Description

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:

• Iron Man: The science behind the fiction, New Scientist
• How Nuclear Fusion Reactors Work, How Stuff Works
• Nuclear fusion is a question of when, not if, BBC News
• Cold fusion remains elusive - but these scientists may revive the quest, National Geographic

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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