The OMACs ( / ˈ oʊ m æ k s / ; Omni Mind And Community , originally Observational Metahuman Activity Construct and alternatively One Man Army Corps. ) are a fictional type of cyborg appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . They are based on the character of the same name created by Jack Kirby .
140-582: The OMAC reimagined as collapsible powered armor with brain–computer interfaces appeared in the 2023 live-action film Blue Beetle , set in the DC Extended Universe . The OMACs first appeared in The OMAC Project #1 (June 2005) and were created by writer Greg Rucka and artist Jesús Saíz. The OMACs are cyborgs , human bodies transformed by a virus into living machines to assassinate any and all beings with superpowers. The virus
280-476: A "Shut Down" command given by Sasha Bordeaux , who had become a third-generation cyborg linked to Brother Eye, now designated Blacknight 1. These measures effectively freed the majority of the OMAC hosts from their nanotech forms and reduced the number of OMACs to roughly 200,000. In response, the satellite broadcast footage of Wonder Woman executing Maxwell Lord, preceded by the word MURDER, to media outlets all over
420-575: A battle. The orange light of avarice converses with Jordan, his costume changes, and he becomes the new Agent Orange. However, Larfleeze quickly takes his power battery back from Jordan. Jordan is also a character of focus in the new Justice League of America series as a charter member of the revamped JLA. He is also involved in the first plotline of the Brave and the Bold monthly series, teaming up first with Batman and later Supergirl . When teamed with
560-520: A coma. After the battle, Jordan sends them all back to Earth warning them to leave him alone in the future. Not long afterwards, Parallax attempts to rewrite history to his own liking with the help of Extant in the universe-wide event Zero Hour: Crisis in Time . Parallax destroys the Time Trapper and attempts to remake the universe into a perfect, peaceful place, causing time disruptions throughout
700-466: A combination of cybernetic technologies, allowing for sufficient limb movement, and providing increased strength, protection and endurance. Other names include for this include power or (high-tech) armor ; powered, cybernetic, robot or robotic (armor) or suit ; exo or (hard) suit ; frame or augmented mobility . ) The exoskeleton is designed to provide better mechanical load tolerance, and its control system aims to sense and synchronize with
840-529: A faulty mind interface, removing the limits of his below-average stamina. A very powerful and extremely deadly new class of O.M.A.C's were designed and employed by Maxwell Lord using the various resources of Checkmate, Project's Cadmus and M, the Metal Men responsometer tech, Amazo's absorption cell engineering and the xenomachinery of a Reach Scarab to fashion an all robotic legion of automatons which were easier to OMACtivate and conduct their motions while using
980-413: A few high-profile cases. Humans exhibit a wide range of physical size differences in both skeletal lengths and limb and torso girth, so exoskeletons must either be adaptable or fitted to individual users. In military applications, it may be possible to address this by requiring the user to be of an approved physical size in order to be issued an exoskeleton. Physical body size restrictions already occur in
1120-462: A full charge and lift 92 kg (203 lb) for the wearer. Categorisation of powered exoskeletons falls into structure, body part focused on, action, power technology, purpose, and application. Rigid exoskeletons are those whose structural components attached to the user’s body are made with hard materials such as metals, plastics, fibers, etc. Soft exoskeletons , also called exo-suits, are instead made with materials that allow free movement of
1260-534: A lack of confidence and self-doubt, making him no longer a daredevil he once was. Jordan also becomes friends with Kyle Rayner after their first battle with Parallax. In the new volume, Jordan moves to the nearly deserted Coast City, which is slowly being rebuilt. Reinstated as a pilot in the United States Air Force, Jordan now works in the test pilot program at Edwards Air Force Base . The series introduces new supporting characters for Hal, including
1400-438: A lusty outspoken anarchist who would stand in for the counter-culture movement. The first of these socially motivated Green Lantern/Green Arrow stories was written with Gil Kane slated to be the artist, but Kane dropped out and was replaced by Neal Adams. The stories tackled questions of power, racism, sexism, and exploitation, and remain viewed in the comics community as the first socially-conscious superhero stories. Despite
1540-752: A man from his and his late-father's pasts, Air Force General Jonathan "Herc" Stone, who learns his secret identity during a battle with the Manhunters and acts as his ally. He also begins to develop a romantic attraction with his fellow pilot, the beautiful Captain Jillian "Cowgirl" Pearlman . Returning characters also include Carol Ferris, Tom Kalmaku, and Jordan's younger brother James Jordan with his sister-in-law Susan and their children, Howard and Jane. In this new title, he faces revamped versions of his Silver Age foes such as Hector Hammond , The Shark and Black Hand . A new account of Green Lantern's origins
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#17327798688441680-467: A master-slave system: the operator was in a master suit surrounded by the exterior slave suit, which performed work in response to the operator's movements. The response time for the slave suit was slow compared to a suit constructed of a single layer, and bugs caused "violent and uncontrollable motion by the machine" when moving both legs simultaneously. Hardiman's slow walking speed of 0.76 metres per second (2.5 ft/s) further limited practical uses, and
1820-540: A more direct hand in human affairs, a fact not appreciated by human governments. Eventually, the Earth corps break up, several members returning to their home sectors. The Guardians soon return to this dimension, and Jordan works with them to rebuild the fractured Corps. During this time, the character's origin story is re-told and expanded in two limited series by Keith Giffen , Gerard Jones , and James Owsley , Emerald Dawn and Emerald Dawn II . The first series expanded
1960-458: A more human-like face even in his armored form. Unable to contact Brother Eye and unable to access his former personality, ReMAC was controlled for a period by Dr. Salah Miandad. In this way, ReMAC retained his invulnerability and strength, but was limited by Salah's personal stamina and attention span, which was not always sufficient for a fight. Salah's mind was later trapped into the ReMAC body by
2100-473: A new version of OMACs and one by one become OMACs themselves. Captain Atom is eventually returned to the present, but not before Batman ( Damian Wayne ) tells him how to stop Max's ultimate plans. Afterward, Max gains new mental powers that can allow him to transform his targets into cadaver Black Lanterns, and then into OMACs after being fully restored to life. Max uses a device to enhance his new abilities, and he
2240-414: A perfect Earth. Brother Eye continues to aid Alex Luthor by remapping out the multiverse and helping to guard the tuning fork with its OMACs, reasoning that it would eliminate the need for heroes like those who Batman had created it to monitor by aiding in the creation of a perfect Earth. Batman leads a collection of superheroes, consisting of: Hal Jordan , John Stewart , Green Arrow (only because Batman
2380-564: A possessed Deathstroke and his army Black Adam uses his powers to empower the rest of the Justice League to defeat Deathstroke's army, and Hal Jordan tells Barry he will stay on Earth for a while in order to be more grounded. They watch how the new heroes rebuild the Hall of Justice and are impressed by their bravery, and Hal Jordan goes out to hang with his Green Lantern Corps. During Jeremy Adams' run on Green Lantern , Jordan quits
