No condom jokes please.
Saw over at TeamXbox that a man from Hamilton, Ontario, Troy Hurtubise, has developed a light weight suit of full body armour that he hopes to sell to both the Canadian and American military.
Troy, who built a suit in the late '80's to withstand bear attacks, consulted various soliders to understand their needs for a suit like this, and for aesthetics, he looked to such science fiction as Star Wars and Halo: Combat Evolved.
The suit certainly resembles the Master Chief's armour from the Halo series.
There's an article about the Trojan at the Hamilton Spectator's site here, and a video here.
An excerpt from the article:
"He has spent two years and $15,000 in the lab out back of his house in North Bay, designing and building a practical, lightweight and affordable shell to stave off bullets, explosives, knives and clubs. He calls it the Trojan and describes it as the "first ballistic, full exoskeleton body suit of armour.""
"The whole suit -- which draws design inspiration from Star Wars, RoboCop, Batman and video games -- is made from high-impact plastic lined with ceramic bullet protection over ballistic foam."
Apparently he also plans to go to Nathan Philips Square this Saturday and wait for the press to show up. Maybe I'll pop by to see what the suit's all about.
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