kick-ass took nothing more than a high
tolerance to pain and made himself into
an everyday superhero imagine what an
arsenal of the most cutting-edge
technologies could make you welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten
technologies that could make you a
superhero the breakthrough came after
scientists implanted into Eric’s brain
two small silicon chips for this list
we’re looking at the most cutting-edge
technologies that have been developed at
least somewhat beyond their theoretical
stage and have the potential to extend
your abilities beyond normal human
limits number 10 jet packs and rocket
belts
superheroes fly thanks to machines
mutant wings or inborn alien powers us
earthbound suckers ain’t gonna sprout
wings anytime soon so machines are our
best bet
be ridiculous over 60 years ago
engineers developed a nitrogen and
hydrogen powered rocket belt today’s
price tag a cool 125 thousand US dollars
but the maximum flight length of that
model is about 20 seconds you’ve also
got hoverbikes small electric
helicopters and even a flying electric
bicycle although they’re all unlikely to
strike fear into the hearts of evildoers
but hey the first powered flight took
place last century so you never know you
pay to see a man fly wouldn’t you huh
you’ve gotta be out of your mind
number nine brain implants oh the
general anesthetic the cranial drill in
a pair of forceps
remember 1999 when all you had to do to
be funny would say I know kung foo show
me soon we all may know kung foo in 2014
the US military began developing
implants that would be wired into
soldiers brains private firms have
joined the venture aiming to build what
they call multi-function electro-optical
Chemical neural sensor effectors we have
no idea what that means but it sure
sounds futuristic however science still
doesn’t understand how to decode the
brain’s electrical impulses into actual
information but once they figure that
out downloading kung fu programs doesn’t
seem so far off
number eight self-healing materials sir
problem with a graphite sir the next
10,000 will be able to specifications
fact if you’re not Bruce Wayne repairing
your super suit is gonna bankrupt you
unless your suit can repair itself
that’s the promise of self-healing
materials so far these could be gels
coatings epoxies or solid polymers
the solid materials are still rather new
and aren’t really on the market yet but
they’ve been proven to close themselves
up again after being damaged by say a
bullet granted they aren’t stopping any
bullets yet so don’t get shot we guess
number seven bioengineered enhanced
healing
if your crime-fighting costume doesn’t
heal super fast at least your body
should in 2015
researchers at the University of Arizona
identified the leader cells that
initiate the healing process this should
someday allow bioengineers to turn
normal cells into leader cells allowing
them to heal nearby tissue maybe you’ve
been trying out some new jetpack
prototype and burned your dumbass
well Mexican researchers have created a
biodegradable membrane that cuts burn
healing time in half add to that a newly
discovered substance extracted from
salamander skin and you’ve got some
quasi superhero level healing powers
meda gel is a common medicinal salve
used by paramedics EMTs and military
personnel number six vacuum assisted
climber go online and check your bank
account now when I’m suction cupped on a
window 30 stories above the ground in
2012 a group of Utah engineering
students took nine months to build this
personal vacuum assisted climber or P
vac they probably got the idea from this
British kid who did it in two and a half
weeks or from TV presenter Jem
Stansfield who did it in 2009 yes that
takes my whole weight totally held by
that one board apply anyhow the US air
force gave the Utah gang $100,000 to
make the thing lighter and quieter if
they succeed this might be a useful
addition to a superhero toolkit but one
thing seems sadly certain either way no
one’s given credit to Jem Stansfield
anything that happened on that was
entirely consensual number five Bionic
ears are you aware that perjury is a
crime unless you spill some mysterious
chemical goop in your eyes you know like
daredevil you’re gonna need some badass
machines to hear the unhearable in 2014
the first cochlear implants were all
over the news these computerized Bionic
implants use electrodes to stimulate the
hearing nerve please please you have to
believe me an even newer technology
bypasses the hearing nerve and
stimulates neurons directly at the brain
stem
what’s more researchers in Scotland
developed advanced microphone technology
inspired by the ears of insects if a
hearing implant could make use of all
these technologies
it might just enable us to hear things
blocks away like daredevil can
number four invisibility cloaks whoa
every little kid and every socially
maladjusted adult has dreamed of
becoming invisible nobody has yet
reached the holy grail of wearable
cloaking gear but some new science is
slowly answering our prayers scientists
are experimenting with synthetic
composites called meta materials that
can bend ultraviolet waves around a very
small object making it invisible they
can even make microscopic thin coats of
the stuff one possibility is something
like this scene from ghost Protocol only
with hundreds of thousands of tiny
screens and cameras on your body
like a lot of the other facts on this
