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Fun read. Silly, of course, but still fun. Surprised it didn't mention Iron Man. That is almost certainly the most popular of sci-fi body armor at the moment
by taeric 2y ago
Fun read. Silly, of course, but still fun.
Surprised it didn't mention Iron Man. That is almost certainly the most popular of sci-fi body armor at the moment.
I, personally, think the biggest conceit with the armor narrative is that it can work as well as it does, period. This is touched in the article about how they manage to keep melee weapons as focus points. Realistically, no armor is protecting you from modern gun fire. And many hits that are survived by the likes of iron man would kill the person inside, regardless of if the armor survived.
- barrucadu 2y agoIn the first paragraph: > I want to be clear that I am generally limiting my scope here to rigid non-powered armor. Power (or powered) armor – that is, armor that moves with built-in servos and motors, rather than purely under muscle power – is its own topic that we’ll leave for another day.
- taeric 2y agoAh, fair, I think. I confess I assume that there is some sort of power source on all of the ones discussed, though? The Dune setups clearly have a power source for the shield stuff. Why wouldn't that power source also work to help move the armor?