• Question: could the future ever have an iron suit (from the iron man films)

    Asked by xX_billy_Xx to Scott, Jim on 7 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Scott Lawrie

      Scott Lawrie answered on 7 Mar 2016:

      I would love to see an iron man suit for real! I think we’re nearly there. Plenty of people have made very sophisticated costumes with all the flaps and opening face mask for cosplays. We’ve also got very advanced robots and prosthetic limbs for people. So combine the two and you could soon see a fully working robot suit! The difficulty is the power supply. Tony Stark’s Arc reactor in his chest is a long way from being invented, certainly in the small enough size he has. Also, it’s very hard to imagine the rocket boots and hand blasters he has fitting inside a personal set of armour any time soon. I hope it happens in my lifetime! Maybe you can be the one to invent all that 🙂

    • Photo: Jim Barrett

      Jim Barrett answered on 7 Mar 2016:

      Hi Billy,

      Yes, I think that’s absolutely possible, although I’m not sure where you’d put all of the fuel you’d need to fly around so much, and Iron Man gets beaten up quite badly by real world standards….

      It would be pretty cool to see though

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