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US Army to Try Out New, Anime-based Uniforms

Posted by michael on from the engage-cloaking-device dept.

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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  1. Anime-based? by avalys · · Score: 0, Redundant

    How the hell does that qualify as anime-based? Simply because they include some sort of technology not yet in use?

    I'm so damned sick of this anime crap. Now it's even cropping up outside of it's own category!

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  2. Anime...? by theblacksun · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm missing the anime reference here. Is it that it's so high-tech that it seems like it belongs in anime, or is there a direct reference I'm not familiar with?

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  3. Re:To the neg IQ people who dont get the anime ref by J'raxis · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This is SLASHDOT, what do you expect? INTELLIGENCE? Well, maybe if you read at -1...

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