" Anew jumping device could help humans spring across other planets while exploring.
Researchers say they have created a device that can out-jump any animal or mechanical machine either on Earth or in space.
The jumper is capable of achieving the tallest height in earth gravity — roughly 100 feet — of any jumper to date, engineered or biological.
It has been developed by UC Santa Barbara engineering professor Elliot Hawkes and collaborators, who say it represents a fresh approach to the design of jumping devices and advances the understanding of jumping as a form of locomotion.
NEWSWEEK NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP > Applications for the innovation could see jumping robots able to get places where only flying robots currently reach. The benefits would also be more pronounced off Earth as well: Jumping robots could travel across the moon or planets efficiently. "
This is incredible! Imagine this used in the field of warfare ! You could have soldiers hopping up to 100ft!
