Sankei News has brought us some surprising news about the Defense Technology Symposium of 2007 regarding the mysterious topic of the realization of a Gundam (advanced personal equipment system). As you might of guessed, this wasn’t what we were expecting. There's no giant robot, no transforming airplane -- not even a vehicle. This “Gundam” of theirs is in fact a ground combat system that includes a bulletproof vest, a helmet with an eye monitor thing, and a light on top of the helmet (just in case you’re fighting past your bed time).  

The helmet display is cool cause it has such neat features as showing the users physical status, GPS, and the ability to play videos (pr0n), but besides that, what the hell!? According to the Ministry of Defense, the project was nicknamed Gundam a couple of years back, probably because some mecha otaku (like me) thought it would be cool to name this non-Gundam thing, Gundam. Despite this letdown, I do not think Japan has given up the chance to be the first to develop a giant robot.

Now on to the good Gundam news, which can be found after the jump.