The room of restaurateur MichaelChow, best known for his eponymous restaurant chain Mr. Chow, shares a wall with his pool to create an aquarium effect.
But its 16 authors, led by Michael Ladisch, a biological engineer at Purdue University, reckon that high-tech chow will, within the next 25 years, protect troops from attack by biological weapons, insulate them against cold weather and even make them visible to their commanders by satellite.