People clad in suits that amplify their power, enabling them to achieve super-human feats. You might be easily led to believe that I’m talking about some sci-fi movie. Well, think again.
Exoskeleton is a notion that seems to jump right from the sci-fi fiction and yet the recent developments in this field suggest that soon exoskeletons will be more than just a concept.
Exoskeletons are a step away from copying human locomotor organs and replacing the consumption of metabolic energy with that of mechanical energy. Some exoskeleton models have already started working for us. These exoskeletons are capable of bearing the load of your body and at the same time amplify your metabolic energy six to seven times mechanically. The line between humans and Robocop is getting hazy. Judge on the face value alone and you’ll think that its all good, delve further and there’s...
Another face of this innovation
Man is lessening his physical activities with every new invention. The only hindrance was his use of muscles in walking and lifting petty things of his daily use which exoskeleton technology has started removing.
Biomechanic labs are continuously working to tap metabolic processes behind each muscle activity to improve upon their exoskeleton technology.
Theories of evolution are not to be ignored. We all know that man has lost all unnecessary or inactive organs in his journey of evolution from an ape to Homo sapiens. The muscles and energy available to us grow in proportion to the extent to which we use them. We become fat and sluggish if we hinder our daily physical activity. If, and that’s a big if, exoskeletons are able to become too common so that their usage becomes normal, instead of making us stronger they might actually make us weaker.
Excess rest to our muscles may develop mutations, which can reduce our metabolic processes. At certain stage, a person may find himself devoid of his original energy and power. Thereon in instead of the man controlling the suit, it will be the other way around. Worst-case-scenario might then just become a norm.
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