This week it's back to the MCU for Iron Man (2008).
The military want some weapons and Tony Stark is happy to oblige. We're talking military funding (again), nuclear fusion and 680kg exoskeletons! Freda is shvitzing, Abi has Covid...it's a mess!
"Manic pixie dream boy"
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References, resources and tidbits:
Articles:
Science Topics:
- ARC: A compact, high-field, fusion nuclear science facility and demonstration power plant with demountable magnets, Sorbom et al, 2015, Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol 100, pp 378-405 doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.07.008
- Exoskeletons: State-of-the-Art, Design Challenges, and Future Directions, Agarwal & Deshpande, 2019, Book Chapter: Human Performance Optimization, pp 234-259 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190455132.003.0011
Youtube Fun Times:
- First Full Flight Test of Real Life Iron Man Suit, Savage Builds by Discovery UK
Disney+ has a bunch of short behind the scenes documentaries as extras for Iron Man.
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