This year, the technology world exploded with new wearable devices. From smart watches to Google Glass, and now even smart contact lenses. The question is: what will these devices mean for us in the future? The answer: More intelligent systems, the ability to perform tasks better, and most excitingly, artificial intelligence.
That all sounds great, but the question people across the world are asking themselves is: “How close are we to a real Iron Man suit?”The truth is, walking around in super-strong suits may not be that far away.
Realistically , We haven’t quite cracked the secrets behind Iron Man’s suit, But we’ve got some of the specs down. for example: a panoplied suit with high-tech weapons and the ability to to augment human strength? It looks like we are in a good position to build that one. In fact, the US military has been working on “exoskeleton” suits to help soldiers do more in combat. The suits enhance strength and increase protection for a soldier. While repulsor beams, flight arc reactors, and internal power generation units are a long way away, the armored suit is something different entirely.
A while back a report stated that the “first Linux-powered Iron Man suits may soon be within the reach of homebrew builders”, it was fascinating. Why Linux? Why open source?
Well, the biggest technology problem facing a project like this is artificial intelligence (AI) technology to the like of Stark’s Just A Rather Very Intelligent System (JARVIS), which is required to run such suits.
But the way open source is leading innovation through collaboration, we can expect the pace and volume of AI improvement and creation to increase. Maybe it would be a hasty generalization to say that open source will help build a superhero suit, but the community has indicated that they’re up to any challenge, and we soon expect to see the first Linux-enabled Iron Penguin kits. So if anyone were to be able to pull this off, it would be these open source developers.
As the world begins adjusting to new realities, the desire for more innovation could drive technology breakthroughs necessary to replicate iron man technology. With the vitality of the open source community that drives innovation faster, it won’t be wrong to look forward for intelligent and wearable body exoskeleton in the near future. What do you think?
Vippan Kumar is a Marketing and Communications professional with 9 years experience working in the dynamic B2B marketing environment. He spends his energy in strategizing, writing, reviewing a variety of content for demand generation and pre-sales support. He enjoys developing company literature like web content, whitepapers, case studies, blogs and opinion posts for different channels. He has a keen interest in digital transformation and next-generation technology like IoT, AI, and Analytics. He always likes to learn new skills. Reading, volunteering, and sports are his hobbies.
