Posts tagged troy hurtubise

Real life Halo suit bombs, now on eBay

by Richard Mitchell (Feb 7th 2007 5:45PM)

Troy Hurtubise, the man responsible for the real life Halo suit we reported last month, is placing his latest work up for auction. Having spent his family's savings and 1750 hours developing the "Trojan" suit, Hurtubise is broke. Following the media frenzy that surrounded his latest creation, Hurtub...

Real-life Halo suit up for sale on eBay

by James Ransom-Wiley (Feb 7th 2007 3:15PM)

Less than a month after energetic Troy Hurtubise set out to attract a corporate buyer for his Halo-inspired "Trojan" suit, the man known for inventing the 'bear suit' is broke and turning to eBay. Hurtubise's full-body exoskeleton ballistic armor will apparently be sold to the highest bidder (curren...

Real-life Halo suit ready for deployment?

by James Ransom-Wiley (Jan 16th 2007 4:25PM)

Perhaps it's more akin to the PAC full-body armor featured in Battlefield: 2142, but there's no denying that Troy Hurtubise's 'Trojan' suit is straight outta video game lore. The man responsible for inventing the bear-proof suit has developed, in his own words, the "first ballistic, full exoskeleton...