21. When he is using the pen to move docs, and moved things around with his fingers, it definitely made me think of this guy's awesome progress with the Nintendo Wii... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0awjPUkBXOU and this guy.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_ytdW6Ys2A

I'm thinking take the Wiimote idea down to a pen scale...yea sexy.

Posted at 3:10AM on May 4th 2008 by aaron

22. I try not to get too glassy-eyed at cool movies like this, the workshop computer system is obviously extremely cool and inspired by the dreams of all UI designers.

But a robotic arm assist would be a good start. Would be very cool to have a nice piece of machinery like that to speed up tasks on-the-fly that I have to do, like pulling wires or thread, or holding something heavy.. twisting stuff. Record movements and replay them, a network of sensors to help it determine what actions it should take..

Posted at 4:08AM on May 4th 2008 by tetsu

23. ptr, thats exactly what I thought when I saw the computer screen. More exactly, it was: "He would use Linux, wouldn't he."

Posted at 5:14AM on May 4th 2008 by helios

24. No one rember project cyborg II.
If the interface is smoothed out and shrunk part of the ironman suit can be made real.

Posted at 10:31AM on May 4th 2008 by AJB2K3

25. I don't know about anyone else, but I'm really excited about recent exoskeleton research. I'm trying to make a robotic arm (only the elbow joint for now, start simple). No power assist for now, but definitely in Mark II.

Posted at 12:57PM on May 4th 2008 by Satiagraha

26. #16 (ryan) - I'm not suggesting that this insanely fast powerful laser be used to power anything. Power levels like 50GW / sec aren't going to be around anytime soon. It does little good to ignore current cutting edge technology and jump far off into the future. That 300TW pulse reveals more about physics and the world around us in a few femtoseconds than any CW laser could in 100 years.

Posted at 3:28PM on May 4th 2008 by Medix

27. i'm probably going to try and make the arc reactor using screen shots to guage the size and to make the design and cut it out using the plasmacam we have at school, but i only have about a month left to do that as i'm a senior and the year is almost over.

Posted at 6:44PM on May 4th 2008 by wwsean08

28. Arc reactor, LOL! That's what Pons and Fleischman used to carry out cold fusion research.

Posted at 7:18PM on May 4th 2008 by zwitterion

29. Obviously the most power consuming of the functions are both the flight systems and the strength enhancements.

That being said, I was looking into building a set of weaponized gauntlets with various attachments including a set of oversized switchblades, flame thrower, tazer, and rapid fire low caliber machine gun.

Very low power consumption rate. next to nil. and even then it may be possible to add in a back attachment to increase bicep and deltoid strength. Something to think about. But then youd have to have strong legs/strong back/strong hips etc to be able to lift anything.

Can you tell I just got home from the movie?

Posted at 7:23PM on May 4th 2008 by Godd

30. I just watched that movie last night. I just want the helmet with the cool display.

Posted at 8:04PM on May 4th 2008 by Computer Repair

31. I've been trying to figure out how to control a powered battle suit simply. The problem with most suits is they require a fairly powerful setup of microprocessors to constantly take readings from sensors. I really want to figure out a simpler way of doing this. I love mechanical simplicity, so relying heavily on computers just feels unreliable to me.

I've also been dreaming up designs for simple strength enhancement exoskeletons for the arms. Similar to the arm he is working on in the movie, but so far I've only tackled movement in one axis. I"m studying engineering, so its good exercises to just come up with these solutions, even though I'll probably never build them unless I learn more about circuits.

Posted at 8:09PM on May 4th 2008 by Aero

32. I've had several ideas from Ironman, mostly how to properly integrate different parts of other projects.
My biggest inspiration for projects is usually video games. I've been working off and on on a powered exoskeleton since Halo first came out. It's been interesting.

Posted at 8:30PM on May 4th 2008 by Aadon

33. The whole AI system in his house was awesome. Secondly some sort of robotic arm that could get your tools would be sweet.

Posted at 10:25PM on May 4th 2008 by vanoverloop

34. I think either the holographic cam system, or the firefighter robot :).

I think it would be cool to just make a mini arc reactor with an internal power source that you can just stick to your chest.


If I get really really ambitious I may make my own suit and go a bit crazy with servo's and actually try and get as many of the control surfaces as possible functional.

Posted at 10:32PM on May 4th 2008 by Stephan

35. Best part: Tony Stark observes proper soldering technique. Nice to see Iron Man himself dab his iron's tip on a sponge after making a connection. Doin it for the kids!

Posted at 12:01AM on May 5th 2008 by Tom

36. I'm surprised noone has mentioned any of the brain-computer interfaces coming up this year. =O

Emotiv Epoc
http://www.google.com/search?hl=no&q=emotiv+&btnG=S%C3%B8k&lr=

Neurosky
http://www.neurosky.biz

After all, in the comic Tony Stark intergrates the suit with his central nervous system. I'm thinking about something a bit less ambitious, like getting my Arduino to interface with one of the gadgets mentioned above, to make a portable system that could be used to control an "armoured" arm with mind-controlled cigarette dispenser and lighter or something like that. ^^

Aero:
A suit could fairly mechanically be controlled by strategically placing pressure-sensors. If you try to bend/flex your arm f.ex., you push against a sensor and the "suit" takes the corresponding action. The force the suit applies (and the speed, of there is little or no resistance) depends on the amount of pressure you apply to the sensor. Should make for a fairly simple, intuitive control-scheme. =)

Posted at 2:48AM on May 5th 2008 by Kim Helberg

37. This is what I thought when I saw the whole suit:

Exoskeletons

Posted at 3:14AM on May 5th 2008 by Aero

38. i'm all on board for the slick 3d/multiscreen user interface.

Posted at 10:35AM on May 5th 2008 by HaDAk

39. i am design an super shuit like in the movie it sounds crazy buth it can't fly it wil only lift a little bit

Posted at 2:16PM on May 5th 2008 by Djneo

40. strangely...my biggest feasible idea (who doesn't want to build the whole suit?) came from the bathroom sink in the theatre following the film. Are there any capacitive sensor-driven sinks? There are the IR ones, but I want to turn my sink into a theremin for water flow.

Posted at 2:17PM on May 5th 2008 by Dash