Inventing Iron Man (32 page)

Tony Stark as,
147–48
,
151
.
See also
invention and genius

Golden Avenger armor,
8–9

Golgi, Camillo,
150

“go pills,”
121–23

Granov, Adi,
14
,
146

gravity, effects of on body,
84
,
85–86

Gross, Charles,
50

HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) robot suit,
43
,
144–47
,
145
,
146

Hammer, Justin (character),
130
,
153
,
179

hands: neuroprosthetics for,
43
,
44
,
45

Prehensor,
142
,
143

hands-free phones,
72
,
75

Hansen, Maya (character),
14
,
146–47

Hatsopoulos, Nicholas,
107

head injuries: from blast waves,
171–72

concussions,
166–67
,
168
,
169–72

motor control problems after,
48–49

headset, user interface,
47
,
62

heart: arrhythmia of,
126–28

atria of,
126–27
,
128

functions of,
126–27

implantable defibrillator for,
127–28
,
128

origin story of shrapnel lodged in,
126

ventricles of,
126–27
,
128
. See also
chest plate; implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Heck, Don,
xii
,
182

hip hiking,
40

hippocampus,
169

Hire, Jean de la,
5

Hitzig, Eduard,
51
,
52

Hocama, Inc.,
87

homunculus concept,
52
,
53

Howland, Jonathan,
122

Hulkbuster armor,
6

human flight,
135–36
,
137
,
138–41

Hunton, James,
73

Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) robot suit.
See
HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) robot suit

hydraulic actuators,
65

ICD.
See
implantable cardioverter defibrillator

I, Cyborg
(Warwick),
38

IEDs (improvised explosive devices),
124

i-LIMB hand,
43
,
44
,
45

Illuminati,
164

immune response to implants,
174
,
175

implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD),
127–28
,
128
,
173–74
,
175
,
176

improvised explosive devices (IEDs),
124

inattention blindness,
71–72

inertial aspects of body,
86

Infantino, Carmine,
119

information processing, limits of,
70–75

injuries from bomb blasts,
124
,
126
,
171–72

innervation ratio,
176–77

insights and force,
150–51

International Amateur Athletic Association,
29

International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries,
88

invention and genius: description of,
131–32

open minds for,
133–34

patent law and,
151–53

personality for,
140
,
147

relevant to robotic armor,
134–35

Tony Stark and,
147–51

targeting,
133
,
140

inventor, definition of,
152

Invincible Iron Man comics: #1 (2008),
115
,
183

#2 (2008),
69

#8 (2009),
97

#9 (2009),
37
,
154

#10 (2006),
154

#14 (2009),
110

#47 (1972),
16
,
91
,
92
,
94

#70 (1974),
179

#129 (1979),
16

#169 (1983),
156–57

#170 (1983),
156–57
,
161–62

#280 (1992),
12
,
13

#281 (1992),
156

#282 (1992),
156

#284 (1992),
78
,
156
,
182

#290 (1993),
12
,
13
,
46
,
47
,
101
,
182

#291 (1993),
47

Demon in a Bottle story arc,
119–21

I, Robot
(Asimov),
144

Iron Man: Batman compared with,
xii

characteristics of,
xi

length of career of,
178–79

as metaphor,
x

origin story,
xiii
,
14
,
126
,
182

possibility of becoming,
155–57
,
158

as “possible” superhero,
166

project development phases,
65–66
,
111–12

reinvention of,
ix–x

as without superpowers,
xiv–xv
.
See also
armor; Stark, Tony

Iron Man
(movie): action figures,
10
,
11

concussive events in,
171

description of,
80
,
183

Stark on pilots,
163

Iron Man: Beneath the Armor
(Mangels),
xiv
,
3
,
120

Iron Man / Captain America: Casualties of War #1 (2007),
115

Iron Man: Civil War
(graphic novel),
148
,
163–64
,
165

Iron Man comics: #1–6 (2005–2006),
183

#13 (2009),
70–71

#142 (1980),
94

#144 (1980),
80

#182 (1984),
120

#200 (1985),
182

#218 (1987),
142
,
143

#242 (1989),
87

#244 (1989),
90

#245 (1989),
90

volumes of,
181

Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.: #31 (2007),
80
,
96
,
133–34

