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Old 04-13-2009   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Railguns, uncomfortable harness rigs, and centrifuges

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Originally Posted by CraigD View Post
such a system would require you to wear metal distributed over you body, with straps and pads to spread its force over good load-bearing parts of your anatomy - shoulders and hips, mainly. So it would feel much like simply wearing a lot of weights in a harness, and would have the same bruising and chafe problems.

Given all this, I think you’d get about the same effect at a lot less effort and cost just wearing a harness with lots of weights.
I figured wearing something close to that of Skins (Eg, images.sportsshoes.com/product/S/SKI5/SKI5_400_1.jpg), laced throughout with iron as you mentioned, would give an evenly distributed amount of weight throughout your entire body covered by said garment. Using an electromagnet beneath the floor, I'm assuming you could control just how strong you want the pull force to be, effectively making the garment heaver or lighter on demand.
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