Bionic Body Armour??

Subject: Bionic Body Armour?? Thu 19 Feb 2009, 08:24

Ace! We need a bit of this, IBM has applied for patent for Bionic Body Armour that makes you move out of the way when you're getting shot at Smile

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Quote :: IBM has filed a patent for "Bionic body armor" that could allow its wearer to actually dodge bullets.

According to the patent filing, the armor utilizes "a plurality of position sensors and a plurality of attitude sensors" to detect and monitor projectiles and calculate their paths. If a projectile is bound to hit the armor wearer, the armor administers a small shock to the appropriate muscles needed to move him away from its way.

The patent filing explains that " When a marksman (such as a sniper) is attempting to fire a projectile from a firearm, the marksman typically prefers to be as far away from the target as possible, thus giving him or her a head start for the escape after the firing. As an example, the longest reported sniper hit was from a distance of about 2500 meters, resulting in a time of flight of about 4 seconds for the projectile/bullet. Had the target been aware of the inbound projectile, avoiding it by simply walking away would have been possible."

http://www.megagames.com/news/html/hardware/ibmpatentsbulletdodgingbionicbodyarmor.shtml

Subject: Re: Bionic Body Armour?? Thu 19 Feb 2009, 09:01

After today's APWT there's no fear of getting hit. Very Happy

Sgt Posts : 70 Join date : 2008-09-10

All they need to do is next point you weapon at the enemy automatically so you can shoot back instantly. I guess this system would be a waste of time at short ranges.

I think they would need to have some way of determining if you were behind cover. It would be funny if you were safe behind a wall and you just started randomly twitching/break dancing to dodge bullets that couldn't hit you in the first place lol!