Looks pretty cool. I can see the military getting their greedy little hands on this.

How about an exoskeleton for an ostrich, they already have a topspeed of 50 km/hour by themselves . the bird has decent size and with the added exoskeloton you could perhaps turn it into a a single person attack raider with some guns and mounted rockets. however its said ostrich riding is for daredevils only, especialy during mating season, they seem to have a mind of their own

Horses would perhaps be more interesting candidates, already proven their millitary importance for thousands of years, horse already have an impressive combination of speed/loading capacity/endurance/trainabillity, just imagine the cavalry comes to the resque on horses that have the attack capacity of a light tank. Would cut down on oil consumption also.


[edit on 20-1-2005 by Countermeasures]

one of the main reasons Exoskeletons are being use is because the Military is always looking for ways to lload up troops with manageble weight. And Exoskeleton could allow for this to happen.

Animal mounts have been discontinued because you have to feed them and they are not all that reliable or durable in combat as a soldier is

Originally posted by Countermeasures
How about an exoskeleton for an ostrich, they already have a topspeed of 50 km/hour by themselves . the bird has decent size and with the added exoskeloton you could perhaps turn it into a a single person attack raider with some guns and mounted rockets.

Attack ostrich...AWESOME!!!

Team America.....F**K YEAH!!!!

In Norway we have a nice magasine about sienc. And for about 1-2 years ago there was a article that the fire men and medic people are going to get some of this things. So the hard work will get much easy.

was that elton john in the first pic?