list this technology is a long way from
the market but with several avenues of
active research towards the same goal
will be sue storming in no time
I can’t what do you mean you can’t look
at me you look at your hands
number three lasers put him on the
endangered species list
lasers exist there are real thing
weaponizing them would take an enormous
amount of energy
so handheld weapons are a definite no-go
unless aliens give us their battery
technology or something but vehicles
might be able to carry that power so it
might be possible for you to deck out
your Batmobile with a laser pretty soon
the Army has this aerodynamic looking
thing called the Active Denial system
that can make a crowd skin crawl using
signals similar to microwaves take that
peace mongers communication number to
exoskeletons a third-generation exosuit
we hook this into your nervous system
it’ll make you strong as a joint this
technology has so much superhero
potential it’s almost a cheat
movies like Elysium and edge of tomorrow
have clearly demonstrated the sort of
super strength and onboard weapons
capabilities that an exoskeleton can
demonstrate we’ve been able to create
super soldiers look at Reed Fortescue
the angel of Verdun we heard the angel
of Verdun already people who have lost
the use of their legs are strapping on
exoskeletons and going for strolls you
better believe the military is creating
their own leading military contractor
Lockheed Martin already has a couple of
models one military and one for
industrial applications ship
manufacturer Daewoo has tested their
models at their South Korean shipyards
they hope to get the assisted lifting
capacity up to 250 pounds where you want
it number one fishing line mussels and
now it’s begun coiling and you can see
the weight is raising pretty quickly now
if those engineers want to beef up their
exoskeleton they ought to add some
fishing line polymer fishing line was
recently used as the surprising key
material in a new super effective
artificial muscle system
by twisting fishing line until it coils
and then applying heat or an electrical
current to contract the line they
created artificial muscle fibers that
are 100 times stronger than our own and
there’s published research that suggests
implanting them into humans may not be
far off
so stop hitting the gym everybody will
all be fishing line cyborgs soon enough
some of its good it do you agree with
our list and I couldn’t care less but
she lana she really worked hard on it
which of these technologies would you
most like to use for more cutting-edge
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com in the
meantime sir may I suggest you try to
avoid landing on your head
tolerance to pain and made himself into
an everyday superhero imagine what an
arsenal of the most cutting-edge
technologies could make you welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten
technologies that could make you a
superhero the breakthrough came after
scientists implanted into Eric’s brain
two small silicon chips for this list
we’re looking at the most cutting-edge
technologies that have been developed at
least somewhat beyond their theoretical
stage and have the potential to extend
your abilities beyond normal human
limits number 10 jet packs and rocket
belts
superheroes fly thanks to machines
mutant wings or inborn alien powers us
earthbound suckers ain’t gonna sprout
wings anytime soon so machines are our
best bet
be ridiculous over 60 years ago
engineers developed a nitrogen and
hydrogen powered rocket belt today’s
price tag a cool 125 thousand US dollars
but the maximum flight length of that
model is about 20 seconds you’ve also
got hoverbikes small electric
helicopters and even a flying electric
bicycle although they’re all unlikely to
strike fear into the hearts of evildoers
but hey the first powered flight took
place last century so you never know you
pay to see a man fly wouldn’t you huh
you’ve gotta be out of your mind
number nine brain implants oh the
general anesthetic the cranial drill in
a pair of forceps
remember 1999 when all you had to do to
be funny would say I know kung foo show
me soon we all may know kung foo in 2014
the US military began developing
implants that would be wired into
soldiers brains private firms have
joined the venture aiming to build what
they call multi-function electro-optical
Chemical neural sensor effectors we have
no idea what that means but it sure
sounds futuristic however science still
doesn’t understand how to decode the
brain’s electrical impulses into actual
information but once they figure that
out downloading kung fu programs doesn’t
seem so far off
number eight self-healing materials sir
problem with a graphite sir the next
10,000 will be able to specifications
fact if you’re not Bruce Wayne repairing
your super suit is gonna bankrupt you
unless your suit can repair itself
that’s the promise of self-healing
materials so far these could be gels
coatings epoxies or solid polymers
the solid materials are still rather new
and aren’t really on the market yet but
they’ve been proven to close themselves
up again after being damaged by say a
bullet granted they aren’t stopping any
bullets yet so don’t get shot we guess
number seven bioengineered enhanced
healing
if your crime-fighting costume doesn’t
heal super fast at least your body
should in 2015
researchers at the University of Arizona
identified the leader cells that
