{"id":12358,"date":"2014-09-21T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2014-09-21T16:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/?p=12358"},"modified":"2017-04-18T10:53:29","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T17:53:29","slug":"darpas-jetpack-will-help-soldiers-run-faster-stronger-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/darpas-jetpack-will-help-soldiers-run-faster-stronger-video","title":{"rendered":"DARPA\u2019s jetpack will help soldiers run faster, stronger (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"byline-container\"><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/about\/editors\/mariella-moon\/\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2013\/08\/engadget-icon03_24x24.jpg\"><strong>Mariella Moon<\/strong><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/98084869\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve seen several attempts at making <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2014\/03\/02\/the-bell-aerosystems-rocket-belt\/\">jetpacks that fly<\/a>, but over at Arizona State University, a team is developing one for those who prefer staying closer to the ground. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2014\/07\/07\/darpa-explainer\/\">DARPA-funded<\/a> project (naturally) is called 4MM or 4 minute mile, and it aims to develop a jetpack that can provide soldiers that extra boost needed to run a full mile within four minutes. Sure, soldiers are physically fit, but the jetpack will make sure each one can do a 4-minute mile, even if they\u2019re not particularly fast runners, and even if they\u2019re carrying heavy equipment and armor.<\/p>\n<p>Thus far, testers have been shaving seconds off their running time even while carrying the 11-pound jetpack, though the ASU researchers still have a ways to go to achieve their goal. Since being able to move fast without much rest can save your life in the battlefield, Harvard\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2014\/09\/12\/darpa-harvard-soft-exosuit\/\">Soft Exosuit inventors<\/a> should totally get together with these ASU researchers to make the ultimate getaway suit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2014\/09\/13\/darpa-jetpack-soldiers-runner\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Mariella Moon We\u2019ve seen several attempts at making jetpacks that fly, but over at Arizona State University, a team is developing one for those who prefer staying closer to the ground. The DARPA-funded project (naturally) is called 4MM or 4 minute mile, and it aims to develop a jetpack that can provide soldiers that [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,1522,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engineering","category-innovation","category-military"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12358"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52352,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12358\/revisions\/52352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}