DARPA's jetpack will help soldiers run faster [video]

ASU is on a roll. They've done quite a bit of work on the Mars Rovers. They recently announced tuition assistance for Starbucks employees to make college education without crippling debt more widely available. Now they're advancing human augmentation. Maybe more Sun Devils should apply to YC.

Mars: http://www.asu.edu/feature/mars/

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe/2014/07/31/m...

Starbucks: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/06/16/us/starbucks-to-provide... http://www.ycombinator.com/rfs/

I certainly hope they give these runners some leg-exoskeletons to absorb the shocks or they can say goodbye to their knees in a few years.

Also, I wonder if there is a placebo effect or not...