U.S. Navy Wants to Build Gordon Freeman's Power Suit, Sort of...
U.S. Navy Wants to Build Gordon Freeman's Power Suit, Sort of...
November 4, 2008
Gizmodo reports that the Office of Naval Research has funded a team at the University of California San Diego to begin developing what amounts to a power suit similar to that worn by Gordon Freeman, protagonist of Valve's uber-popular Half-Life series:
The system will monitor a few biomarkers for deviations from safe levels, at which point it will automatically medicate its wearer...
...the military applications are what's exciting about this. Take a current soldier's body armor, night vision goggles and communications equipment, throw in an automatic medical treatment unit and voila! You've basically got Gordon Freeman's HEV suit. There is no indication that the suit will make the satisfying "uhhuummuhhuummuhhuumm" sound like Mr. Freeman's, but there's no indication that it won't, either.
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Posted 11/21/09 at 09:21am
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Posted 11/21/09 at 08:16am
ZippyDSMlee: Welcome and goodmorning its zippy in the AM....wat OMG its 8:50AM!!!!
ZippyDSMlee: Welcome and goodmorning its zippy in the AM....wat OMG its 8:50AM!!!!
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Posted 11/20/09 at 05:17pm
JDKJ: O.K. Suit yourself. But when you're wearing Ray-Bans, sitting on a curb with a white cane and a cup of pencils, and doing Stevie Wonder impersonations, don't say I didn't warn you.
JDKJ: O.K. Suit yourself. But when you're wearing Ray-Bans, sitting on a curb with a white cane and a cup of pencils, and doing Stevie Wonder impersonations, don't say I didn't warn you.
Posted 11/20/09 at 05:10pm
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ZippyDSMlee: JD:No thank you I don;t want your cooties...or STDs...
Posted 11/20/09 at 05:01pm
JDKJ: Me. I'm rehearsing the role just in case I do get dubbed Zippy The Soecnda.
JDKJ: Me. I'm rehearsing the role just in case I do get dubbed Zippy The Soecnda.
Posted 11/20/09 at 04:59pm
DarkSaber: Wait, is that meant to be Zippy, me or you?
DarkSaber: Wait, is that meant to be Zippy, me or you?
Posted 11/20/09 at 04:49pm
JDKJ: I cud caer lez. =^^= *wakes up in mid-afternoon after staying up until 3:00AM soldering resistors on to circuit boards, stumbles around in formerly white but now grey underwear, while simultaneously scratching groin with vigor and making coffee*
JDKJ: I cud caer lez. =^^= *wakes up in mid-afternoon after staying up until 3:00AM soldering resistors on to circuit boards, stumbles around in formerly white but now grey underwear, while simultaneously scratching groin with vigor and making coffee*
Posted 11/20/09 at 04:46pm
DarkSaber: knell? Don't you mean Neil? Anymore of tht and I'll dub thee Zippy The Soecnda
DarkSaber: knell? Don't you mean Neil? Anymore of tht and I'll dub thee Zippy The Soecnda
Posted 11/20/09 at 04:44pm
JDKJ: Now, now, Saber. Don't be salty. You weren't the first one to knell and bob and you ain't gonna be the last one, either.
JDKJ: Now, now, Saber. Don't be salty. You weren't the first one to knell and bob and you ain't gonna be the last one, either.
Posted 11/20/09 at 04:42pm
DarkSaber: JD's feeling rather desperate it seems.
DarkSaber: JD's feeling rather desperate it seems.
Posted 11/20/09 at 04:33pm
JDKJ: C'mon, Zip. You already touch yourself way too much. Spread the love. Before you go blind.
JDKJ: C'mon, Zip. You already touch yourself way too much. Spread the love. Before you go blind.
Posted 11/20/09 at 04:27pm
ZippyDSMlee: JD:No and I ain't touching any part of you or your friends!! :P
ZippyDSMlee: JD:No and I ain't touching any part of you or your friends!! :P
Posted 11/20/09 at 04:25pm
JDKJ: @Zip: You know Lik Mitaint?
JDKJ: @Zip: You know Lik Mitaint?
Posted 11/20/09 at 04:18pm
ZippyDSMlee: neill and bob,oldest giveing head joke and most lamest...
ZippyDSMlee: neill and bob,oldest giveing head joke and most lamest...
Posted 11/20/09 at 04:18pm
JDKJ: But thanks for the memory. MIB's a classic. *sings* "Here come the Men in Black. Galaxy defenders. Here come the Men in Black. They won't let you remember."
JDKJ: But thanks for the memory. MIB's a classic. *sings* "Here come the Men in Black. Galaxy defenders. Here come the Men in Black. They won't let you remember."
