<font color="yellow">I hope this inspires the DoD.</font><br /><br />Just one of many articles (this one is a tad dated) on the exoskeleton uniform that is planned to arrive in the 2020 timeframe. <br /><br />
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Pic....<br /><br />For the naysayers: many aspects of the exoskeleton uniform are already well along. <br /><br />It's to be preceded by a version of the Future Force Warrior uniform that uses liquid armor; the force of the bullet turns the liquid-armor impregnated uniform into a solid armor. When the shock wave dissipates the uniform returns to flexible mode. Already in testing.<br /><br />Power will likely come from micro-turbine generators powered by alcohol or whatever liquid fuel is available, prototypes of which already exist. Size: SMALL....even tiny. 90% of the device is the fuel tank.<br /><br />MIT recently tested a lower body exo-unit that runs on only 1 watt but allows the soldier to carry a huge load with little effort. They need to improve its flexibility, but they're definitely on the right track.<br /><br />There is even work on a fabric that incorporates active camoflage; the uniform projects the background on its forward surface, effectively rendering the wearer invisible. This was thought to be near impossible, but recent advances in printable circuitry has changed that.<br /><br /><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>Superhuman strength has always been confined to science fiction, but advances in human-performance augmentation systems could give soldiers the ability to lift hundreds of pounds using the effort they would usually use to lift a fraction of that weight.<br /><br />In the shoulder of the Future Force Warrior uniform is a fabric filled with nanomachines that mimic the action of human muscles, flexing open and shut when stimulated by an electrical puls</p></blockquote> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>