2520-538: A powered suit of armor for infantrymen. The design included brain-scanning sensors in the helmet and was considered too futuristic; it was never built. In 1986, an exoskeleton called the Lifesuit was designed by Monty Reed, a US Army Ranger who had broken his back in a parachute accident. While recovering in the hospital, he read Robert Heinlein's science fiction novel Starship Troopers , and Heinlein's description of mobile infantry power suits inspired Reed to design
2660-471: A renegade Guardian who has attempted to use a time machine to change history. In the 1993 Reign of the Supermen! storyline, the alien tyrant Mongul and his forces destroy Coast City (Jordan's former home), murdering all of its seven million inhabitants, while Jordan was off world. Angered, he flies to Engine City and attacks Mongul, eventually knocking him out with Steel 's hammer. This leads into
2800-585: A replacement (as all rings do when their wearer dies), and his ring fetches Jordan. Sur then informs Jordan that he is to replace him as the Green Lantern of Sector 2814. As part of DC's 2006 event Infinite Crisis , Hal helps briefly with the attack of the OMACs and Brother Eye . He also fights alongside a group of heroes against the Society of Supervillains , defending Metropolis . Guy Gardner leads
2940-527: A samurai Lantern version of Kyle Rayner, but is saved by Barry Allen. They decide to travel to the Justice League prisons to free everyone. They all confront Pariah, but Pariah vanishes to destroy Earth-Prime. Hal Jordan and Barry Allen create a plan where he will use his power Ring to connect the rest of the Justice League back home while Barry Allen will use his connection of the Multiversal vibrations to navigate. They manage to arrive back home to confront
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#17327798688443080-559: A supernatural assassin. After the series ended, Jordan was forced to return, temporarily, to the Spectre's mission of vengeance, following a confrontation between the new Justice Society of America and the Spirit King , an old foe of the Spectre and Mister Terrific , who had managed to "resurrect" the ghosts of all those the Spectre had damned to Hell when Jordan's attempt to turn the Spectre's mission to redemption weakened his hold on
3220-546: A supportive exoskeleton. In 2001, Reed began working full-time on the project, and in 2005 he wore the 12th prototype in the Saint Patrick's Day Dash foot race in Seattle, Washington. Reed claims to have set the speed record for walking in robot suits by completing the 4.8-kilometre (3 mi) race at an average speed of 4 kilometres per hour (2.5 mph). The Lifesuit prototype 14 can walk 1.6 km (1 mi) on
3360-516: A telepresence system turning ReMAC into an advanced drone for Salah Miandad , Dr. Langstrom's chief assistant, enabling operation from the Outsiders HQ, the Batcave , or other secret locations. While testing a new neural interface, less dependent from his stamina, to control the former OMAC, Salah is knocked into a coma. His mind comes to reside in ReMAC, supplanting the missing personality of
3500-655: A test pilot, a member and occasionally leader of an intergalactic police force called the Green Lantern Corps , as well as a founding member of the Justice League , DC's flagship superhero team, alongside well-known heroes such as Batman , Superman , and Wonder Woman . He fights evil across the universe with a ring that grants him various superpowers but is usually portrayed as one of the protectors of Sector 2814, where Earth resides. His powers derive from his power ring and Green Lantern battery, which, in
3640-455: Is a design issue for traditional "hard" robots. Several human joints such as the hips and shoulders are ball and socket joints , with the center of rotation inside the body. Since no two individuals are exactly alike, fully mimicking the degrees of freedom of a joint movement is not possible. Instead, the exoskeleton joint is commonly modeled as a series of hinges with one degree of freedom for each axis of rotations. Spinal flexibility
3780-575: Is able to turn people around the world into OMACs that attack Wonder Woman and the JLI. After this, Max sends his newest OMAC known as OMAC Prime, to which he had given both sentience and his voice, to attack Diana and the JLI. This new OMAC could assimilate the abilities of metahumans to grow ever stronger with time, initially overwhelming the heroes it fought. During the final battle, Prime takes Blue Beetle's power, causing it to become nearly unstoppable, but Blue Beetle mentions to OMAC Prime that it cannot control
3920-600: Is also being developed to enhance precision during surgery, and to help nurses move and carry heavy patients. Developing a full-body suit that meets the needs of soldiers has proven challenging. In the early 2000s, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA ) funded the first Sarcos full-body, powered exoskeleton prototype, which was hydraulically actuated and consumed 6,800 watts of power. By 2010, DARPA and Sarcos had more than halved that, to 3,000 watts, but still required
4060-576: Is also released as part of this series. In this new origin, Hal Jordan is working as an assistant mechanic under Tom Kalmaku, barred from flying due to his insubordination while in the USAF and his employer's lingering guilt about his father's death in the line of duty. Green Lantern Abin Sur , while fighting the villain Atrocitus , crashes near Coast City. Knowing he is close to death, Sur sends his ring to seek
4200-456: Is also resurrected from his death, but also must work with his enemies Sinestro, Atrocitus, Larfleeze, and his former lover Carol Ferris. In 2011, after the universe-altering event Flashpoint , DC Comics relaunched its entire line of stories. In this era, Jordan returns to civilian life on Earth, having been discharged from the United States Air Force. This iteration of the hero, written by Geoff Johns and Robert Venditti , sees him team up with
4340-517: Is another challenge since the spine is effectively a stack of limited-motion ball joints. There is no simple combination of external single-axis hinges that can easily match the full range of motion of the human spine . Because accurate alignment is challenging, devices often include the ability to compensate for misalignment with additional degrees of freedom. Soft exoskeletons bend with the body and address some of these issues. A successful exoskeleton should assist its user, for example by reducing
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4480-430: Is attempting to trust people again and contacted him to see if he would come), Mister Terrific , Black Lightning , Black Canary , the new Blue Beetle , Metamorpho , Booster Gold and Sasha Bordeaux, to Earth's orbit using Intel from Booster Gold and Ted Kord 's spaceship. Blue Beetle's scarab allows him to find and reveal Brother Eye's hidden location above Earth by negating its vibrational frequency. Brother Eye sends
4620-425: Is divided into "recovery" exoskeletons used for rehabilitation, and "performance" exoskeletons used for assistance. The application categories includes military use, medical use, including recovery exoskeletons, research use, and industrial use. Mobility aids are frequently abandoned for lack of usability. Major measures of usability include whether the device reduces the energy consumed during motion, and whether it
4760-593: Is forced to flee Apokolips when is attacked by the Pied Piper using the Anti-Life Equation . Later, Brother Eye transforms Buddy Blank into a modified OMAC resembling Kirby's version of the character. Buddy uses this power to save himself and his grandson from starvation in the Command-D bunker beneath Blüdhaven. Brother Eye implies that it will contact Buddy again for a future need. A modified OMAC
