8 technologies that the Pentagon is pursuing to create super troops

Here are 8 technologies the Pentagon is pursuing to create super soldiers.

When Captain America and Iron Man confronted the Civil War, they probably did not recognize competition from the US military. The Ministry of Defense wants the army to have supernatural powers, telepathy and immunity from pain.

1. Bulletproof clothing made from carbon

The US military investigates the method of producing graphene-based armor, which is better protected.

Scientists studied the potential of graphene materials by shooting tiny gold particles into it. They found that the material is stronger, more flexible and lighter than a bullet shield and Kevlar shirt. Especially one million of these materials are only 1mm thick.

MIT's Military Nanotechnology Institute is studying the method of producing graphene-based armor, which is better able to protect troops than today's bulky jackets.

2. Synthetic blood

Synthetic blood can be more effective than natural cells.

Synthetic blood can be more effective than natural cells. The promising technology under study is respirocyte , a synthetic blood cell made from diamonds that can hold gas at a pressure of nearly 15,000 psi and exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen in the same way that real red blood cells show.

Super soldiers have this artificial cell in the blood, meaning that there will be thousands of mini gas tanks inside the body. They will not be short of breath and can stay under water for many hours even without other assistive devices.

3. Jump higher than 2 meters

Soldiers are equipped with shoes that can jump at high speed.

Scientists at MIT, like other universities, are looking to increase the ability of Achilles' ankles and tendons to mimic the way the kangaroo tendons work. People are equipped with such shoes that can jump over 7 feet (2.13m) and run at a very fast speed.

4. Immunity to pain

The Persistence in Combat project was created to help warriors recover immediately when injured.

The Pentagon Research Institute for High-Tech Defense Projects (DARPA) is implementing the Persistence in Combat project to help fighters who can recover immediately when injured. Immunity to pain will be effective for about 30 days and is capable of eliminating inflammation which is a painful cause of post-traumatic pain. In this way, soldiers can treat themselves and continue fighting until the reinforcements.

5. Less dependent on sleep

DARPA is embarking on research to find ways to make people less dependent on a long sleep.

Not all animals sleep in the same way. DARPA is embarking on research to find ways to make people less dependent on a long sleep. This can be done by sleeping only half of the brain at a certain time, such as whales and dolphins, or can even skip long-term sleep such as ENU mice (a type of shift gene).

6. Telepathy

DARPA's development of computer chips can be directly connected to the human brain.

Part of DARPA's Brain Machine Interface project is the development of better computer chips that can connect directly to the human brain through implants. In addition to allowing soldiers to control robots by thinking, it will allow groups of soldiers to communicate through telepathy. However, some scientists are also worried about the risk of hacked this chip system being hacked.

7. Underwear

This suit reduces fatigue and strengthens soldiers.

Sponsored by DARPA and researched by scientists at Harvard, this underwear outfit is basically a series of 'muscles' under clothes that support the wearer in every movement. This reduces fatigue and strengthens the soldier.

8. Mountaineering gloves and boots stick to geckos

Special climbing gloves and boots will help soldiers climb easily without equipment.

Geckos use small hairs on their feet to cling to surfaces at the molecular level. With the "Z-Man" project , special climbing gloves and boots will help soldiers to easily climb high blocks of skyscrapers or skyscrapers without additional equipment, thus helping to cope with attacks from above. Researchers have created a real breakthrough when being able to support a man weighing 200 pounds (90.7 kg) with current prototypes.