Posted 11/20/09 at 04:18pm
ZippyDSMlee: JD:for the record I told you you can suck your own dck.
ZippyDSMlee: JD:for the record I told you you can suck your own dck.
Posted 11/20/09 at 04:07pm
JDKJ: Naw, man. That's Mueedeegiaap and Bob. And you can stop bobbing. I got Zippy bobbing now, too.
JDKJ: Naw, man. That's Mueedeegiaap and Bob. And you can stop bobbing. I got Zippy bobbing now, too.
Posted 11/20/09 at 03:56pm
DarkSaber: OH I get it now! It's Men In Black quote! The twins that run the comm centre in HQ.
DarkSaber: OH I get it now! It's Men In Black quote! The twins that run the comm centre in HQ.
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Very cool indeed. And JT says video games only causes problems... haha
That suit is absolutly useless. What kind of hazard suit cant go through hazards??? It can't go through radioactive waste, it can't go through steam, can't go through fire, it can't take bullets very well, also can't go through electrical currents, doesn't protect you from explosions. Useless. Absolutly useless. For hazardous enviroments at normal, stereal, at STP.
It's so true. That haz-mat suit Gordon wore was pretty much worthless.
You don't know that; think about how much damage Gordon WOULD take without that suit. And even if it didn't...
IT LOOKS TOTALLY AWESOME!
Are you serious? Are you saying that you think you could go through the ridiculous punishment that Gordon Freeman does without a suit? Hundreds of bullet wounds, lacerations, falls, impacts, and so on?
A normal person blasted with steam could be maimed or killed by it. Most people die from less than a handful of bullet wounds; you'd frankly be lucky to survive being shot ONCE. Just because the armor doesn't make you invincible doesn't mean that it's not a monumental improvement over natural human durability.
I expect Hazardous Enviroment Suit to allow me to pass through small pockets of radioactive material... This Hazard suit does not protect you from many hazards.... Bullets are reasonable, but electrical currents? steam? even a small fire, Radioactive material which would be an every day object in Black Mesa? Those are hazards that the Hazardous enviroment suit can't save you from.
Again, you're misconcieving invulnerablity for protection. Just because it doesn't stop EVERYTHING, doesn't mean it won't prevent the bulk of the damage.
What the Half-Life games didn't show you is how quickly Gorden would get his ass kicked without the suit. And he DID go everywhere without the helmet, so it's not like there was a perfect seal.
Still, I encourage you to compare walking through a fire in a flame retardant suit, and then without. Compare notes and see if your hypothesis still holds. Feel free to try this with a hazmat suit and radioactive materials, too.
Actually, they did show what'd happen to him without the suit. Notice all those scientists in white lab coats that got totally rocked? Yeah...that would have been Gordon.
Uh, yes it did, or did you not play threw the opening to Half Life 2? There is a brief segment where you can be sugmeneted to enemy fire before you get the suit.
I still expect it to do reasonably well in adverse conditions. This thing can't even go through a freezer without damaging!
Acctualy, in Half Life 2 you are not effected by radiation unless you directly contact the source, that could easily be atributted to the suit protecting you from the radioactive material's well... radiation?
Not to mention the core in episode 1.
I am surprised they dont secretly already have this... They have some top secret planes that wont be unclassified for a good decade that are utterly amazing though... They can go ungodly speeds, and use less fuel than flying normally at normal speeds. What they say they want to have in 30 years, they already have typically.
In that case, maybe they DO already have it, and just haven't revealed he fact yet. :-) The funding is just a trick, or to check and see whether this team's research will maybe bring to light some new ideas for the working model of the suit.
Good thing we have dedicated Internet Detectives such as yourself bringing these military secrets to light.
Oh I'm sure they have a lot more than than this. At the risk of sounding the crackpot conspiracy theorist they've got to have more than they let on. The thought of having a full suit of rigid "powered" armor is the next natural evolution of warfare. We've already seen a serious shift in the recent past in tactics focusing toward small teams. So would it not follow that military R&D would focus on making those units more effective?
I want to know when they're going to develop the Gravity Gun. And the Portal Gun.
Now you're thinking with portals. Fuck...now I want to go play that game again.
Heh, that was perfect. I actually WANT the Gravity Gun. Any idea if they plan on making the organic version?
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They've been working on that tech for the past 15 years. It was called Task Force 21 in the '90s and their main purpose was to test enhancements and replacements for then current tech.
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My dreams have all come true. What will come next? Perhaps a good mario movie? Maybe the army will develop mario armor. ahhh its nice too have tech these days
But Mario dies everytime someone throws a mushroom at him.
What about the vaguely British female voice? Will it have that too?
More importantly, will the flashlight be usable for more than 30 seconds at a time?