67: Iron Man

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What if the superhero Iron Man was real? We look at some of his tech and assess how possible it is.With James Smith and John Chidgey.Miscellaneous Links: Iron Man’s armor Arc Reactor Iron Man 2 Particle Accelerator Group 10 Element Palladium Island of Stability Ion Thruster RF Resonant Cavity Thruster FORTIS Exoskeleton US Navy to Test Fortis Exoskeletons Lockheed Martin’s HULC Robotic Exoskeleton MK II Raytheon XOS 2 Thunderbolt Ross Real Mjolnir Newton (unit) Support Pragmatic on Patreon

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What if the superhero Iron Man was real? We look at some of his tech and assess how possible it is.

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