Muscular exoskeleton turns you into a walking piece of construction equipment

By Mike Wehner, Tecca | Today in Tech – 3 hrs ago

Whether you need it to aid you in everyday tasks, or to lift something above your weight class, this suit could …

Have you ever dreamt of being a superhero? No? Well then stop reading. For the rest of us normal people, the fantasy of having super-human abilities is now one step closer to reality thanks to students at Japan's Tokyo University of Science. A team of engineers there has created a cybernetic suit designed to augment normal human abilities and make lifting heavy objects a cinch.

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