4900-528: Is healed by Soranik, Sinestro's daughter who now is a Yellow Lantern like her father. After being healed, he takes on and defeats Sinestro and saves Guy Gardner, who was being tortured by Sinestro. Hal is now reunited with the Green Lanterns who have entered a war with the Sinestro Corps. The battle leads them to the planet of Green Lantern Tomar-Tu. As they fight, Braniac shrinks the planet with
5040-446: Is his Anti-Matter counterpart, set loose by Controller Mu and The Blackstars. From there on, he reunites with Uugo, The Conscious Planet, Strong-Woman Of Thronn and joins this team on a rescue operation for The Star Sapphire of Earth-11 on the forbidden universe of Earth-15. Becoming part of The Cosmic Grail Quest, Jordan finds himself in grave danger facing a mysterious Lantern figure. During Dark Crisis , Hal Jordan returns to Earth and
5180-566: Is however still largely unknown. Companies have to conduct a risk assessment for workplaces at which exoskeletons are to be used. The Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance has developed a draft risk assessment for exoskeletons and their use. The safety assessment is based on diverse experience including machine safety, personal protective equipment and risk analysis of physical stresses at work. The exoskeletons available on
5320-416: Is increasingly being used in the automotive industry, with the goal of reducing worker injury (especially in the shoulders and spine) and reducing errors due to fatigue. They are also being examined for use in logistics . These systems can be divided into two categories: For its application in the broadest sense, industrial exoskeletons must be lightweight, comfortable, safe, and minimally disruptive to
5460-567: Is introduced as the new O.M.A.C. ( O ne- M achine A ttack C onstruct) and had worked as a genetic researcher at Project Cadmus . Maxwell Lord is revealed to have had a hand in Kevin's transformation in addition to using New Genesis technology. The series was cancelled after running eight issues, due to DC's introduction of a "Second Wave" of new titles. Additionally, O.M.A.C. joined the Justice League International in
5600-467: Is on a journey in the multiverse; and Wonder Woman has become a Female Fury . With most of the world's population under the influence of the equation, they are effectively under Darkseid's control seemingly making him the ruler of the Earth. In the one-shot Final Crisis: Resist , Mister Terrific and the Checkmate organization are working to mount a resistance against Darkseid, but seemingly do not have
5740-565: Is safe to use. Some design issues faced by engineers are listed below. One of the biggest problems facing engineers and designers of powered exoskeletons is the power supply . This is a particular issue if the exoskeleton is intended to be worn "in the field", i.e. outside a context in which the exoskeleton can be tethered to external power sources via power cables , thus having to rely solely on onboard power supply. Battery packs would require frequent replacement or recharging, and may risk explosion due to thermal runaway . According to Sarcos,
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5880-447: Is shocked to see Earth in chaos due to the "death" of the Justice League . He encounters a grown up Jonathan Samuel Kent , as well as Wally West . He learns from Black Adam that Pariah has teamed up with The Great Darkness and corrupted multiple cosmic villains to take down the Justice League and Justice League Incarnate. Hal Jordan tells Wally West to go find Barry Allen while he goes find where Pariah is. Hal Jordan meets up with
6020-619: Is shown as a part of the new Outsiders team in the 2008 Batman and the Outsiders series. When a team from the Justice League attempts to seize a partially active OMAC, a leftover from The OMAC Project events, Batman takes the opportunity to reclaim it for himself—having Dr. Francine Langstrom (the long-suffering wife of Dr. Kirk Langstrom ) create a clever forgery to leave in care of the League. The OMAC, aptly renamed ReMAC , appears to be "an iPod with its tracklist wiped". Dr. Langstrom
6160-423: Is unable to discern who ReMAC was before being infected by the OMAC virus; finding ReMAC a mere husk, devoid of any personal identity. This complete lack of personality makes ReMAC the perfect infiltrator, using its advanced shapeshifting abilities and its unquestioning obedience for the Outsiders' sake. Since its lack of personality allows villains to snatch control of ReMAC, turning it into an enemy, Batman rigs up
6300-523: The Emerald Twilight arc, which sees Jordan using his power ring to recreate Coast City as an instrument in the process of overcoming his grief, and talking to ring-created versions of his old girlfriend and parents. After his ring's power expires, a projection of a Guardian appears and admonishes him for using the ring for personal gain and summons him to Oa (the homeworld of the Guardians and
6440-552: The DC Universe original series Lanterns . In animation, Jordan has notably been voiced by Jonah Hill , Nathan Fillion , Michael Rye , and Josh Keaton . After achieving great success in 1956 in reviving the Golden Age character The Flash , DC editor Julius Schwartz looked toward recreating the Green Lantern from the Golden Age of Comic Books . Drawing from his love for science-fiction, Schwartz intended to show
6580-749: The Emperor Joker storyline (where the Joker steals the reality-warping power of Mister Mxyzptlk ) and erases all public knowledge of Wally West 's identity as the Flash after his terrible first battle with Zoom , which led to his wife miscarrying their twins. He also appeared in a 4-part story arc in the series Legends of the DC Universe (issues #33–36). A new series based on this premise, titled The Spectre (vol. 4), ran for 27 issues from 2001 to 2003. In it, Hal loses his beloved brother, Jack Jordan, to
6720-482: The Eradicator effortlessly. The only weakness an OMAC has is that it is human beneath its shell, intended as a deterrent to prevent heroes from using lethal force against them. The OMACs are dependent on their assessment of individual heroes and villains. When fighting multiple opponents, they require a few seconds to adapt their countermeasures for each meta in question. Atom Smasher was able to stop an OMAC that
6860-433: The " Crisis on Infinite Earths " storyline that rebooted much of DC Comics' character continuity saw Jordan again take up the mantle of Green Lantern. The new Corps, with seven members residing on Earth, included several aliens, John Stewart, and Guy Gardner . Jordan becomes romantically involved with an alien Lantern named Arisia Rrab , for which he comes under fire due to Arisia being only a teenager. The alien Lanterns take
7000-594: The 1996 Final Night miniseries/crossover storyline, apparently sacrificing his life to combat a threat to the solar system. In the 1999 mini-series Day of Judgment , Jordan becomes the newest incarnation of the Spectre , released from Purgatory after a fallen angel attempted to take that power. Soon after assuming this mantle, Jordan chooses to bend his mission from a spirit of vengeance to one of redemption, also making other appearances through some of DC Comics' other story lines, such as advising Superman during
7140-610: The Green Lantern Corps after the Guardians of the Universe disappear and the United Planets take over the group. As a Green Lantern, Hal Jordan is semi-invulnerable, capable of projecting hard-light constructions, flight, and utilizing various other abilities through his power ring which are only limited by his imagination and willpower. Jordan, as a Green Lantern, has exceptional willpower. As Parallax, Hal
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#17327798688447280-509: The Green Lantern Corps attack against Superboy-Prime with Hal appearing in the group. As part of DC's post-Infinite Crisis retconning of the entire universe, all current stories skipped ahead one year in an event called One Year Later . This brought drastic changes to Hal Jordan's life, as with every other hero in the DC Universe. It is revealed that Jordan spent time as a P.O.W. in an unnamed conflict and has feelings of guilt from his inability to free himself and his fellow captives. Hal and
