Inventing Iron Man

Inventing

Iron Man(and Iron Spider-Man)

Iron Man

Billionaire industrialist Tony Stark suffers a severe chest injury during a kidnapping in which his captors attempt to force him to build a weapon of mass destruction.

He instead creates a powered suit of armour to save his life and escape captivity. He later uses the suit to protect the world as Iron Man.

Cyborgs

Gottfried von Berlichingen aka "Götz" 1480 – 23 July 1562 In 1504, Berlichingen and his company

fought for Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria. During the siege of the city of Landshut, he lost his right arm when enemy cannon fire forced his sword against him.

Cyborgs

He had a mechanical prosthetic iron replacement made, which is today on display at the Jagsthausen Castle. This prosthetic hand was ahead of its time, being capable of holding objects from a sword to a feather pen.

Cyborgs

Kevin Warwick Born 9 February 1954 Born in Coventry, UK He is known for his studies

on direct interfaces between computer systems and the human nervous system, and has also done research in the field of robotics.

Cyborgs

Steve Mann Born in 1962 Born in Hamilton, Ontario He is as an inventor best

known for his work on computational photography, particularly wearable computing and high dynamic range imaging.

Cyborgs

Neil Harbisson Born 27 July 1982 A Catalan-raised, Northern

Ireland-born contemporary artist, composer and cyborg activist best known for his self-extended ability to hear colours and to perceive colours outside the ability of human vision.

Cyborgs

Matthew Nagle Born October 16, 1979 Died July 24, 2007 The first person to use a brain-

computer interface to restore functionality lost due to paralysis. He was a C3 tetraplegic, paralyzed from the neck down after being stabbed.

Cyborgs

Lepht Anonym A bio-hacker based in

Berlin who performs self-surgeries in order to explore and affect a personal transition to a physical cyborg state.

Prosthetics and Neuroprosthetics

Neural prostheses are a series of devices that can substitute a motor, sensory or cognitive modality that might have been damaged as a result of an injury or a disease.

Neuroprosthetics

The Raytheon Sarcos Exoskeleton is designed primarily with military purposes in mind, the XOS Exoskeleton is the robot that allows the wearer to lift or carry up to two hundred pounds repeatedly without tiring.

It's unique because it's one of the few full-body exoskeleton robots available. Most robot exoskeletons are broken up into either legs or arms.

Neuroprosthetics

The HAL 5 Hybrid Assistive Limb (also known as HAL) is a powered exoskeleton suit developed by Japan's Tsukuba University and the robotics company CYBERDYNE.

It has been designed to support and expand the physical capabilities of its users, particularly people with physical disabilities.

Neuroprosthetics

TitanArm is an untethered, powered, upper body exoskeleton for use in the fields of rehabilitation and therapeutic application, as well as occupations requiring augmented strength.

Though systems exist, past exoskeleton endeavours have led to bulky, expensive, invasive, and tethered solutions.

Neuroprosthetics

WalkAide is a class II, FDA cleared medical device, designed to improve walking ability in people experiencing foot drop caused by upper motor neuron injuries or conditions such as: – Multiple Sclerosis (MS)– Stroke (CVA)– Cerebral Palsy (CP)– Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury– Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Neuroprosthetics

BrainGate is a brain implant system built and previously owned by Cyberkinetics, currently under development and in clinical trials, designed to help those who have lost control of their limbs, or other bodily functions, such as patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or spinal cord injury.

Neuroprosthetics

Fictional: NTU-150 Telepresence Armor

Attention Mechanisms

A significant consideration with this sort of technology is the user’s ability to attend to controlling these systems.

Attention Mechanisms

Attention Is regulated by short term memory It is a mental system that enables us to focus

on some information while ignoring other information

Concentration is the ability to focus on the task at hand while ignoring distractions

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Rocketman

Yves Rossy Born 27 August 1959 Born in Neuchâtel,

Switzerland A Swiss pilot, inventor and

aviation enthusiast.

Head-up Displays

Head-up displays - also known as a HUD - is any transparent display that presents data without requiring users to look away from their usual viewpoints.

HUDs evolved from the reflector sight, a pre-World War II parallax free optical sight technology for military fighter aircraft.

Iron Spider-Man

Featuring images from:

Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 529– Written by J. Michael Straczynski

Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 530– Written by J. Michael Straczynski

Iron Spider-Man: In summary

The costume is made of liquid metal nano-fibers that allow him to change his costume to taking on any appearance he wishes.

Located on the back of the costume are three waldoes Mesh webbing that can allow gliding for short distances Heat-

resistant Kevlar microfiber that can resist small-caliber bullets Built in fire, police and emergency scanner Audio and visual amplification, including infrared and ultraviolet Carbon filters in the mouth areas to keep out toxins A short-range GPS microwave communication system, all routed through a computerized control system in the titanium

chestpiece.