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U.S. Army To Develop "JEDI" Soldiers

Posted by Hemos on from the but-what-about-bridge-building dept.

Patrixmyth wrote to us with the CNN story about the U.S. Army's attempt to build Jedi Soldiers. Yes, they're going to dress up Sir Alec Guinness...er, rather Jedi is Joint Expeditionary Digital Information, which, essentially, is the Wired Soldier of Tomorrow. Palmtops, GPS, satellite up-links, oh my!

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  1. "You have pulled the trigger" by slashdot-me · · Score: 5

    Please reboot for the changes to take effect.

    Ryan

  2. Heh. by Bitter+Cup+O+Joe · · Score: 5

    Mmmph. A GPS. A cell phone. WinCE. A JEDI needs not these things.

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