Nobody questions Superman's charm or Spiderman's brilliant agility, but let's not forget that their powers come from extraterrestrial births or radioactive spiders.
Batman's 80th anniversary is celebrated tomorrow, a superhero who does not benefit from supernatural powers, but from a formidable will for justice and redemption (ok, even revenge), seasoned by a robust economic endowment.
However, what makes our bat man unmistakable is his unwavering confidence in futuristic technology. From 1939 to today, Batman presented some of the major innovations of mass culture, evolving its arsenal to keep it always in step with new trends.
Here are 5 gadgets that have helped keep the creation of the genius of Bob Kane and Bill Finger always “ahead”.
Digital laser
Seen in: Comicsi
He saw his parents die under gunshot wounds. For this reason one would never dream of using it and stockpiles non-lethal devices.
One of these, of relatively recent adoption, is so small that perhaps its presence could escape. A little taser integrated into the index finger of his glove allows him literally electrifying exploits.
Standalone drone
Seen in: Batman Returns
Even the best ones sometimes need help. No, I'm not talking about calling Robin, who often counts as 4 of sticks when the trump is in cups. A nice Computerized Batarang that's what it takes!
With a sort of console our hero sets his objectives and then launches it into the air: to return it comes back, like all boomerangs. But first he does what he has to do in complete autonomy. Remind you of something?
Autonomous Driving & Voice Assistant
Seen in: Batman (1989)
Think you're cool because you can start your car with a remote control today? Newbies.
Batman not only has a remote control to start the car: he can do it himself go for yourself. For 30 years. And drive that damned cart even with the voice! A bit like Michael Knight from Supercar, to escape from the Joker with his Vicki Vale he ordered his Batmobile to pick him up, and she came without even making any ice cream jokes, like that naughty KITT.
Laser detector
Seen in: Batman n.3
Batman is the vigilante par excellence. There is no justice without truth, and there is no truth without robust questioning. For this reason Batman masters all the devices useful for this purpose, and among these a device capable of understanding whether the bad guy on duty is lying or not.
Hidden in the hood of our hero is an intelligent device that hides remotely measure body temperature and heart rate of the "target". The answer is not long in coming, directly on the lens of his mask, and in case of a lie you know: the bat takes it badly badly.
Artificial intelligence
Seen in: Batman (1989), The Dark Knight, comics
Although Batman is one of the smartest DC heroes by posting (second perhaps only to Lex Luthor. Ok, there's also the Riddler) always has great media available.
One of the most effective is the mythical Bat Computers, which takes up quite a few cubic meters in the Bat Cave. It may not be a miracle of miniaturization, but it has a crazy database and a clear relationship with modern computer systems Artificial intelligence.
Fingerprints, facial recognition, strategic plans, it does a bit of everything: sometimes it almost seems sentient. In 80 years of Batman, over time the needs for practicality have shown offshoots of the Bat Computer both in the Batmobile and even in the superhero's gloves.
It's not over here
The list just made is very partial: I could include technologies that they anticipated RFID tags, explosive gels, exoskeletons, night vision, mimesis devices from radars, scammers, computer decrypters etc.
