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Powerloader Light Exo-Suit Adds 40kg of Kick-Power to Your Legs

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If this exo-suit is the Powerloader Light, I’m guessing this is the Powerloader. It can increase leg power by 40kg, though at a cost of $223,000, none of us will be kicking someone while wearing it anytime soon.

https://gizmodo.com/how-hard-would-you-kick-yourself-if-the-aliens-came-and-5646176

Panasonic is selling the Powerloader Light for half that price to developers ($111,500), with the request that any research must be presented within the first year. The idea behind it is that it can help with rehabilitation, but when it runs on Linux 2.6 and can be modded both at software and hardware levels, I know what I’d be using it for. Kicking down pinatas and sprinting off with my spoils, yes. [PlasticPals]

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