initiate the healing process this should
someday allow bioengineers to turn
normal cells into leader cells allowing
them to heal nearby tissue maybe you’ve
been trying out some new jetpack
prototype and burned your dumbass
well Mexican researchers have created a
biodegradable membrane that cuts burn
healing time in half add to that a newly
discovered substance extracted from
salamander skin and you’ve got some
quasi superhero level healing powers
meda gel is a common medicinal salve
used by paramedics EMTs and military
personnel number six vacuum assisted
climber go online and check your bank
account now when I’m suction cupped on a
window 30 stories above the ground in
2012 a group of Utah engineering
students took nine months to build this
personal vacuum assisted climber or P
vac they probably got the idea from this
British kid who did it in two and a half
weeks or from TV presenter Jem
Stansfield who did it in 2009 yes that
takes my whole weight totally held by
that one board apply anyhow the US air
force gave the Utah gang $100,000 to
make the thing lighter and quieter if
they succeed this might be a useful
addition to a superhero toolkit but one
thing seems sadly certain either way no
one’s given credit to Jem Stansfield
anything that happened on that was
entirely consensual number five Bionic
ears are you aware that perjury is a
crime unless you spill some mysterious
chemical goop in your eyes you know like
daredevil you’re gonna need some badass
machines to hear the unhearable in 2014
the first cochlear implants were all
over the news these computerized Bionic
implants use electrodes to stimulate the
hearing nerve please please you have to
believe me an even newer technology
bypasses the hearing nerve and
stimulates neurons directly at the brain
stem
what’s more researchers in Scotland
developed advanced microphone technology
inspired by the ears of insects if a
hearing implant could make use of all
these technologies
it might just enable us to hear things
blocks away like daredevil can
number four invisibility cloaks whoa
every little kid and every socially
maladjusted adult has dreamed of
becoming invisible nobody has yet
reached the holy grail of wearable
cloaking gear but some new science is
slowly answering our prayers scientists
are experimenting with synthetic
composites called meta materials that
can bend ultraviolet waves around a very
small object making it invisible they
can even make microscopic thin coats of
the stuff one possibility is something
like this scene from ghost Protocol only
with hundreds of thousands of tiny
screens and cameras on your body
like a lot of the other facts on this
list this technology is a long way from
the market but with several avenues of
active research towards the same goal
will be sue storming in no time
I can’t what do you mean you can’t look
at me you look at your hands
number three lasers put him on the
endangered species list
lasers exist there are real thing
weaponizing them would take an enormous
amount of energy
so handheld weapons are a definite no-go
unless aliens give us their battery
technology or something but vehicles
might be able to carry that power so it
might be possible for you to deck out
your Batmobile with a laser pretty soon
the Army has this aerodynamic looking
thing called the Active Denial system
that can make a crowd skin crawl using
signals similar to microwaves take that
peace mongers communication number to
exoskeletons a third-generation exosuit
we hook this into your nervous system
it’ll make you strong as a joint this
technology has so much superhero
potential it’s almost a cheat
movies like Elysium and edge of tomorrow
have clearly demonstrated the sort of
super strength and onboard weapons
capabilities that an exoskeleton can
demonstrate we’ve been able to create
super soldiers look at Reed Fortescue
the angel of Verdun we heard the angel
of Verdun already people who have lost
the use of their legs are strapping on
exoskeletons and going for strolls you
better believe the military is creating
their own leading military contractor
Lockheed Martin already has a couple of
models one military and one for
industrial applications ship
manufacturer Daewoo has tested their
models at their South Korean shipyards
they hope to get the assisted lifting
capacity up to 250 pounds where you want
it number one fishing line mussels and
now it’s begun coiling and you can see
the weight is raising pretty quickly now
if those engineers want to beef up their
exoskeleton they ought to add some
fishing line polymer fishing line was
recently used as the surprising key
material in a new super effective
artificial muscle system
by twisting fishing line until it coils
and then applying heat or an electrical
current to contract the line they
created artificial muscle fibers that
are 100 times stronger than our own and
there’s published research that suggests
implanting them into humans may not be
far off
so stop hitting the gym everybody will
all be fishing line cyborgs soon enough
some of its good it do you agree with
our list and I couldn’t care less but
she lana she really worked hard on it
which of these technologies would you
most like to use for more cutting-edge
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com in the
meantime sir may I suggest you try to
avoid landing on your head
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