Iron man - open source hardware techie

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So us at harkopen are mega fans of Iron man and his doings and we cannot help but wonder how does he created those awesome gizmos and we reached an awesome conclusion! Iron man uses open source hardware!

Yep, damn straight he does! How else he could develop so fast and have time for ass kicking and lips kissing if he wouldn't?

Disclaimer: this article is a pun, Iron Man is registered product of Marvel Comics and everything that follows is purely for fun. Also all projects named here are open source projects that we love and cherish.

So for those of you who lived under a stone for the last about 50 years "Iron Man is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Born Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark, he is an industrialist playboy and genius engineer who suffers a severe heart injury during a kidnapping in which his captors attempt to force him to build a massively destructive weapon. He instead creates a powered suit of armor to save his life and escape captivity. He later decides to use the suit to protect the world as Iron Man." Wikipedia

Unlike pussy Batman who gets his gadgets from E-bay or Superman who got the goods from his mom and dad from Kriptonite, our man the Iron man MAKES THEM himself! A true do it yourselfer who besides being a super nerd keep is cool with the ladies has a nice house on the beach and kicks bad ass for breakfast. What could you want more?

The next step in our supposition would be to analyse what projects he utilized and how! And here is where we need you, techies around the globe! Join the conversation and let's elaborate on the Iron man costume.

We will start the madness and you continue!

1. His "heart"

Our guesses:

The XMOS XC-1A

Or maybe an arduino with some sweet extension boards ..

Your guesses : (send them on twitter, facebook or the comments bellow)

2. His weapons

Our guesses:

The Bedazzler

Your guesses : (send them on twitter, facebook or the comments bellow)

2. His abilities

He can fly and carry large bags from the grocery, we want to know how!

Our guesses:

The ArduPilot from Diy Drones

Your guesses : (send them on twitter, facebook or the comments bellow)

4. His workplace

Iron Man has a sweet secret lab somewhere underneath his villa where he tinkers all day.

Our guesses:

He clearly found a way to "print" metal parts with the RepRap and he better start sharing with us :P or else..

Or maybe he is using the Maker Bot as stated here http://blog.makerbot.com ...

Your guesses : (send them on twitter, facebook or the comments bellow)

From @ajmarquez we received this suggestion http://projectjarvis.com wich is inspired by Iron Man and is a digital life assistant soon to be released open source.

4. His phone

Wooohoo, screw the Iphone, I know what I want for X-mas :P

Our guesses:

no idea :P we wait for you for this one

Your guesses : (send them on twitter, facebook or the comments bellow)

4. His table

Our guesses:

Clearly touchscreen enabled, awesome interface quite posible to do with the tech we have now.

Your guesses : (send them on twitter, facebook or the comments bellow)

If you want to help us in our quest of demystifying Iron Man's secret take a look around the open source projects and make guesses of what he is using and how. We will update this post as comments come, so be sure to check back here and make some noise and let your friends know about this!