Pretty cool $15,000 real-life Halo suit

Here’s a quick off-topic post for the Xbox 360 kids, because we may be a step closer to having real-life Halo Spartans. Over at NeoGAF, there’s a story about Troy Hurtubise who has made a slimmer model of his previous invention, a bear-protection suit. He thinks that the new suit can one day be mass-produced to protect Canadian and U.S. soldiers.

He calls the suit the Trojan.

It took him two years and $15,000, but he thinks that it can be mass-produced for $2,000 a piece. It holds up against elephant guns and other high-powered weapons. He hasn’t tested being shot while wearing it, but he’s tested wearing it for long periods to see if it’s comfortable. It’s 18 kilograms (about 40 pounds).

The suit is made of high-impact plastic, ceramic bullet protection, and ballistic foam. There are compartments for emergency morphine, emergency salt, a knife, an emergency light, a recording device, pepper spray, and a transponder. That’s only half of it. The helmet has a solar-powered fresh-air system, a drinking tube (the canteen’s in the back), a laser pointer, and LED lights.

He’ll keep wearing the suit in public places to drum up publicity. He hopes to get an interview with military and law-enforcement contractors.

The thing between his legs is a clock.

Here’s a quick off-topic post for the Xbox 360 kids, because we may be a step closer to having real-life Halo Spartans. Over at NeoGAF, there’s a story about Troy Hurtubise who has made a slimmer model of his previous invention, a bear-protection suit. He thinks that the new suit can one day be mass-produced to protect Canadian and U.S. soldiers.

He calls the suit the Trojan.

It took him two years and $15,000, but he thinks that it can be mass-produced for $2,000 a piece. It holds up against elephant guns and other high-powered weapons. He hasn’t tested being shot while wearing it, but he’s tested wearing it for long periods to see if it’s comfortable. It’s 18 kilograms (about 40 pounds).

The suit is made of high-impact plastic, ceramic bullet protection, and ballistic foam. There are compartments for emergency morphine, emergency salt, a knife, an emergency light, a recording device, pepper spray, and a transponder. That’s only half of it. The helmet has a solar-powered fresh-air system, a drinking tube (the canteen’s in the back), a laser pointer, and LED lights.

He’ll keep wearing the suit in public places to drum up publicity. He hopes to get an interview with military and law-enforcement contractors.

The thing between his legs is a clock.