#33 (2007),
96

Iron Man: Extremis
(Ellis),
109
,
131
,
146–47

Iron Man: Hypervelocity: #1–6 (2007),
183

#2 (2007),
37

#5 (2007),
69

graphic novel,
170

story arc,
129

Iron Man: The End
(graphic novel),
166
,
170

Iron Man: The Official Index to the Marvel Universe
(Marvel Comics),
181

Iron Man 2
(movie): action figures,
78

alcohol abuse shown in,
116

armor in,
79
,
107
,
151–52
,
156–57

description of,
183

fighting in,
163

Jim Rhodes in,
74

safeguards for control systems in,
130

Whiplash in,
179

Iron Monger,
171

Iron Monger armor,
6
,
7
,
8

Irons, John Henry (character),
4

isometric contractions,
26

Jackson, John Hughlings,
51

jet fighter pilot training,
163

jet-pack flight,
136
,
137
,
138–41

Jevons, William,
148

Kakalios, Jim,
xiv

Kennedy, Sal (character),
147

Kirby, Jack,
xii
,
8

Kubert, Andy,
120

Kuhn, Thomas,
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
,
149

Lam, Tania,
88

Layton, Bob,
119

Leach, Jennie,
174

Lee, Stan,
xii
,
xiv
,
3
,
94
,
182

legs, prosthetic,
27
,
29

Lieber, Larry,
xii
,
182

Liebnitz, Gottfried,
132

limbs: amputation of,
98–99
,
100
,
101–2

changes in BCI with use of prosthetics,
102–3
,
104
,
105

lower, exoskeleton for,
35
,
36

nervous system commands to,
39
,
45
,
46
,
47

prosthetic,
27
,
29

robotic, sensation from, and brain-machine interface,
107–8

structure and function of compared with exoskeleton,
19–20

Lokomat,
87–88
,
89
,
90
,
91

long-term potentiation (LTP),
117

Lord of the Rings
trilogy,
81–82

Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS),
56
,
68

lumbar region of spine and spinal cord,
21
,
22

Magma,
157

Mangels, Andy:
Iron Man: Beneath the Armor
,
xiv
,
3
,
120

on serum,
14

man-machine hybrids,
4–5

martial arts: empty hand training,
108

Tony Stark's training in,
163–65
,
165

Marvel Comics:
Iron Man: The Official Index to the Marvel Universe
,
181

Secret Invasion story arc,
129
.
See also
Invincible Iron Man comics; Iron Man comics

“Masters of Silence,”
156

Mattel Mind Flex,
58

Medtronic Neuromodulation Technology Research division,
62

membrane potential,
20–21

Michelinie, David,
xiv–xv
,
119
,
120

microglial activation,
174
,
175

military aspect of caffeine ingestion,
122–23

military aviation, multitasking in,
75–79

Miller, Earl,
51

Miller, Frank,
The Dark Knight Returns
,
4

Monroe, Alexander,
50

Monty Python's Flying Circus
(TV series),
133

motoneurons: aging and,
176–77

description of,
21
,
23
,
23–24

motor cortex of brain,
21
,
52
,
54

motor evoked potentials,
56

motor maps,
95
,
108

motor units,
23–25

movement, biological: after injuries to brain,
48–49

cerebellum and,
117–19
,
118

chain of commands in,
17

cortex and,
50
,
51–53
,
53

effects of alcohol on,
121

effects of caffeine on,
122

motor units,
21
,
23
,
23–24

multiple tasks and,
70–75

muscles in,
16–17
,
19–20

planning and coordination of,
54–56
,
57
,
58

robotic assistance with,
91

sensation from,
97

signals for,
48
,
53–54

timescales for,
162

walking and running,
31–32
,
32

movement, machine-based,
36

multitasking: in brain-machine interface,
161

problems with,
70–75

training in,
75–79

muscle cells of heart,
126

muscle fibers,
23
,
23–24
,
176–77

muscles: in biological movement,
16–17
,
19–20

in body weight,
17

contractions during movement,
26

force of gravity and,
85–86

major,
17
,
18

monitoring to make motors move,
39–45

as motors,
21
,
22
,
23–26

underuse of,
82–83
,
83

myelin,
24

Na-K ATPase (cellular pump),
20

nanotechnology,
112

nerves: monitoring to make motors move,
39–45

in spine and dermatomes,
21
,
22

nervous system: as adaptable and changeable,
90

commands to limbs from,
39
,
45
,
46
,
47

damage to from blast waves,
172

depicted in
Ultimate Iron Man
graphic novel,
120–21

effects of alcohol on,
116–19

electrical nature of,
50

excitable tissue in,
19–20
,
49

with reduced activity level,
83

stimulants for,
121–23

working against normal decline of,
176–78