AuH20
08-12-2012, 09:39 PM
Sci Fiction Fantasy? Not really.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2187276/U-S-Army-Soldiers-able-run-Olympic-speed-wont-need-food-sleep-gene-technology.html
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/08/12/article-2187276-1482FF63000005DC-699_468x281.jpg
DARPA is working on triggering genes that will make soldiers' bodies able to convert fat into energy more efficiently so they are able to go days without eating while in the warzone.
With plump soldiers able to go on deployment for days living just off their own body fat, that would free up space in their kit bags hitherto used for ration packs.
Mr Conway's new thriller, Rockcreek Park, is based on the premise that a body with extraordinary qualities is discovered in Washington DC.
After his visit to DARPA, the former infantry officer told the Sunday Express: 'It's all about improving the efficiency of energy creation in the body.
'Soldiers would be able to run at Olympic speeds, carry large weights and go without sleep and without food.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2187276/U-S-Army-Soldiers-able-run-Olympic-speed-wont-need-food-sleep-gene-technology.html
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/08/12/article-2187276-1482FF63000005DC-699_468x281.jpg
DARPA is working on triggering genes that will make soldiers' bodies able to convert fat into energy more efficiently so they are able to go days without eating while in the warzone.
With plump soldiers able to go on deployment for days living just off their own body fat, that would free up space in their kit bags hitherto used for ration packs.
Mr Conway's new thriller, Rockcreek Park, is based on the premise that a body with extraordinary qualities is discovered in Washington DC.
After his visit to DARPA, the former infantry officer told the Sunday Express: 'It's all about improving the efficiency of energy creation in the body.
'Soldiers would be able to run at Olympic speeds, carry large weights and go without sleep and without food.'