Power Suit Promises Super-Human Strength

anthemaniac writes "LiveScience is reporting out of NextFest on a Japanese-built power suit that amplifies the strength of its wearer. The onboard computer is hooked up to sensors that monitor natural movements, then it inflates cuffs to boost lifting power. The Power Assist Suit could be used by hospital workers to move heavy patients, the researchers say."

Let me be the first to say...

[Anonymous Coward]

Let the Mech Wars BEGIN!

SNL

[LoverOfJoy]

They're going to (clap) pump you up!

Starship Troopers anyone?

[Scooter's_dad]

Now all we need are little jet packs on the ankles.

What about using it to beat the s4

[Anonymous Coward]

out of alien queens?

Dull

[cowscows]

Moving heavy patients? Was someone having a contest to see who could come up with the most boring use of super-human strength?

Let's get them all out of the way

[Nova Express]

1. What could possibly go wrong?
2. I for one welcome our new power-suited overlords!
3. Does it transform into a semitruck?
4. Put Rico's Roughnecks on standbye.
5. Now we need to find a whining Japanese teenage boy who will be required to share living quarters with lots of hot girl and who be the only one who can pilot the mech to save the world.
6. All hail our giant cyborg President! May death come quickly to his enemies!

OK, we now return you to your regular Slashdotting.

Keep Out of Reach of Children

[Tablizer]

"Okay okay, okay, you can have all the cookies, Sandy; and I swear I won't tell Mommy, I swear!"

Yeah yeah, patients etc.

[Colin Smith]

My question is where are the dual minigun mounts?

 

Oh my god

[CaffeineAddict2001]

If this suit gets a short while somebody is in mid-lift I hope it makes it on YouTube.

In other words

[Hao Wu]

The Power Assist Suit could be used by hospital workers to move heavy patients, the researchers say.

Or even fat people, possibly....

Re:Let me be the first to say...

[Brickwall]

You have it wrong.

Iron Man lives!

Re:Knock knock. Who's there? U.S. Military

[Freaky Spook]

In the battle theater, though, 30 minutes is woefully short.

You've obviously never seen an arnie movie ;) In 30 minutes he can defeat an entire army with a bag full of weapons, and save his daughter.
This suit could allow Arnie to do it in 15 at least!!!

Re:Let me be the first to say...

[icj]

They are currently working on a model that can only be piloted by teenaged schoolgirls in the event a giant monster attacks earth.

Re:Let's get them all out of the way

[triffid_98]

Gekigangar Punch?

alternate uses...

[Anonymous Coward]

"The Power Assist Suit could be used by hospital workers to move heavy patients, the researchers say.
"

Or to defeat godzilla, wichever happens first.

The real question is...

[magicnico]

What OS is on the onboard computer ?

Re:In other words

[Anonymous Coward]

"Your momma' so fat, the doctors needed a electrically assisted power suit to lift her onto the stretcher"?

Re:The real question is...

[Tablizer]

What OS is on the onboard computer ?

Windows, of course. And it works just fi
       

Sounds like the birth of a fetish...

[AmazingRuss]

Japanese + nurses + mechasuit

Once this is in use...

[John Guilt]

...will there be a grandfather clause allowing me to keep voting?

(What if the younger, semi-socialist R.A.H. had written "Starship Troopers"? He was still had that hazed-in loyalty to the military....)

Wininng

[__aawdrj2992]

Does this mean I can now use my nerdy prowess as a physical advantage?

I.E.: finally win a armwrestling match for once in my life.

Re:Dull

[Anonymous Coward]

Flinging fat people around like trailers in a tornado is boring to you?

Holy shit man I have to be at your next party

Rifleman's Creed v1.1

[__aawdrj2992]

This is my powered armor suit. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My suit is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.
My suit, without me, is useless. Without my suit, I am useless. I must fire my tatical nuclear ordinance true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy who is trying to kill me.
I must vaporize him before he shoots me. I will...
My suit and myself know that what counts in this war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit...
My armor suit is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its negative force feedback. I will ever guard it against the ravages of weather and damage as I will ever guard my legs, my arms, my eyes and my heart against damage. I will keep my powered armor suit clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will...
Before God, I swear this creed. My suit and myself are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life...
So be it, until victory is Terra's and there is no enemy, but peace!

Re:Great....

[lahvak]

Now wreckless teens will be using these things to flip over my Honda.

You mean they will do that to have a nice wreck, so they won't be wreckless any more?

Voice Activated

[Jah-Wren Ryel]

Of course, coming from Japan, the super-powers of this suit will be voice-activated. And not just regular-voice, or sotto voce, the wearer will be required to shout-out the desired function as it is being used.

Fat-Person-Lifting Super-Strength!!!!
New-Bride-Over-Threshold Ultimate-Lift!!
Giant-Cherry-Blossom Power-Tree-Shaker!!!

Re:Queue the anime jokes!

[mrchaotica]

You also misspelled "seppuku." : )

Re:Dull

[slack-fu]

You forgot to start that reply with... "You insensitive clod!"

Re:Knock knock. Who's there? U.S. Military

[AmberBlackCat]

I'm imagining a nerd putting on one of these suits and approaching the bully who's been taking his lunch money. After 29 minutes of playing with his new super strength, he finally taps the bully on the shoulder. It's about this time that his battery dies. The camera pans to the side so we can only hear the gory details: wham, wham, wham! Shoop. Then the camera pans back to show our hero sitting in a trash dumpster, checking his battery. Supervolt. Nooooooo! Tune in for part two when our hero is sure he'll get even with the bully once and for all, now that his Supervolt battery has been replaced with a Sony one. Go get him, tiger.

Re:Dull

[Anonymous Coward]

Sure, I want to trade in my Subaru for a mecha as much as any geek.

I'm sorry. Owning a Subaru automatically disqualifies you from owning a mecha.

Does it come in...

[sam991]

Orange [wikimedia.org]? Or Green [wikimedia.org]?

Re:Knock knock. Who's there? U.S. Military

[Lehk228]

sony battery? i have to assume the sequel involves painful chemical burns?

Re:Sounds like the birth of a fetish...

[BiggerIsBetter]

Japanese + nurses + mechasuit

Maybe they can use them to fight off the tentacles?

Re:Let me be the first to say...

[Epistax]

No no. This is just why you never make a character with more than 4 strength; it's just a waste. The suit gives you plenty to hold the largest weapons with no penalties and lets you put points into the far more valuable int and agi.

Re:We really need this

[Elemenope]

Heck, you could make personal armor three times thicker, stick on an antigrav pack, and still that fscking heavy plasma...wait...oh, hell.

Yes, I know I'm shallow...

[sacrilicious]

... but all I want this for is so I can put it on and then scream, "Get away from her, you BITCH!"

Re:In Soviet Russia...

[Anonymous Coward]

In soviet Russia, people live communist shit life. Next ...

Re:gasoline?

[Bimo_Dude]

"In the future, our soldiers will be gas-powered!"

If you've ever eaten at an Army mess hall, you would know that they already are!