapo242 said:
Probably only a matter of time before someone comes out with the "StrokeMaster 4000" masturbation add-on for this :)
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They stated this might damage joints due to repetitive strain so dont fall asleep using it :D
 
it will be a crysis if these get approved for military use.


get it CRYSIS as in the game that uses a suit similar to this one in it.


ok it wasn't funny I failed.
 
M.A.N.T.I.S. is a TV series that aired for one season on the FOX Network between August 1994 and March 1995. The original two-hour TV pilot was produced by Sam Raimi and developed by Sam Hamm. It starred actor Carl Lumbly. The show was unique, inasmuch as it depicted an African-American superhero.

Lumbly's character, Dr. Miles Hawkins, was a wealthy, mild-mannered doctor who was shot in the spine by a criminal. Paralyzed from the waist down, he uses his company's resources to invent a powered exoskeleton that not only enables him to walk but gives him superhuman abilities. He utilizes a vast array of technology, including a large underwater lab and a hovercraft called the Crysalid to fly around the city. With his newfound power, he vows to fight crime and assumes the hidden identity of the vigilante "M.A.N.T.I.S." (Mechanically Automated NeuroTransmitter Interactive System).

The bulk of the series' run depicted the M.A.N.T.I.S. operating in a vigilante role, frequently pursued by police, and battling industrialist Solomon Box. Poor ratings led to an extensive retooling of the concept. Minor characters were jettisoned, and the premise incorporated more fantasy adventure elements, including parallel universes, super-villains, and monsters. In the series' final installment Miles Hawkins meets his death disposing of an invisible, prehistoric dinosaur.

The series was released on Amazon's Digital Download service Unbox on April 2, 2008. A DVD release of the series is scheduled for September 16, 2008.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.A.N.T.I.S.
 
SPARTAN VI said:
That's pretty kick ass. I can imagine the US Military is very interested in this technology..
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They have a similiar thing in some of the Dale Brown books. A powered exoskeleton that does something or other to be bulletproof, and have pneumatic boots so they can nearly fly. They're actually ok to read as a cheap trashy novel. No Philip Roth you understand but my god it sounds like a crock of shit when you try and describe it :eek:
 
how cool would it be if you worked in the automotive repair industry and you could pick up a 305 V8 by yourself....

how cool? I can't even rate that...
 
jacuzz1 said:
I would imagine this technology is already in use
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Is it?! I've never seen it on the Military Channel in shows like Future Fighting Machines or Future Weapons. My buddies in the Marines haven't seen this stuff either.
 
Am I going to be able to jump 10 feet into the air with this? I can't even imagine how useful this stuff could be...
 
I would also imagine this technology could be a godsend for injury rehabilitation (assuming insurance companies and the FDA would allow). I've seen something similar used on paralyzed rats and they regain limb control.
 
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