Inventing iron man
Subtitle: the possibility of a human machine
By: E. Paul Zehr
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781421402260
Subjects: Cyborgs; Androids; Human-machine systems; Human physiology
Description: "E. Paul Zehr physically deconstructs Iron Man to find out how we could use modern-day technology to create a suit of armor similar to the one Stark made"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-196) and index.
Table of contents: title: Origins of the iron knight: bionics, robotic armor, and anthropomorphic suits; title: Building the body with biology: when the man of metal needs to muscle in; title: Accessing the brain of the armored avenger: can we connect the cranium to a computer; title: Multitasking and the metal man: how much can Iron Man's mind manage?; title: Softening up a superhero: why the man with a suit of iron could get a jelly belly; title: Brain drain: will Tony's gray matter give way?; title: Trials and tribulations of the tin man: what happens when the human machine breaks down; title: Visions of the vitruvian man: is invention really only one part inspiration?; title: Deal or no deal? Could Iron Man exist?