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Building Tomorrow's Soldier Today

Posted by Zonk on from the i'll-take-an-exoskeleton-and-four-drones-please dept.

FleaPlus writes "Wired reports on a glove developed by Stanford researchers Dennis Grahn and Craig Heller which combines a cooling system with a vacuum in order to chill blood vessels and drastically reduce fatigue. Besides the obvious military and athletics applications, the technology is also potentially useful for firefighters, stroke victims, and people with multiple sclerosis. The Wired article also describes a number of other human enhancement projects intended to advance battlefield technology. Examples include military exoskeletons, projects designed to increase cognition or decrease the need for sleep, and studies that may one day allow single soldiers to operate multiple aerial drones. Many of these were opposed by the President's Council on Bioethics."

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  1. Okay, this is a cheap shot by smellsofbikes · · Score: 0, Troll

    but hey, this is /.
    >Many of these were opposed by the President's Council on Bioethics.

    Imagine the cognitive dissonance and heads exploding if someone managed to create mindless zombies that followed directions, didn't protest wiretapping or secret laws and secret courts, and voted Republican, but the creation used FETAL STEM CELLS?

    owait that's already been done: the red states. Blast.

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    1. Re:Okay, this is a cheap shot by fredrated · · Score: 0, