The Reality of Iron Man

How realistic is the science and physics behind Iron Man? How close are humans to having technologies like the Iron Man suit and power sources like the Arc Reactor? Emory professor Sidney Perkowitz discusses all this and more as he looks into the reality of Iron Man.

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[carlosyt2]

you are wrong man...anything is possible in this little reality we live in.

[drchen054]

Scientists would demand a great deal of evidence including mapped out mechanisms and consistent measurements. What but what if the technology is still unstable and inconsistent? What if no mechanisms can be theorized yet and all we have are curious anomalies. I'll tell you what. Galileo would've bravely dived into the unknown. Leonardo and Newton would've too. Now all we have are a bunch of scientists who are afraid to get their skirts wet when standing at the edge of an ocean of mystery.

[Bradguy123]

When the puck-sized arc reactors are invented, however, the scientists will have to ask theirselves, "Will it blend?"

[romxxii]

didn't Tony say that it'll take everyone else about 20 years to catch up to his tech? Looks like they really did the research for this movie.

[REYII718]

"Wow" thanks for the explanation... You re a very wise men.

[archangel401]

Appreciate your discussion. Thanks :)

[Kman20025]

well, weve already made a device that can control the weather and will probably eventually one day fuck ourselves over with it. so an iron man suit shouldt be too impossible

[ollytmproductions]

we dont wait on technology to be discorved we create it, its just no one thinks its possible to a certian time instead of us leaping technology advancements like stark we build up to the point when that technology is seen as reality. We have all the resources on earth we need to do it, we just need to use our brain and stop procastinating

[animation1234111]

thiss sucks. if tech know catch up to iron man then how will iron man be cool any more?

[drchen054]

I empathize with those skeptical scientists. It's like you know all the parameters of a system, and someone tells you something that is just not possible given the parameters. Think about if no one explained a nuclear reactor to someone in the 1800's(lets pretend he's seen no stars or decay). As far as they know, chemical bond strains can only release a maxium of x energy. To say that a sample can produce 100x energy would appear very ludicrous.