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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'' features both the Knight Sabers' "[[A Mech by Any Other Name|Hardsuits]]" and the bulkier Battlemover suits other factions use.
* In order to combat fully-cyborg individuals (like the protagonists), paramilitary organizations in ''[[Ghost in the Shell]]'' occasionally requisition Power Armour. They're exceedingly rare, however.
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== Real Life ==
* Believe it or not, it's coming. Utah-based company ''Sarcos'' has already developed a functional powered exoskeleton called "XOS" that increases the strength of the wearer ''significantly''. As one person put it, "From enough grace to gently play ball, to enough super-power to load a missile on an aircraft". And indeed, from [http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2007/11/video-fix-super/ the footage], it seems surprisingly mobile. The main problems being that A) Currently, it doesn't have the covering to act as armor, but they fully intend to add an outer shell when the kinks are worked out. And B) they're still working out how to power it as a self-contained unit. The scary part? ''Sarcos'' has been bought up by a defense contractor called ''Raytheon'', meaning we may be seeing elite soldiers in these things in a decade or so.{{when}} Indeed, the US Army already field tested it in 2009.
** According to Scientific American, Raytheon plans to introduce a tethered version of their suit for logistics and loading/unloading in 2015, and an untethered version 3–5 years after that. The logistical problem with the untethered suit is building in a power supply that won't run out in less than an hour.
* A one man project armor that while not fire proof could have potential use for fighting forest fires. Or the vengeful, hellfire-fueled ghost of Smokey the Bear.
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