In 10 year´s time its probably not necessary to put a soldier in an exoskeleton because remotely controlled units will do the dirty work on the battlefield. A human or two in a hardened mobile environment at a safe distance controlling a bunch of these rcu´s will be the immensely versatile army/navy/air force of the future. The soldier of now will be managing a battle from a distance, through a highly digitalised interface.

DARPA? Isn\'t that the weapon research center? Anyway; The troop looks like a sitting duck if you ask me... The worst part is the part were the troop gets shot and he/she has to be transfered to the U.S. in order to get treatment. We all know how bad the U.S. health care system is... That pooooooor soldier... I bet DARPA will have invent immortal soldiers by the time the U.S. government decides it\'s time to fund their Health Care system effectively. One thing I can be sure of: War creates more problems than it solves.

Long before this type of technology gets introduced to actual battlefield conditions, you better believe the skeleton will be carrying advanced armor. That\'s the FIRST thing it will carry! As far as the American health care system is concerned, civilians have not experienced how bad things can get yet. Just wait till full implementation of Ob-care kicks into full swing. Then we will truly have the civilized world\'s worst system!! Designed to self-destruct! Talk about your \"throw away\" society!

Plus besoin de faire de la musculation à out trans! LOL

Develop this for warehousing and business use. Possible replacement for forklifts?

This is a wonderful step, and as we expect it would be used for war, they have the money. as for a 34 year old single father who has ddd (7 disks) and scaring up my spinal cord in the lumbar area. so as a \"civi\" and the suit it to powerful for us hairless apes who like to drink and fight(thank you btw)... i had more hope that i was worth more than a burning bag a garbage, its nice to know i wont get to play ball, bike ride, run, get a job. this was a hope for alot of us\"undesirables\" who could have been but alas we just are. i want to see the guy who cant walk run. and i dont care if i formated this wrong.
i can go on but the truth is nobody gives a #$^.
how mutch is it?
is it worth it?
will it cause more harm than good?

I enjoyed GizMag a lot more before I read any of the comments.
All of you clowns grinding political axes should go over to digg.com
If you have anything valid to say about the technology or its development and future, then make a comment. Don\'t fill the comment area with your political drivel.

Read Waldo by Heinlein

If you don\'t have anything valid to post about the technology better not post it. Stop posting your political drivel!

This kind of tech truthfully scares the crap out of me (if it is used for the military). I believe that we already have enough people who want nothing more than to shoot and stab at each other. I believe that this will only elevate the conflict; what happens when you cannot kill the man in the suit. People will build stronger weapons and implement them on both the protected and unprotected soldiers. I see nothing bet bad coming from this being used in the military. Now I can see some useful applications outside the parameters of war, but we all know that will not happen.