Continued progression of a homemade powered exoskeleton.\r
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A real-world documentary; The Mathemetics of Superheroes in development.\r
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The powered exoskeleton goes back to the late 1950s and 60s. Some historians believe they go back even earlier. Also sometimes called the exosuit, mech suit, superman suit, powersuit, supersuit, man-amplifier, strength suit (or the motive part of powered armor), the powered exoskeleton has been made popular by blockbuster movie hits such as Iron Man, Marvels The Avengers, Elysium, Starship Troopers, and The Dark Knight Returns (animated). In the near future, we will see powered exoskeletons being utilized more and more in the construction industry, in hospitals, in rescue operations, and in rehabilitation clinics/ programs.\r
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TV Show and Documentaries that feature or discuss powered exoskeletons:\r
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*Make Me Superhuman , featured on The National Geographic Channel\r
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*Ancient Aliens, The Vikings episode and Aliens, Gods, and Heroes episode feautured on H2\r
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Powered Exoskeletons in Fiction:\r
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**Iron Man - After being wounded by terrorists, genius inventor Tony Stark builds a powered exoskeleton/powered armor to save his life and to escape his captors.\r
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**Steel - Genius weapons designer John Henry Irons builds a powered exoskeleton to mimic some of Supermans superpowers after Superman is killed in a titanic battle with Doomsday. Calling himself Man of Steel, his new name is later shortened to just Steel by a resurrected Superman.\r
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**Batman - Occasionally uses a powered exoskeleton/armor to engage metahumans like Superman in Frank Millers The Dark Knight Returns and in the upcoming film, Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice. He also uses an exoskeleton in his older years to assist and enhance his crippled, battle-worn body in the comic storyline Kingdom Come and at the end of Triumvirate of Terror from The Brave and the Bold animated series.\r
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**Peter Weyland - Billionaire industrialist who uses a powered exoskeleton to enable his diseased-ravaged body to stand and walk in the movie Prometheus.\r
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**Ellen Ripley - Courageous heroine who used the Power Loader, a massive industrial exoskeleton, to engage the alien queen in battle in the blockbuster hit Aliens (1986).\r
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**Lex Luthor - Supermans archnemesis who occasionally uses a powered exoskeleton along with kryptonite to go toe to toe with Superman.\r
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**Owlman - An enemy of The Justice League from an alternate dimension who wears a powered exoskeleton which enables him to stand up to Wonder Woman and to temporarily dominate Batman in Crisis on Two Earths.\r
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Real Exoskeletons:\r
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-Lockheed Martins Human Universal Load Carrier (HULC)\r
-Raytheons XOS\r
-General Electrics Hardiman (1965)\r
-Cyberdynes Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL)\r
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-Garrett Sutton, BME