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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Re:Military-tech always trickles down to civilians

[MichaelSmith]

speaking of super-glue, it works very well for what the military originally had in mind for it, which is closing wounds: next time you have a bad cut, try it, it works wonders

I wouldn't have believed it. I remember reading a dodgy story about a guy who found his wife in bed with a man and by way of poetic justice superglued her hand to the guys you-know-what and the chemicals which diffused into his system killed him before the hospital could separate them

Now the story may have been made up but I would have thought that superglue in your system really would be bad news.

Do you have more info on this? I would hate for people to try this at home and find that only the special military glue is safe to squirt into open wounds.