{"id":196,"date":"2014-09-25T01:52:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T01:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/?p=196"},"modified":"2014-09-25T21:08:09","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T21:08:09","slug":"asu-jetpack-to-improve-sprint-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/2014\/09\/25\/asu-jetpack-to-improve-sprint-speed\/","title":{"rendered":"ASU Jetpack To Improve Sprint Speed"},"content":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/local\/phoenix\/2014\/09\/18\/12news-asu-jetpack\/15806727<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Description<\/strong><\/p>\n

Project ‘Four Minute mile’ is essentially a jetpack that is used to amplify soldiers’ athleticism (run faster, jump higher, etc.). \u00a0After three years of research,\u00a0\u00a0Arizona State University\u00a0engineering student Jason Kerestes and professor Thomas Sugar have developed a device that can decrease a person’s mile time by 20 seconds. \u00a0ASU also developed an exoskeleton that uses an exoskeleton aid soldiers’ travel on foot.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why I\u00a0selected it<\/strong><\/p>\n

I came across this project a few weeks ago and found it very intriguing. I am very interested in the amplification of the human body (I love Iron Man!) so this was right up my alley. \u00a0Also, I was curious to see how the actual device works and I’m not sure if this video answered that question.<\/p>\n

How well you think the project accomplishes its objectives<\/strong><\/p>\n

They\u00a0claim<\/span> to be able to improve \u00a0a soldier’s mile time by 20 seconds, but I find it hard to believe. \u00a0I did find\u00a0another video from a different source where the runner only improved by a few seconds and didn’t run a 4 minute mile.<\/p>\n

I think the logic behind this device is slightly flawed. You have to be physically capable to perform at the desired goal level. \u00a0Sure, propulsion will improve some time, but if the ability is not there, it can not be achieved.<\/p>\n

That is why the runner only improved by a small margin. Plus, the situation changes both physically and mentally when your being tested and wearing a device.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/with-this-jetpack-even-you-could-run-a-4-minute-mile\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Not only that, but I don’t think this device is practical. \u00a0Soldiers carry a lot of gear on there back and if they must carry this jetpack on their\u00a0back, where are they going to carry their gear? \u00a0Also, that’s a lot of dead weight to carry when the jetpack is not in use. \u00a0In my opinion, the drawbacks outweigh the benefits here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/local\/phoenix\/2014\/09\/18\/12news-asu-jetpack\/15806727\/ Description Project ‘Four Minute mile’ is essentially a jetpack that is used to amplify soldiers’ athleticism (run faster, jump higher, etc.). \u00a0After three years of research,\u00a0\u00a0Arizona State University\u00a0engineering student Jason Kerestes and professor Thomas Sugar have developed a device that can decrease a person’s mile time by 20 seconds. \u00a0ASU also developed an exoskeleton … Continue reading ASU Jetpack To Improve Sprint Speed<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196\/revisions\/227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}