8 weird DARPA projects that make science fiction seem like real life
DARPA focuses on long-range tech. There are other agencies that focus on the proven or close to proven tech. Here are 8 projects DARPA has worked on:
1. Plant-eating robots- tactical robots that eat plants for energy while doing their missions.
2. Houses that repair themselves- soldiers build a scaffold and the scaffold builds itself and repairs itself if needed.
3. Lab-grown blood- a clear benefit for battlefield medicine.
4. Cyborg insects- very small drones.
5. Brain implants for PTSD- (there are also programs to enhance soldier performance.)
6. Robotic infantry mules- anyone who was light infantry knows how heavy the craps we have to carry.
7. Nuke-propelled spaceship- the key to true space exploration.
8. Mechanical elephants- a much bigger infantry robot mule.