When "Iron Man" comic book hero Tony Stark was kidnapped by terrorists and forced to build a weapon of mass destruction, he instead created a mechanical suit that gave him incomparable strength and the ability to fly.
Now University of Utah researchers have built a suit that will protect soldiers in combat by giving them increased strength and endurance.
"It's the same thing, but we don't quite have the glowing light thing in the chest or (the ability to) knock airplanes out of the sky," Jacobsen said. The suit will instead be used to reduce troop sizes and prevent casualties.
The suit, which moves when muscles interact with built-in electrodes, could replace a group of people engaged in tasks such as carrying water or supplies.