7420-469: The Green Lantern Corps' destruction and his yellow power ring's energy (being powered by residual Green Lantern's energy) starts to fluctuate. Soon after, Gardner goes to Oa to investigate, bringing Martian Manhunter , Darkstar (Ferrin Colos), The Ray , Wonder Woman , Captain Atom , Alan Scott and Arisia Rrab with him. Jordan uses the element of surprise, attacks, and easily defeats them, leaving Guy in
7560-730: The Green Lantern Corps) for disciplinary action. Angered at what he sees as the Guardians' ungrateful and callous behavior, Jordan absorbs the energy from the Guardian's projection, goes insane and attacks Oa to seize the full power of the Central Power Battery (the source of power for all Green Lanterns), defeating and severely injuring several members of the Green Lantern Corps in the process, taking their power rings as his own and leaving them to die in space. He arrives on Oa and kills Kilowog , Sinestro , and all
7700-520: The Guardians except for Ganthet , who was protected by the other Guardians and survived without Jordan's knowledge. He then renounces his life as Green Lantern, adopting the name Parallax after absorbing the Power Battery's vast powers. Ganthet designates Kyle Rayner to replace Jordan as the Green Lantern of Earth when Rayner comes into possession of the last power ring, created from the shattered remains of Jordan's. Guy Gardner has visions of
7840-498: The Guardians to prove his loyalty to the Green Lantern Corps, having been accused of paying too much attention to Earth when he had an entire "sector" of the cosmos to patrol. When he returns to Earth, he finds himself embroiled in a dispute with Carol Ferris . Faced with a choice between love and the power ring, Jordan resigns from the Corps. The Guardians call Jordan's backup, John Stewart , to regular duty as his replacement. In 1985,
7980-410: The JLI to search out his ultimate goal. The culmination of all the incorporated innovation's from the greatest technological advancements on Earth was O.M.A.C Prime. A type of super android that could assess and exploit weaknesses, as well as implement psychological warfare using Max Lord's vocal patterns to offset his adversaries. Unlike other O.M.A.C's, Prime had the unique ability to mimic and combine
8120-411: The JLI, Booster Gold's partner Skeets informs the JLI that he has the locations of the four formerly-dormant Checkmate cells which he had placed inside robotics laboratories that Max has been in contact with. The JLI travel to Chicago beneath the hidden robotics laboratory and learns that the OMAC variants were pure robots that are human/machine synthesis of the originals. Skeets scans the fingerprints of
8260-667: The Lanterns in it. The shrunken planet is given to the Grand Collector which turns out to be Larfleeze, the Orange Lantern. Hal is believed to be dead in the destruction that came with the shrinking of the planet. He has been transported to the Emerald Space, an afterlife for deceased Lanterns. Guardians, Ganthet and Sayd call upon White Lantern Kyle Rayner to rescue Hal. Kyle pulls him out of the Emerald Space and
8400-471: The OMAC concept. In JLA: Classified an all mechanical OMAC is an enemy of the Metal Men . Since then, the design has improved to the current form, with little to no changes to the base model. When Maxwell Lord brainwashed Superman to kill Batman, Wonder Woman broke Lord's neck to free Superman from his control. Because Lord proffered this solution while held by her Lasso of Truth, Diana believed this
8540-489: The OMAC unit can metamorphose their nanobionic forms into various shapes and sizes; e.i. being able to change and alter extremities, its limbs into pincers and razor blades or even self generated cannonry, recombine upon and atop of one another to take on gigantic proportions as well as interface with technology using onboard micromachinery (regularly used amongst one another as a hive mind collective). Said drones can also repurpose their microtech towards disabling and simulating
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#17327798688448680-442: The OMAC's internal conversations. The 2006 OMAC limited series (not to be confused with the 2005 OMAC Project limited series) follows "the last OMAC" Michael Costner. Brother Eye attempts to make Costner rebuild itself, but is forced to face his wrath when Costner regains control of both his forms, human and OMAC, and subsequently destroys Brother Eye again; although a tiny fraction of it is still active. A portion of Brother Eye
8820-520: The OMACs and the two groups clash. With the two Green Lanterns fighting off most of the OMACs and Brother Eye's defenses, the heroes' ship crashes into Brother Eye. Metamorpho provides an oxygen supply as Blue Beetle and Booster Gold stay with the ship to guard it, but Blue Beetle later assists in the destruction of the device that Brother Eye used to hide in orbit and the rescuing of some of the other heroes. Batman goes to distract Brother Eye by shutting off
8960-576: The Scarab's power. Blue Beetle uses this to paralyze prime with crippling system failures before attacking and destroying OMAC Prime for good. In Batman #700 (June 2010) in a vignette within the issue, Damian Wayne as Batman is shown having succeeded at what his father had failed to do: regaining control of Brother Eye. In 2011, The New 52 rebooted the DC universe. A Cambodian-American man named Kevin Kho
9100-566: The Spectre's inaction. In 2004, DC launched the Green Lantern: Rebirth miniseries which brought Hal Jordan back to life and made him a Green Lantern once again, and in a redesigned Corps uniform. Shortly after the conclusion of Rebirth , DC Comics began a new Green Lantern (vol. 4) series, beginning with a new #1 and retconning his past murders as Parallax as the result of an intergalactic fear-driven parasite. The Green Lantern Corps has also been successfully rebuilt. Despite
9240-546: The Squad begins to attack OMAC. Kho is able to regain control of OMAC before Waller has to enact her last resort. But without knowing, Captain Boomerang knocks OMAC into a porthole, sending him to another dimension. In 2016, DC Comics implemented another relaunch of its books called " DC Rebirth " which restored its continuity to a form much as it was prior to "The New 52". He is a friend of Jaime Reyes . After seeing monsters in
9380-546: The Thinker is planning to use O.M.A.C. While James Gordon Jr. is talking to Harley, the Thinker has taken O.M.A.C. and begins transferring his mind to it. Now activated, O.M.A.C. proceeds to attack Amanda Waller, James Gordon Jr., Harley Quinn, King Shark , and Kamo. King Shark begins to attack Kamo, until Amanda Waller is able to lie to both to get them to help her defeat OMAC. OMAC is fighting King Shark and Kamo while Amanda Waller attempts to activate Belle Reve's failsafe through
9520-538: The Thinker's computer. Before she is able to do so, Kevin Kho reaches out to her telling her he is trapped within OMAC. As Waller works with Kho, the team returns from the mountains, only to be dragged into the fight with OMAC. Having killed Kamo, OMAC is able to defeat Power Girl , Steel , Unknown Soldier , and King Shark and heads further into Belle Reve. Deadshot and Harley find "magic bullets" that will allow them to gain temporary superhuman powers. Deadshot fires them into Harley, Waller, himself, and Unknown Soldier and
9660-470: The Third Army's assault or Relic's attack. The Corps itself – unaware of Jordan's intentions to show the universe that the Green Lanterns are not corrupt and will go after one of their own – believes that he has actually betrayed them when he attacks Kilowog. Along the way, Jordan steals a Green Lantern prototype gauntlet and power pack from the armoury, allowing him to continue to operate as a hero without
