US Army to Try Out New, Anime-based Uniforms

PenguinRadio writes "This is being reported in a few places, most notably USA Today which has an article about the US Army teaming up with MIT to develop a new nanotechnology-based outfit for our soldiers that can detect bio hazards, injury, and other funky things. The 5 year, $50 million grant also wants to look at bending light around the uniform to create some sort of invisibility." CNET has another story. The Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies has its own web page, of course.

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First off topic headline?

[nucal]

Is this a record for earliest use on an off topic term?

Re:How Are These Anime-Based?

[John_Booty]

If this isn't modded up +200 Funny/Insightful/SOMETHING I'm leaving Slashdot forever.

Re:Anime?

[MulluskO]

Isn't Seburo an sandwhich?

Last time I was in the mall I saw it abbreviated Sbarro.

I wan't able to eat there, however, because when I looked again, it was gone.

It's been one of the scariest food-related events in my life thus far.

Re:Anime?

[Chris Burke]

I dislike people who dislike things and the people who like them. Unless it's, like, baby eating. It's okay to dislike people who like baby eating.

"So tell me something I don't know."

[Hektor_Troy]

Right now, I'm naked.

THAT's something you didn't know. I hope.

Why should we protect the rich from taxes?

[HanzoSan]

They are rich damnit, why do i care if they cant buy a new mansion or another car for their collection of hundreds?

Please!

Rich people pay most of the taxes because they make most of the money, that is fair.

Everyone should pay a percentage of taxes based on how much they make, the poor deserve tax breaks because most people are poor, the majority should overrule the top 1 percent.

Most people NEED social security, healthcare, public schools etc because MOST people arent rich.
Why do the rich need to save money on taxes? So they can waste their money on junk they dont even need? While some poor person cant retire anymore and cant get free health care or decent schooling because of it?

The rich SHOULD pay most of the taxes because the poor are the workers of society who allow the rich to be rich in the first place.

Regean did horrible, socalism? Socialism is not a bad thing, theres benifits to Socialism, in fact if technology keeps going the way its going, Capitalism leads to Socialism and theres no way around it really.

The Regean Economic boom or whatever crap you talk about, helps the top 10 percent of business execs, and people who are already rich, the tax cuts help people who are already rich, so having a good economy = helping the rich? What about the working class? I'm not rich, most people arent rich, how do we benifit by these tax cuts when we only get a few hundred bucks, big fucking deal!

I'm not saying tax cuts are bad, I'd take a few hundred bucks extra any day, but when tax cuts happen when we dont even have the surplus for a tax cut anymore, i think its stupid.

So we are having the war on terrorism.
Homeland Security is created (wheres this money going to come from?)

Raised Military Budget (wheres this money coming from?)

Increaded R&D for Nano Technology (where is this money coming from?)

Increased Budget for schools (where do they find free money?)

Bailout for Airport companies (why the hell are we paying for this?!)

If you are so pro capitalist, dont you agree we should have proper budget management?

The president and you, seem to think we can pull money out of our asses without taxing anyone, but newsflash, we dont have enough money to pay for all of this, and perhaps if we DIDNT have tax cuts we would have been able to pay for it easier.

I'm not saying keep taxes raised for the sake of keeping it raised, and I'm not saying its bad to lower taxes in a recession, What I am saying is, when theres a Surplus, lower taxes, use the Surplus money to pay for all of the emergency expenses, war, defense, and security.

When theres no surplus there should be no tax cut.I mean if we cut taxes while trying to fund a war with money we dont have, this money is coming from lets see the Education Budget, Social Security, HealthCare, etc etc that benifit the poor and middle class MAJORITY.

So its taking from the Majority who need these benifits, to pay for the war on terror? Why should we do that when we can just raise taxes and let rich guys likee Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and others pay for it? Why should someone not be able to retire, or get medicine over unpredictable events?

Taxes are for Security,

In a world with absolutely no taxes at all, meaning a pure capitalist anti socialist world that you want.

Theres no law enforcement, Hire your own personal body guard or get killed by criminals.

Theres no public school, either you can afford your education or you cant.

Theres no free hospital care, either you pay for it or you die.

Theres no social security, either you have a nest egg and stock, or you dont retire period.

Dont even think about buying a house either unless you can pay in cash.

Oh and the terrorist attacks? Rich individualist capitalist types likee you would only defend yourself, your own home using your money to do so, while the people with less money would have less defense and be victims of terrorist attacks.

Alot of people think socialism is wrong, but its required so that capitalism can work, absolute capitalism is a mistake, absolute socialism perhaps is also a mistake.

People must have some individuality, but sometimes people must work as a team for the greater good of the country, humanity, etc.

Capitalism is Individualism and thats a big problem when the Individuals arent very mature, dont forget its harder to enforce a democracy as well if you can even have one in an absolute Capitalist society.