http://www.wordnik.com/lists/ultrapow#comments Comments for the list 'Ultrapow' http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/lists/ultrapow#comments You may be right, whichbe. I just spotted this news article about real-life Iron Man armor, and though I understand that there are legitimate motivations for designing it, I still imagine a bunch of noodly engineers sitting around saying "Hey... let's build a robotic exoskeleton that can turn even a noodly engineer into a powerhouse!" Fri, 16 May 2008 13:47:05 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/ultrapow#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/ultrapow#comments Sometimes I wonder if the purpose of modern civilization's technological march is to fulfill fantasies for super-human abilities. Immortaility, all-seeing, all-knowing ("Total Information Awareness(TM)"), etc. Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:41 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/ultrapow#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/ultrapow#comments Some of these make me feel a bit wistful. I love the totally implausible power of sci-fi sometimes. Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:36 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/ultrapow#comments