In Frank Herbert’s epic 1965 sci-fi novel “Dune,” those adventurous enough to brave the desert landscapes of the fictional planet Arrakis wear a full body suit called a “stillsuit” that can preserve ...

There's going to be no reason to go to the gym once we all have robot suits that can deadlift thousands of pounds. Jason Hobson, who goes by the moniker "the Hacksmith," used a robotic exoskeleton to ...

What does water filtered through the iconic Stillsuit from Dune taste like? "Warm … and it's got a tang to it," YouTuber Darryl Sherk told As It Happens host Nil Koksal. Sherk and his colleagues at ...

Canadian YouTuber the Hacksmith test drove an 8,000-pound exoskeleton in his latest video, living out the ultimate childhood fantasy—being inside of a giant mech. In the video, the mech’s creator, ...

Exoskeletons, power suits, and iron suits in science fiction have served as the inspiration for many engineers and engineering projects over the years. This is certainly the case at [Hacksmith ...

In a world where pop culture icons inspire millions, few have taken their childhood dreams and turned them into a reality quite like James Hobson, who grew up watching movies always wondering, "What ...

We’re not just a bunch of monkeys with typewriters here at Hackaday; we don our hacker hat whenever our schedules allow. Or, in the case of Hackaday’s own [James Hobson]—aka [The Hacksmith]—he dons ...

I first came across the Hacksmith (aka James Hobson) more than a decade ago, when the former engineer and product developer dropped a video wherein he designed and built actual Wolverine claws.

In Frank Herbert's epic 1965 sci-fi novel "Dune," those adventurous enough to brave the desert landscapes of the fictional planet Arrakis wear a full body suit called a "stillsuit" that can preserve ...