TFTF#4 Daedulus, the real life Iron Man suit.

Meet British inventor, Richard Browning, who has created an exoskeleton capable of giving humans something that they always wanted, flight.

Daedalus is a real life Iron Man suit, powered by propellers on your arms and legs. It is to be worn like a backpack, and is can give you 10 minutes of flight in a single fueling. It relies on your upper body strength for suspension, and maneuvering, keeping the human very much into the equation. 

Browning continues the legacy of his father, Michael,  who left his job to become an inventor, but due to repeated failures and losses, had killed himself when Richard was just 15. From then, he has built himself up to this point where he can work on high headed projects like this one.

The suit took him around a short 13 months to make, with work having started in February 2016.

The suit is expected to be commercially available soon, but at a price of about a whopping 250000 pounds!

When comparisons between his suit and Tony Starks’ were drawn, he is reported to have said, “But this is a real world aeronautical innovation.”

It’s not perfect though. Browning claims that the suit can go to great heights and at about 100km/hr, but the most he has done till now, is running speed a few feet above the ground. It is expected that this will change in later stages of testing.

If this project reaches people, it can potentially start a new chapter in civil aviation, and governments will be on their toes trying to frame laws for such a thing.