Friday, 28 April 2017

TED 2017: UK 'Iron Man' demonstrates flying suit

quote [ British inventor says the project is just a bit of fun and safer than a motorbike. ]
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[by XregnaR@11:45amGMT]

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steele said @ 12:40pm GMT on 28th Apr [Score:1 Funsightful]
XregnaR said @ 12:44pm GMT on 28th Apr
TED + Beeb = gotta be real.
LurkerAtTheGate said @ 12:48pm GMT on 28th Apr
Mr Browning said it is easily capable of flying at 200mph (321km/h) and an altitude of a few thousand feet.
But, for safety reasons, he keeps the altitude and speed low.
He insisted it is "safer than a motorbike".


The cognitive dissonance is real.
mechanical contrivance said @ 1:11pm GMT on 28th Apr
Maybe he means the flying suit is safer at low speed than a motorbike at high speed.
arrowhen said @ 12:06am GMT on 29th Apr
Well, the most dangerous part of riding a motorcycle is inattentive morons in cars, so the lack of traffic a few thousand feet up would certainly help.
Ankylosaur said @ 12:53pm GMT on 28th Apr
Video still looks fake. Why are his arms flailing about but his body swinging about smoothly if he is supporting his body on his arms/hands?

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