9800-546: The advanced technological capacities of other innovative creations, like the protective shielding of Themyscira. Their main function is the application of nanotechnology to simulate the weaknesses of an opposing superpowered being whilst detaining and dispatching them. Such as shooting fire, project needles of artificial cellulose (against Alan Scott ; an approximation of his weakness to wood), dispense flame-retarding foam, even once simulating Shazam 's lightning power forcing Mary Marvel to revert to her human form. It can disable
9940-405: The analysis and control of the human gait. Some of this work informed the development of modern high-performance humanoid robots. In 1972, an active exoskeleton for rehabilitation of paraplegics that was pneumatically powered and electronically programmed was tested at Belgrade Orthopedic Clinic. In 1985, an engineer at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) proposed an exoskeleton called Pitman,
10080-473: The archer Green Arrow . In an introduction to the 1983 reprinting of this O'Neil/Adams run, O'Neil explains that he wondered if he could represent his own political beliefs in comics and take on social issues of the late sixties and early seventies. O'Neil devised the idea of portraying Hal Jordan, effectively an intergalactic law enforcement officer, as an establishment gradualist liberal figure against Oliver Queen (Green Arrow), who O'Neil had characterized as
10220-425: The book to share writing duties with John Broome. The quartet of Schwartz, Broome, Fox, and Kane remained the core creative team until 1970. Starting with issue #76 (April 1970), Dennis O'Neil took over scripting and Neal Adams , who had drawn the cover of issue #63, became the series' artist. O'Neil and Adams had already begun preparation for the classic run in the form of their re-workings of another DC superhero,
10360-473: The central computer, although Brother Eye tries to distract him by showing him Nightwing 's confrontation with Superboy-Prime . Sasha, linked to Oracle , goes to upload every computer virus on Earth into Brother Eye's system as well as trying to prevent the artificial gravity from shutting down. Black Canary goes to the surveillance room to use her sonic scream to blind the Eye. Black Lightning and Mr. Terrific go to
10500-434: The challenge of being lightweight, yet powerful. Technologies used include pneumatic activators, hydraulic cylinders, and electronic servomotors . Elastic actuators are being investigated to simulate control of stiffness in human limbs and provide touch perception. The air muscle , a.k.a. braided pneumatic actuator or McKibben air muscle, is also used to enhance tactile feedback. The flexibility of human anatomy
10640-562: The characters known as Green Lantern , is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . The character was created in 1959 by writer John Broome and artist Gil Kane , and first appeared in Showcase #22 (October 1959). Hal Jordan is a reinvention of the previous Green Lantern, who appeared in 1940s comic books as the character Alan Scott . Hal Jordan is a former fighter pilot who works for Ferris Aircraft as
10780-444: The city, OMAC takes control of Kevin and begins fighting. Jaime convinces OMAC to help him against the real enemy and OMAC agrees. Brother Eye can activate the virus in any infected person, at any time, within planetary range. Once activated, the person is covered in cybernetic armor and becomes a thrall to Brother Eye's commands. An OMAC unit has access to archives on almost every metahuman on file, and can simulate countermeasures to
10920-594: The comics was based on actor Paul Newman , and the character is ranked 7th on IGN 's in the Top 100 Comic Book Heroes in 2011. In 2013, Jordan placed 4th on IGN 's Top 25 Heroes of DC Comics. Hal Jordan's first live action appearance was in the 1978 television special Legends of the Superheroes , where he was played by Howard Murphy. He made his cinematic debut in the 2011 film Green Lantern , portrayed by Ryan Reynolds , and will be portrayed by Kyle Chandler in
11060-459: The command of Mister Terrific. This gives Checkmate and him the means to forcefully resist Darkseid. During the Final Crisis events when all seems lost, Lord (Brother) Eye prepares to leave the doomed Earth with his OMACs and the people of Command-D, the bunker underneath Blüdhaven, and start a new society on another Earth in another universe. To this end, he asks Renee Montoya to serve as
11200-437: The company has solved some of these issues related to battery technology, particularly consumption, reducing the amount of power required to operate its Guardian XO to under 500 watts (0.67 hp) and enabling its batteries to be "hot-swapped" without powering down the unit. Internal combustion engine offer high energy output, but problems include exhaust fumes, waste heat and inability to modulate power smoothly, as well as
11340-867: The concept of futuristic military armor. Other examples include Tony Stark 's Iron Man suit, the robot exoskeleton used by Ellen Ripley to fight the Xenomorph queen in Aliens , in Warhammer 40,000 the Space Marines , among other factions, are known to use different kinds of Power Armour, the Power Armor used in the Fallout video game franchise and the Exoskeleton from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Hal Jordan Harold "Hal" Jordan , one of
11480-480: The damned, until Hal 'accepted' his original mission of vengeance. During the Identity Crisis storyline, Green Arrow visits Jordan at his grave, asking to exact revenge on Sue Dibny 's killer. Although Hal admits knowing the culprit's identity (revealed later was Jean Loring ), he refused as the Spectre to a higher purpose, and implying to Oliver that the killer would eventually be caught, thus explaining
11620-506: The drone for a while (one full issue), until, due to the machinations of the villainous Simon Hurt , ReMAC is fed a malicious self-destruct code that blows it to pieces, making the restoration of Salah's consciousness impossible. In Final Crisis , Darkseid and his prophets from Apokolips have taken new forms as humans on Earth after mass-distributing the Anti-Life Equation around the world. Batman has been captured; Superman
11760-464: The energy required to perform a task. Individual variations in the nature, range and force of movements make it difficult for a standardized device to provide the appropriate amount of assistance at the right time. Algorithms to tune control parameters to automatically optimize the energy cost of walking are under development. Direct feedback between the human nervous system and motorized prosthetics ("neuro-embodied design") has also been implemented in
11900-439: The environment. For some applications, single-joint exoskeletons (i.e. intended to assist only the limb involved in specific tasks) are more appropriate than full-body powered suits. Full-body powered exoskeletons have been developed to assist with heavy loads in the industrial setting, and for specialized applications such as nuclear power plant maintenance. The biomechanical efficacy of exoskeletons in industrial applications
12040-521: The exoskeleton to be tethered to the power source. The Sarcos Guardian XO is now powered by lithium-ion batteries and is applicable for military logistics applications. In 2011, DARPA launched the Warrior Web program and has developed and funded several prototypes, including a "soft exosuit" developed by Harvard University 's Wyss Institute . In 2019, the US Army's TALOS exoskeleton project
12180-528: The fledgling Supergirl, Hal is very impressed with her cleverness, although he finds her flirtatious behavior somewhat unnerving. In the Justice League: Cry for Justice mini-series, Hal leads his own Justice League with Green Arrow , Shazam , Supergirl, Congorilla , Starman , Batwoman , and the Atom to avenge the deaths of Martian Manhunter and Batman. Jordan eventually recruits some of
12320-595: The former Titans members for the League's new lineup, including Batman's successor Dick Grayson , Donna Troy, and Starfire. During the Blackest Night event, Hal allies himself with six other Lantern Corps during The War of Light. He finds himself facing many of his deceased allies, enemies, and people he failed to save reanimated as undead Black Lanterns under the control of the Green Lantern Corps' ancient enemy Nekron . Hal finds himself not only teaming up with Barry Allen (otherwise known as The Flash ), who
