DARPA patent application

[seanwitte]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

w0w.. Talk about Aiming High!!
I hope this wasn't a secret project by DARPA, cause we all know when Dean's involved, people won't let the news of it just dwindle away into the night.

I am intrigued though about what does happen once you leave the chair.

Is there a part 2 invention to come later that helps slow yourself down??

The arc angles on the patent drawings didn't look like it would be too bad of a drop to fall from once you reached max height, but still.. a 5 story leap???

Dave described this last year, so he can fill in details I may have forgotten. The device measures the height of the building, the distance from the base, and the weight of the "payload". It takes all that data and calculates the launch angle and velocity for a parabolic trajectory where the top of the building is the apex. At that point the "payload" has zero vertical velocity and very small horizontal velocity. In effect, you'd just take a leisurely step forward at the top.