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Before, there was Crysis (2007) with its Nanosuit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crysis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crysis) which itself was inspired by real-li
by castell 11y ago
Before, there was Crysis (2007) with its Nanosuit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crysis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crysis) which itself was inspired by real-life US military Future Force Warrior concept (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Force_Warrior http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Force_Warrior)
- vidarh 11y agoIt's much older than that: Hardiman [1] was an actual prototype from 1965. And of course in fiction there's a ton of examples, such as Starship Troopers (the novel) from 1959. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardiman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardiman
- HeyLaughingBoy 11y agoCan probably trace it further back to "Waldo" which I believe was written in the late 30's
- venomsnake 11y agoOnly if Heinlein hadn't written starship troopers couple of decades before.