12460-444: The group functioning after his behavior put the team in peril during their fight with David Graves . Subsequently, he returns to the Justice League to help Jessica Cruz learn how to control her powers. In the aftermath, Hal gets a new look as he goes rogue from the Green Lantern Corps to create a scapegoat for the Corps and be the focus of the universe's blame and distrust for everything that had taken place in recent issues, such as
12600-422: The hands of someone capable of overcoming great fear, allows the user to channel their willpower into creating all fantastic constructs. Jordan uses this power to fly, even through the vacuum of space, to create shields, swords, and lasers, and to construct his Green Lantern costume, which protects his secret identity in his civilian life on Earth. Jordan and all other Green Lanterns are monitored and empowered by
12740-579: The hangar it is being held in, turning the people within the hangar into new OMAC cyborgs. It then travels to the ruins of Blüdhaven and assimilates the city's infrastructure and the people within it using the Atomic Knights and Firestorm as power sources. Later, it activates a Boom Tube and travels to Apokolips , where it assimilates the entire planet and attempts to obtain the Morticoccus virus from Karate Kid, who has also been led there. It
12880-640: The head of a to-be-founded Global Peacekeeping Agency , her faceless appearance as the Question being an allusion to the faceless agents of the GPA from the original OMAC series. In the Justice League: Generation Lost limited series, the resurrected Maxwell Lord controls the squad of OMACs attacking Jaime Reyes's home and his family. The old Justice League International arrives and takes Jaime's family to safety. After Max escapes from
13020-524: The heroes save the day by shooting a giant cosmic arrow at the assassin Azmomza on Earth's moon. Hal then takes off for R&R on Athmoora, the fantasy world of 2814 and faces the evil wizard Ah-Bah-Nazzur, who turns out to be a mind-controlled alternate universe variant of Abin Sur. Teaming up with him and The Guardians Of The Multiverse, a team of multiversal Green Lanterns, a cosmic interpol, Hal faces off against The Anti-Man/The Qwa-Man, The Mad Lantern, who
13160-403: The market often fail to give adequate consideration to safety aspects, in some cases despite claims to the contrary by their manufacturers. Powered exoskeletons are featured in science fiction books and media as the standard equipment for space marines , miners, astronauts and colonists. The science fiction novel Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein (1959) is credited with introducing
13300-581: The means to do it. Sitting in despair in a Checkmate stronghold, Snapper Carr , through his hopeless rantings, gives Mister Terrific an ingenious idea. Using Sasha Bordeaux to make contact with Brother Eye, he convinces the A.I. to help them, explaining that it will surely be destroyed if Darkseid indeed captures the world. Realizing this, Brother Eye accepts Mister Terrific's terms and reveals that there are still millions of people infected with OMAC nanotech. These people, now mindless drones of Darkseid, are overwritten by Brother Eye and become OMAC soldiers under
13440-452: The memory banks so that Black Lightning fries as much circuitry as possible while Mr. Terrific, invisible to machines and electronics, delivers the fatal blow by knocking Brother Eye off orbit using its orbital thrusters. The plan works, and Brother Eye is deactivated. All of the remaining activated OMACs shut down, releasing their hosts. As all of the other heroes evacuate Brother Eye as it begins falling out of orbit to Earth, falling apart in
13580-468: The meta-abilities and utilities of other super types into itself, steadily making it stronger during battle through the acquisition of new powers and technology assimilated into itself via observational stimulus. Powered exoskeleton A powered exoskeleton is a mobile machine wearable over all or part of the human body , providing ergonomic structural support , and powered by a system of electric motors , pneumatics , levers , hydraulics or
13720-399: The military for jobs such as aircraft pilots, due to the problems of fitting seats and controls to very large and very small people. For soft exoskeletons, this is less of a problem. Exoskeletons can reduce the stress of manual labor, they may also pose dangers. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has called for research to address the potential dangers and benefits of
13860-599: The mole within them. He later becomes a full member of the Blackstars and reassumes the Parallax mantle before seemingly sacrificing himself to stop Mu's U-Bomb. However, he is rescued by his ring and meets its artificial intelligence, Pengowirr. Hal reunites with Green Arrow and goes on an adventure busting up an assassin from a cosmic cartel of Hadea Maxima, while dealing with a drug dealer from Dimension Zero, Glorigold DeGrande. Teaming up with Xeen Arrow and Xeen Lantern,
14000-592: The mysterious Guardians of the Universe , who were developed by editor Julius Schwartz . Broome had originally conceived years prior in a story featuring Captain Comet in Strange Adventures #22 (July 1952) entitled "Guardians of the Clockwork Universe". During the 1990s, Jordan also appeared as a villain. The Emerald Twilight and Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! storylines see him become
14140-664: The nanobots infecting her. DC released DCU: A Brave New World in June 2006, which was the epilogue to the OMAC limited series. Brother Eye has not been fully decommissioned and lies in a NORAD facility. Michael Costner is the last OMAC unit, kept as emergency backup, and Brother Eye calls to him. This Brother Eye has corrupted programming and now believes all humans need to be subjugated or exterminated whether metahuman or not. It has also recently begun to manifest dissociative behavior with at least two "personalities" now being heard in
14280-405: The need for a power ring, although he is sometimes required to fight other Lanterns to maintain the illusion of independence. In 2016, DC Comics implemented another relaunch of its books called " DC Rebirth ", which restored its continuity to a form much as it was prior to "The New 52". Jordan returns to Earth temporarily to assign Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz the task of protecting Earth while he and
14420-592: The new Green Lantern in a more modern light, enlisting writer John Broome and artist Gil Kane , who in 1959 would reintroduce Green Lantern to the world in Showcase #22 (October 1959) by creating Hal Jordan. The character was a success, and it was quickly decided to follow up his three-issue run on Showcase with a self-titled series. Green Lantern #1 began in July–August 1960 and would continue until #89 in April–May 1972. Starting in issue #17, Gardner Fox joined
14560-415: The other's secret identity. Hal also believes with the ring he can overcome anything by himself by sheer force of will. This leads to reckless behavior that almost gets him killed. It is only when Batman reminds him of his mortality by revealing his own identity as Bruce Wayne that Hal reconsiders his approach. Five years after the team forms, Green Lantern resigns from the Justice League in an effort to keep
14700-678: The periodic need to replenish volatile fuels . Hydrogen cells have been used in some prototypes but also suffer from several safety problems. Early exoskeletons used inexpensive and easy-to-mold materials such as steel and aluminium alloy . However, steel is heavy and the powered exoskeleton must work harder to overcome its own weight, reducing efficiency. Aluminium alloys are lightweight, but fail through fatigue quickly. Fiberglass , carbon fiber and carbon nanotubes have considerably higher strength per weight. "Soft" exoskeletons that attach motors and control devices to flexible clothing are also under development. Joint actuators also face
