December 21, 2013
Mohenjo
Science
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The newest humanoid robot from NASA just might be mistaken for a superhero.
The space agency’s new Valkyrie — a 6 foot 2 inch tall (1.9 meters) robot with a glowing NASA logo on its chest — bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel’s superhero Iron Man, but this space age automaton was built for work, not comic book heroics. A team of engineers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Tex., designed and built Valkyrie in just nine months, according to press reports.
The robot was developed for the DARPA Robotics Challenge taking place at the end of the month and is designed to help humans during disasters. To test its capabilities, the DARPA competition will run Valkyrie through a variety of scenarios that it might encounter in extreme situations. Valkyrie will need to drive a vehicle, clean up debris, cut through a wall and perform other tasks to show that it has the right stuff.
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June 1, 2013
Mohenjo
Science
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Tony Stark may be a fictional character, but not everything in the “Iron Man” films is completely outside the realm of possibility.
At least that much has been demonstrated by Solar System Express (Sol-X) and Juxtopia LLC, two tech startups that have collaborated to create a real-life “Iron Man” suit, which could be used for skydiving from space. Wow.
Conceived in 2011, the RL Mark VI Space Diving suit would allow thrill-seekers to skydive from up to 62 miles above the earth’s surface — around the edge of space — and land safely, using thrusters instead of a parachute.
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Blake Sanders poses in the RL Mark VI Space Diving suit, which resembles a real-life “Iron Man” suit.
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May 5, 2013
Mohenjo
Technical
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Aside from the (admittedly considerable) appeal of watching Robert Downey Jr. crack wise as billionaire genius-turned-superhero Tony Stark, perhaps the biggest lure of Marvel’s Iron Man movies is finding out just what kind of amazing toys and gadgets he’s built into the latest version of his high-tech armor this time around. Although such innovations as a costume that unfolds itself from a suitcase onto your body (Iron Man 2‘s “Mark V” armor) or clothes that follow you around when you wear special bracelets (Marvel’s The Avengers‘s Mark VII armor) remain the stuff of science fiction, a surprising amount of the tech on display in the Iron Man mythos has counterparts in our world, even if the reality is a bit less colorful and unlikely to help us in the case of a Chitauri invasion.
From strength-enhancing exoskeletons to repulsor rays and sentient robot sidekicks, becoming a real-life Iron Man wouldn’t be easy — and it definitely wouldn’t be cheap — but it wouldn’t be entirely outside the realm of possibility, either.
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February 2, 2013
Mohenjo
Human Interest
Actors Who Didn't Take a Part, Actors Who Passed On Major Movie Roles, Actors Who Passed Up Major Movies, Actors Who Were Recast In Movie Roles, business, celebrities, entertainment, Entertainment News, hollywood film, huffingtonpost, iron man, maing, myaol, Oscars, pretty woman, research, Science, Science News, technology, travel, vacation, Video
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Casting a Hollywood film takes a great deal of patience, especially when a studio’s first choice turns down a role.
From “Iron Man” to “Pretty Woman,” some of the biggest hits may have had a totally different look if the lead roles hadn’t been passed on by other actors. We’ve gathered 12 major roles that were recast — and the actors who missed out on and scored the part.
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12 Actors Who Missed Out On Major Roles
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