8 Insane Inventions Ripped Straight From Video Games
5. Power Armour - Fallout 4
Power armour is one of the most iconic items of the Fallout franchise - a large personal infantry suit which grants the wearer armoured protection against both artillery and radiation, while also allowing them to perform feats of strength impossible by a mere flesh-and-blood human.
In the early 2010s, the U.S. military began work on a similar armoured exoskeleton suit which they dubbed the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS).
In addition to providing the user with full body armour and enhancing their strength, it would also include sensors to monitor their vitals, with the intent of allowing the user to clear rooms with heavily reduced personal risk.
Though prototypes were privately developed, the TALOS program was ultimately scrapped in 2019 due to both the costs involved and the challenges of powering the suit in a lightweight way.
It'll be interesting to see whether or not another company can solve these fiscal and technological challenges in time, because of all the inventions on this list, it's honestly one of the least insane.