14840-405: The powers of a variety of superheroes and supervillains for the purpose of targeting the weaknesses of an opponent. Among the many inbuilt powers an OMAC drone possesses include flight, enhanced modular physicals pertaining to strength, speed, agility, reflexes, stamina, etc. and firing various energy beams from its facial/chest eye and hands with caustic, concussive, or blinding effects. In addition,
14980-484: The process, it tries to take Batman down with it, telling him he can never trust the costumed heroes again after what they did to him. Batman, however, says he will take his chances, and accepts Hal Jordan's aid in getting to safety. After crash-landing in Saudi Arabia, Brother Eye tries to download its system into Sasha as a means of self-preservation, but Sasha manages to destroy the satellite, freeing herself from
15120-612: The project was not successful. At about the same time, early active exoskeletons and humanoid robots were developed at the Mihajlo Pupin Institute in Yugoslavia by a team led by Prof. Miomir Vukobratović . Legged locomotion systems were developed first, with the goal of assisting in the rehabilitation of paraplegics. In the course of developing active exoskeletons, the Institute also developed theory to aid in
15260-534: The rehabilitation from stroke , spinal cord injury or during aging. Several prototype exoskeletons are under development. The Ekso GT, made by Ekso Bionics, is the first exoskeleton to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for stroke patients. The German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence has developed two general purpose powered exoskeletons, CAPIO and VI-Bot. These are primarily being used for teleoperation. Exoskeleton technology
15400-596: The rest of the Green Lantern Corps find themselves at war with Sinestro and his army, the Sinestro Corps during the events of the Sinestro Corps War As a Green Lantern native to Earth, Hal is featured in the Final Crisis mini-series by Grant Morrison . In the Agent Orange story arc, Jordan is briefly in command of Agent Orange 's power battery after he steals it from Agent Orange in
15540-409: The rest of the Green Lantern Corps, rescues Kyle Rayner from his prison, and formally introduces Kyle to Simon Baz , Sojourner Mullein , Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz . Hal Jordan, Sojourner, and Kyle go confront Pariah, where Hal Jordan realizes that Pariah has trapped the Justice League into fantasy worlds where it will turn into weapons. Hal Jordan is trapped in a world where he is attacked by
15680-503: The rest of the human Green Lanterns are away. He takes their power batteries and fuses them into a single battery to help the two bond as Lantern partners. Subsequently, in DC Rebirth , Hal returns as Green Lantern again, now equipped with his self-constructed power ring, searching for the rest of the Green Lanterns and hunting down the Sinestro Corps. Hal takes on several Yellow Lanterns before fighting Sinestro and getting injured. He
15820-431: The revelation that Hal's past villainous activity was because of the influence of the parasite Parallax, many of his fellow Corps officers are unwilling to trust him, even Jordan, on some levels, believes the reason that Parallax succeeded in possessing him was because he surrendered to it, and thus acknowledges that he truly has a dark side. Despite being freed from Parallax, his experience also leads him occasionally to have
15960-422: The robotics laboratory and discovers that Professor Ivo was here. When Captain Atom absorbs the energy from Magog's spear, he is propelled forward through time 112 years in the future, where Max, while long dead, has plunged humanity into a massive metahuman war that is ruled by OMACs. Captain Atom battled for survival alongside the future versions of the Justice League, but they all are eventually contaminated by
16100-465: The role of the Corps in his origin and also provided more details about his childhood and his relationship with his father and brothers, while the sequel detailed the role of Jordan in the downfall of Sinestro. In the 1992 prestige format graphic novel Green Lantern: Ganthet's Tale , Hal Jordan first encounters Ganthet , one of the Guardians of the Universe . Ganthet asks Hal to help him battle
16240-461: The socially relevant tales which preceded it, this story centered on emotional themes, with Green Arrow struggling to deal with the guilt of having killed a man. Green Lantern continued to appear in backup stories of Flash from 1972 until the Green Lantern title was resumed in 1976. In Green Lantern #151 (April 1982) through #172 (January 1984), Jordan is exiled into space for a year by
16380-419: The story is a partner of Wayne Industries . Its sole purpose was to gather data on all metahumans , both villain and hero. Batman had grown distrustful of metahumans after remembering that the Justice League altered his memories following an altercation with Doctor Light in Identity Crisis . Alexander Luthor Jr. later gave the satellite sentience as part of his plans. Maxwell Lord , recently promoted to
16520-519: The structural components, such as textiles. The action category describes the type of help the exoskeleton gives the user. Active exoskeletons provide “active” aid to the user, from an external source, without the user needing to apply energy. Passive exoskeletons need the user to perform the movement to work, and merely facilitate it. Hybrid systems provide a mix of active and passive. Powered technologies are further separated into electric, hydraulic, and pneumatic actuators. The exoskeleton’s purpose
16660-485: The technology, noting potential new risk factors for workers such as lack of mobility to avoid a falling object, and potential falls due to a shift in center of gravity. As of 2018, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration has not prepared any safety standards for exoskeletons. The International Organization for Standardization published a safety standard in 2014, and ASTM International
16800-499: The thoracic vertebra (T12). In patients with incomplete paraplegia (ASIA B-D) , orthotics are even suitable for lesion heights above T12 in order to promote the patient's own activity to such an extent that the therapeutical mobilization can be successful. In addition powered exoskeletons can improve the quality of life of individuals who have lost the use of their legs by enabling system-assisted walking. Exoskeletons—that may be called "step rehabilitation robots"—may also help with
16940-572: The title's final issue. During the " Forever Evil " storyline, the Crime Syndicate of America has captured Kevin Kho's O.M.A.C. form and is planning to use him as a weapon. Harley Quinn , who is working for the Thinker , takes O.M.A.C. and activates him causing him to fire a laser on the mountain which collapses on the two teams inside it. Harley arrives at Belle Reve and drops O.M.A.C. near James Gordon Jr. James Gordon Jr. also learns that
17080-562: The top rank of Checkmate , subverted the original mission of the Brother MK I satellite by inculcating a fear and suspicion of all metahumans. The first OMAC test subject was renamed "Buddy Blank", after the scientist who programmed the satellite. The OMACs' history may be more recent than Brother MK I's itself. Equus and Pilate, formerly featured in Superman: For Tomorrow , are later denounced as former iterations of
17220-472: The two meet up with the rest and escape from the shrunken planet and restore it. Larfleeze escapes with his orange construct Lanterns. The Green and Yellow Lanterns form an alliance. Jordan appears with the Justice League in the Dark Nights: Metal mini-series. With writer Grant Morrison taking the helm, Jordan returns to interstellar duty and infiltrates Controller Mu's Blackstars to discover
