Towards Realization of Gundam – A Publicity Stunt
Remember my recent post on the Japanese Defence Ministry having a symposium on “Towards Realization of Gundam“. It turns out be be just a publicity stunt as I’ve predicted.
Its actually just a suit of “advanced personal equipment system” that combines a bulletproof vest with electronic gear, including a helmet-mounted display. The display monitors information about the wearer’s surroundings, through video feeds from other locations and global positioning system (GPS) data, and health status during ground combat.
According to their spokesperson who told the Sankei Shinbum,
“We’ve been somewhat perplexed by the overwhelming response. One of the researchers that is developing ways to computerize our uniformed personnel had nicknamed [the system] “Gundam” several years ago, so we wrote that [in the symposium's program].” Nevertheless, the spokesperson encouraged fans of the Gundam anime to come the public exhibits.
Bah, yeah rite, I’m sure it was just a coincidence. I bet they were trying to gain media and public attention before the event. Nonetheless, thats what I call good marketing. — d(ﾟ∀ﾟ)b —
lol….. dang! they should’ve gone with the real gundam! XP
Soon you will find Gundams flyiing around xD
ur pic looks like gurren lagann…
just knew it..ask them to develope planes from sky girls instead. the enemies will die from straight nosebleed and the sky girls troop wins the war!!