Tags for this video have been changed from 'blow torch to head, Trojan, shrapnel, exoskeleton, gadget' to 'blow torch to head, Trojan, shrapnel, exoskeleton, gadget, troy hurtubise, nutbar' - edited by therealblankman

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Though I don't find any particular value in the video, I do love the conversation that ensues.
On the topic of this being animal cruelty, I can see how your left wing PETA activist might agree with it. However, I personally cant see how it is. Danny quickly scurried off to everyones favorite resource, the grand almighty Wiki, and picked up some information that some other drunk ass decided was the truth and posted.
PEOPLE - WIKI IS USER EDITED AND CREATED. NOT ALL WIKI ENTRIES ARE CORRECT!
Sorry for the caps, but its getting to that point. Well as some one who has lived in El Paso for a few years, i know first hand that these "golden" scorpions exist there. It is not a golden scorpion, but rather a very young scorpion. their exoskeleton structures are translucent when they are young.
SO yes, this is something you may come across in nature.

@ Raven
I generally consider you one of the more intelligible people on the sift, even more so than the wiki-loving probie. Seriously though I tend to find your comments more insightful than most sifters so to see your comments through this thread a little off with your usual comments. I'm defiantly not saying that there are people out there that don't like MG. Its just that to say he always does something, and then offer no proof to support your claims. Then When he asked you to show him where he does it, you stated you weren't going to do it, because he needed to so that he could better himself. As much as it pains me, I'm going to have to side with MG on this point. Most of the threads I've seen where theres constant MG ass pounding, it starts because someone put words in his mouth. Yeah, theres probably a couple places where he might say something to start it, but most of the time it is other people.

Aww, isn't it just ADORABLE how Mr. Kitty rends the chitonous exoskeleton to devour it alive! We should add this to the * cute channel.

Lethin & Conan: The exoskelton hasn't been "taught" how to walk, or how firmly to grasp certain objects. It is quite literally an Amplifier of human movement.

There are no joysticks to control it's movement. You step inside, and it reacts to your movements naturally. Think of it like the accelerator in your car: the harder you press it the faster you go, and you are able to interpolate how hard you should press to maintain a certain speed. This is much more complicated obviously as it's monitoring all your movements and if the measurements are wrong, things can ... go badly... But if done properly, the operator should be able to accurately control how hard he/she wants to grasp, punch, kick, pull, etc very naturally.

RE: Batteries. They already have it working on batteries, and remember the operator won't be the one carrying them around, they will be supported by the exoskeleton. Problem: they only last 15-minutes, and much like our lovely laptops, cellphones and iPods, have been known to be potentially... volatile.

*geek-rage

Robocop was a cyborg, not exoskeleton. His missing body parts were replaced by machine parts, including pieces of his brain.

Sarcos is pretty cool place. I got a tour of their research facility by the guy near the end of the video (Steve Jacobsen) and saw the exoskeleton in person. It's just as bad ass as you can imagine. One interesting note, at the time they had no restraints which would stop you from punching yourself... which might leave a bruise.

They are working on some awesome stuff boys and girls.

No, thank you! Now I'm only two away from Gold!

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*save

Thanks again for helping me save one of my favorite sifts!

now, put the motorized assist exoskeleton we saw way back, and bam, robo suits, capable of carrying massive loads and running at high speeds. bitchin.
now all you need is a arm mounted machinegun, shoulder fired rockets and you got yerself a bad ass mar machine.

i used to think of 'god' as someone playing an RPG style video game. you have a certain amount of 'base points' that you are able to distribute across several categories.
humans obviously rank higher in the 'intelligence' stat and low in the 'armor' stat. (or armour stat, for you brits out there ) whereas the points for say, an ant (sorry ant) are distributed much higher to the armor side.
i think our reasoning and reactionary systems are absolutely amazing, but i've always thought we were too soft and fleshy for our own good. one balances out the other though, as we should be able to use our brains to protect our bodies, rather than a hardwired reaction to an external stimulus or an exoskeleton.