Tag: human
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Lockheed Martin – Human Universal Load Carrier (HULC)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1CeBOWm67A[/youtube] Dismounted Soldiers often carry heavy combat loads that increase the stress on the body leading to potential injuries. With a HULC exoskeleton, these loads are transferred to the ground through powered titanium legs without loss of mobility. Gotta love technology. Might as well just go one step further and in case every soldier in an IronMan…
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Zombie Meat Jerky
Only In Japan: Pretty nasty looking blue colored “flesh”, which apparently according to the package has been “Aged to deadly perfection at the grave yard” For $4.50, why not? You can’t even buy a bag of Jack Link’s for that! Hat Tip: Pink Tentacle via Boing Boing
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Creepy Human Bone Art Representing Violence
Francois Robert has created a series of powerful artworks made out of real human bones to remind people about the consequences of violence. Human skeleton is a strong visual symbol that represents what is left after life has ended, after the flesh and mind cease to function.
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Segway Sniper Practice
[youtube width=”560″ height=”340″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khoLEzWUtVA[/youtube] Pretty awesome idea to use them for training. You know it’s doing a good job of impersonating a walking human when it looks creepy in action. I wish there was some range I could go to and give that a shot. I want every one of those RMP (robotic mobility platform) Segways…
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Guns, Tumors And The Limits Of The Human Eye
A study published in the journal Current Biology looks into the problems involved in visually searching for exceedingly rare targets and comes to an unsettling conclusion: “If you don’t find it often, you often don’t find it,” says study author Jeremy Wolfe. In other words, we are not very good at finding things that are rarely…