17360-416: The universe. Superman, Kyle Rayner and Metron call upon Earth's heroes to stop the mysterious disturbances. Jordan and Extant are eventually defeated when Hal exhausts most of his power from both fighting and manipulating the time stream. Green Arrow then takes advantage of Jordan's drained state and shoots an arrow into a weakened Jordan's chest. Jordan makes a brief and redemptory appearance as Parallax in
17500-437: The user's intended motion and relay the signal to motors which manage the gears. The exoskeleton also protects the user's shoulder , waist , back and thigh against overload , and stabilizes movements when lifting and holding heavy items. A powered exoskeleton differs from traditional body armor, or a passive exoskeleton , which provides mechanical benefits and protection, but has no actuator , and so relies completely on
17640-614: The user's own muscles for movements, adding more stress and making the user more prone to fatigue . The lack of "power assist" is the same difference of a powered exoskeleton to orthotics , as orthosis mainly aims to promote progressively increased muscle work and, in the best case, regain and improve existing muscle functions. Powered exoskeletons have not developed in the real world as fast as they have in fiction , but currently, there are products that can help humans reduce their energy consumption by as much as 60 percent while carrying things. The earliest-known exoskeleton-like device
17780-604: The villain Parallax following Mongul 's destruction of his hometown Coast City , kill most of the Green Lantern Corps, and threaten to destroy the universe. In subsequent years, Parallax is revealed to be an evil cosmic entity who corrupted Jordan. Between his stint as Parallax and return to being a Green Lantern, Jordan also briefly served as the Spectre , an agent of God and the embodiment of his wrath. Outside of comics, Hal Jordan has appeared in various animated projects, video games and live-action. Jordan's original design in
17920-661: The villain Sinestro as the pair encounter ramifications of the Brightest Day/Blackest Night storylines, as well as a crossover with New Gods characters in Green Lantern: Godhead. Hal Jordan is featured as a part of Justice League series relaunch as well. The initial issues of the title take place five years prior as Jordan assists Batman against a mysterious threat . It is shown he is already friends with Barry Allen and each know
18060-541: The work of Adams and O'Neil, Green Lantern sales had been in a major decline at the time Green Arrow was brought on as co-star, and their stories failed to revive the sales figures. Green Lantern was canceled with issue #89 (April/May 1972), and the climactic story arc of the Green Lantern/Green Arrow series was published as a back-up feature in The Flash #217 through #219. In sharp contrast to
18200-547: The world, destroying her reputation. After this, Brother Eye initiated the final protocol, "Truth and Justice", by having all the remaining OMACs invade and attack her homeland, Themyscira, to wipe out all of the Amazons. It was revealed that Alexander Luthor Jr. was the one who wrested control of Brother Eye away from Batman. He used it to program his multiverse tuning fork and redirect its energy to where he needed it as part of his attempt to re-create Earth-Two , and in turn,
18340-494: Was able to supplement human power with external power. Robert A. Heinlein 's 1959 science fiction novel Starship Troopers introduced powered military armor to popular culture, soon followed by Tony Stark 's Iron Man suit. In the 1960s, the first true 'mobile machines' integrated with human movements began to appear. A suit called Hardiman was co-developed by General Electric and the US Armed Forces . The suit
18480-416: Was an apparatus for assisting movement developed in 1890 by Russian engineer Nicholas Yagin. It used energy stored in compressed gas bags to assist in movement, although it was passive and required human power. In 1917, United States inventor Leslie C. Kelley developed what he called a pedomotor, which operated on steam power with artificial ligaments acting in parallel to the wearer's movements. This system
18620-571: Was attacking the JSA by stomping it before it could assess his threat level. OMACs are also very vulnerable to Mister Terrific, as he cannot be detected by technology. In the Superman/Batman series, Brainiac temporarily occupies a prototype OMAC drone to make use of its nanovirus. ReMAC, the OMAC possessed by the Outsiders, has the same powers and abilities of a regular OMAC. He greatly differs in his physical makeup, being red in color and with
18760-610: Was created from Brainiac-13 's nanotechnology, which had been acquired by the U.S. Department of Defense and Lexcorp , and was then secretly introduced into general vaccine supplies. The OMACs are featured in the mini-series The OMAC Project that leads up to the Infinite Crisis series. The new OMACs are controlled by the Brother MK I satellite. Brother MK I was created by Batman and programmed by Pseudopersons, Inc., scientist Buddy Blank , who in this retelling of
18900-473: Was later retrieved and rebuilt by Buddy Blank, a former scientist from Wayne Industries. This portion meets with the time-traveling Karate Kid who is seeking a cure for the Morticoccus, a 31st-century illness that had evolved from the OMAC virus. Announcing that "the Great Disaster has come to me", Brother Eye directs him to Blüdhaven . Soon after, it reactivates its offensive protocols and assimilates
19040-438: Was one of the most powerful beings in all of the DC Universe. In addition to his normal Green Lantern powers, he was able to manipulate and reconfigure time-space to his will, manipulate reality at a large scale, had vast superhuman strength which he demonstrated by being able to knock out Superman with one punch, a higher sense of awareness and enhanced durability. As Parallax, he was still able to be harmed nearly just as easily as
19180-407: Was powered by hydraulics and electricity and amplified the wearer's strength by a factor of 25, so that lifting 110 kilograms (240 lb) would feel like lifting 4.5 kilograms (10 lb). A feature called force feedback enabled the wearer to feel the forces and objects being manipulated. The Hardiman had major limitations, including its 680-kilogram (1,500 lb) weight. It was also designed as
19320-578: Was put on hold. A variety of "slimmed-down" exoskeletons have been developed for use on the battlefield, aimed at decreasing fatigue and increasing productivity. For example, Lockheed Martin 's ONYX suit aims to support soldiers in performing tasks that are "knee-intensive", such as crossing difficult terrain. Leia Stirling 's group has identified that exoskeletons can reduce a soldier's response times. Exoskeletons are being developed to help firefighters and other rescue workers to climb stairs while carrying heavy equipment. Passive exoskeleton technology
19460-440: Was the only course of action possible; she was fiercely criticized from many quarters. Brother MK I, rechristening itself "Brother Eye" , initiated the "KingIsDead" protocol. Specifically designed to be used in the event of Lord's death, it ordered all of the OMACs (all 1,373,462 of them) to attack and kill all the metahumans on Earth and destroy Checkmate. A group superhero effort stopped the attack, using an EMP blast as well as
19600-586: Was working on standards to be released beginning in 2019. In medical application, e.g. with complete paraplegia after spinal cord injury , an exoskeleton can be an additional option for the supply of aids if the structural and functional properties of the neuromuscular and skeletal system are too limited to be able to achieve mobilization with an orthosis , which is only capable of helping the recovery of muscle work. In patients with complete paraplegia (ASIA A) , exoskeletons are interesting as an alternative to an orthosis under this criterion for lesion heights above
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