Anemos Major wrote:Altimaea wrote:Let me clarify, the suit has a capacitor in it which is recharged by converting kinetic energy to electric. This is totally feasible. Its also not the type of exo skeleton you think it is. It is more of an exo muscular structure. It works similar to a muscle in that metal fibers "contract" which gives added force to the appendage. These metallic fibers are only on key muscles such as biceps, shoulders,abdomen, and quads. It is also a passive system used only when the extra force is needed. A fairly rudimentary system but it has to be for MT purposes.
... no, because your electric energy is used to create most of that kinetic energy. Hence, it would run out of power due to energy conservation laws.
It's not MT. MT is now. That isn't now; give me an example of practically employed artificial muscular replicators.
Yes it will run out of power eventually if it is used a bunch. it is passive though so it isn't always in use. The KE to electric thing works like this and remember that the exoskeleton part is not active, your body lifts your foot using calories stored in your body as various proteins and lipids. Your leg now has potential energy because it now in a rest position. Most people don't slap their feet down as the walk, we let gravity do it for us, this converts PE into KE. Your foot hits the ground and transfers its KE to the ground which usually gives a little. In this system there are small KE converters in the sole of the soldiers boot which absorb and convert KE into electricity (think of a Dr.Scholes type thing as a concept for this). Course this isn't perpetual motion because some energy IS absorbed by the ground and also some is dissipated as heat (due to friction). This isn't new technology, just look at what some kids run around with on Halloween, you know, those crank flashlights. Your arm supplies KE which is used to due work which works the generating mechanism which supplies the power. The muscular replicator part is the sketchyist part but it is fairly simple, basically a small reel winds or unwinds the metal strands which draws the limb closer or lets it slack. A Microprossessor determines when it needs to be active. The whole system minus the battery weighs only 10 pounds, and the battery is usually stored in the soldiers backpack. Using my system it is only feasible to use it on limbs in ways that all it needs is to bend to back/forward. It doesn't increase everything. Also keep in mind that MT in NSG is current year+2. I also have an LOLhuge military budget to spend on this kind of stuff (12.0 trillion according to NS Economy and that is only what I release to the public ) and if the U.S. put serious money into these systems this ^^^ stuff is quite feasible. These are only deployed to my S.P.A.R.T.A.N.s as the system is rather expensive and requires some specific training to use.