Military Tech for Daily Life

PreacherTom writes "It is nothing new to see technology from military and governmental endeavors change daily life profoundly. One only has to look at the fruits of the space program (from computers to microwave ovens to Tang). New military gear is on the horizon that promises to do the same, including biosensors, bandages that clot blood using soundwaves, and the ubiquitous Swiss Army Pen."

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QuikClot

[GigsVT]

You can get some of that military technology today, and it's not vaporware... Quikclot powder, comes in a packet designed to be large enough to quickly stop the bleeding from a severed femoral artery.

Useful stuff, stops bleeding very quickly. Expensive as hell though.

which raises the question...

[User 956]

New military gear is on the horizon that promises to do the same, including biosensors, bandages that clot blood using soundwaves

Ok, since they have a bandage that clots blood using soundwaves, you can pretty much guess that they have a weapon that clots blood using soundwaves. Which is pretty fucking scary.

Re:Military-tech always trickles down to civilians

[twiddlingbits]

Super Glue has the same ingredients are "Tissue Glue" they use after surgery instead of external stitches to close the skin. Using Tissue glue seems to help minimize the scars. I've also used it on my dogs to glue a wound together (small wound) and save a trip to the vet for stitches. Just using SuperGlue out of the tube could be risky as it may not be sterile and you could get a nasty infection, thats the only downside. The glue that is used to attach artifical fingernails is the same as SuperGlue so if you have some of that, it IS Sterile.

Re:the good side of military spending

[2short]

"For every troop that is getting paid to be on base, the military is probably putting food on the tables of 30 researchers or engineers to develop new technologies"

Active troop strength is something like 1.5 million, so by your estimate that's 45 million researchers bettering the world on the militaries dime. Almost 1 in 6 Americans are military funded scientists! Wow, I had no idea.

You'll forgive me if I take the rest of your rosy assesment with a little grain of salt?

Re:DNA can be isolated individually

[bhiestand]

Besides, even if it did work, what the fuck are the cops going to do with a DNA sample? Look it up in that secret DNA file the Men in Black have compiled on every person in the world? Yes. Everybody who's ever joined the military or been arrested has DNA on file. Everybody who had a parent who cared enough to do so has their hand and footprints (and likely DNA at this point) registered with the FBI (in case the kids go missing). I'm sure the new database they're building already has some fields for something along the lines of a DNA hash. We're getting pretty damned close to having that database already.