Whenever a new Marvel film comes out, everyone wants to see it. It’s on the Doritos bags and Mountain Dew bottles, and other related merchandise everywhere. Radios and news stations even start having segments about them. Iron Man is an entity that had has this happen to it, without a doubt, but when the science community gets involved or mentioned, it’s apparent that the Iron Man suit is what people really want. Ever since the Industrial Revolution, humanity has untaken the biggest technological leap in history. It’s no surprise that, despite how far-fetched the Iron Man suit seems, the audience, as well as scientists, still grasp hope that this technology is closer to being possible than they think. How far away are they from the Iron Man suit’s technology, really? The first thing to consider is the component of superhero movies that makes them great: The miracle exemption from the laws of nature (The Science Behind Iron Man’s Super Suit.” 02:13. (2008). NPR. Web. 31. Mar 2015). Examples of these miracle exemptions are, really, the things that cause superheroes to obtain their
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It was a built-in computer system and it can increase strength and decrease fatigue, but it is in no way a tool for a “one man army”. It can’t deflect bullets, race fighter jets, or even fly. That being said, the technology is getting closer and closer to reality. These exoskeletons still augment human activity in one way or another, they’ll become more powerful, and they don’t even need a power supply with such sophistication as the arch reactor (as mentioned in the article, the power supply is almost always the biggest problem). In short, the technology may not be possible for now, but nor were these exoskeletons when the Iron Man came out with its first issue in 1963. At the rate technology has been improving, it would be hard to say that it isn’t
It was a built-in computer system and it can increase strength and decrease fatigue, but it is in no way a tool for a “one man army”. It can’t deflect bullets, race fighter jets, or even fly. That being said, the technology is getting closer and closer to reality. These exoskeletons still augment human activity in one way or another, they’ll become more powerful, and they don’t even need a power supply with such sophistication as the arch reactor (as mentioned in the article, the power supply is almost always the biggest problem). In short, the technology may not be possible for now, but nor were these exoskeletons when the Iron Man came out with its first issue in 1963. At the rate technology has been improving, it would be hard to say that it isn’t