The US Defence Department's agency in charge of creating terminators, futuristic weapons and Star Wars spaceships - DARPA (Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency) hopes to fix that - with the help of a jetpack.
The brainchild behind this project is a team from the Arizona State University (ASU), and like every crazy idea, the genesis behind this jetpack was quite simple.
"We were developing robots that could assist amputees," Professor Thomas Sugar from ASU's Human Machine Integration Laboratory said.
"DARPA asked if we could develop robots that could assist able-bodied people and make them be able to run faster, or do things that they couldn't do before."
The project, known as 4MM, or 4 Minute Mile (1 mile = 1.60934 km), was later funded by DARPA.
- See more at: http://digital.asiaone.com/digital/news/turbo-thrust-soldiers-run-24km-6-minsşthash.WDfZQqo6.dpufThe US Defence Department's agency in charge of creating terminators, futuristic weapons and Star Wars spaceships - DARPA (Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency) hopes to fix that - with the help of a jetpack.
The brainchild behind this project is a team from the Arizona State University (ASU), and like every crazy idea, the genesis behind this jetpack was quite simple.
"We were developing robots that could assist amputees," Professor Thomas Sugar from ASU's Human Machine Integration Laboratory said.
"DARPA asked if we could develop robots that could assist able-bodied people and make them be able to run faster, or do things that they couldn't do before."
The project, known as 4MM, or 4 Minute Mile (1 mile = 1.60934 km), was later funded by DARPA.
- See more at: http://digital.asiaone.com/digital/news/turbo-thrust-soldiers-run-24km-6-minsşthash.WDfZQqo6.dpufThe US Defence Department's agency in charge of creating terminators, futuristic weapons and Star Wars spaceships - DARPA (Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency) hopes to fix that - with the help of a jetpack.
The brainchild behind this project is a team from the Arizona State University (ASU), and like every crazy idea, the genesis behind this jetpack was quite simple.
"We were developing robots that could assist amputees," Professor Thomas Sugar from ASU's Human Machine Integration Laboratory said.
"DARPA asked if we could develop robots that could assist able-bodied people and make them be able to run faster, or do things that they couldn't do before."
The project, known as 4MM, or 4 Minute Mile (1 mile = 1.60934 km), was later funded by DARPA.
Moving a few seconds faster than your enemy can make a huge difference in the battlefield, and it could even be the difference between life or death.
Jason Kerestes, who is part of the 4MM project team, said: "If you think of a Navy Seal or an Army soldier that has to get in or out of somewhere quickly, not only can these devices help them to accomplish their goals and mission, but potentially save human lives as well."
The jetpack is not meant to replace running per se, but is meant to augment the human movement with instantaneous thrust, the graduate from ASU's Engineering school said.
During a 200m trial run, the test subject equipped with the 5kg-jetpack clocked 25 seconds, as opposed to 28 seconds when running without it.
- See more at: http://digital.asiaone.com/digital/news/turbo-thrust-soldiers-run-24km-6-minsşthash.WDfZQqo6.dpufMoving a few seconds faster than your enemy can make a huge difference in the battlefield, and it could even be the difference between life or death.
Jason Kerestes, who is part of the 4MM project team, said: "If you think of a Navy Seal or an Army soldier that has to get in or out of somewhere quickly, not only can these devices help them to accomplish their goals and mission, but potentially save human lives as well."
The jetpack is not meant to replace running per se, but is meant to augment the human movement with instantaneous thrust, the graduate from ASU's Engineering school said.
During a 200m trial run, the test subject equipped with the 5kg-jetpack clocked 25 seconds, as opposed to 28 seconds when running without it.
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