Matt Damon's Exoskeleton In Elysium Exists In Real Life Now — cinemablend.com

Ee've seen the world of comic books inspire geeks to create things like Spider-Man web shooters, Iron Man laser gauntlets, and retractable Wolverine claws, but this is obviously a bit different. Long story short: he saw Matt Damon's exoskeleton in Elysium and said to himself, "I can make that." The video above comes from YouTube user The Hacksmith, who has a channel completely packed with videos like the one seen above, featuring the host building all kinds of crazy cool gadgets and devices. While most of the projects only span one or two clips, the Elysium exoskeleton you see finished above is a piece of work that has been in development over the course of 16 videos. The system works using pneumatic cylinders and what looks like a whole lot of steel tubing. As you can see, the system gives him the ability to do curls with a 170lb barbell - though not without some effort.

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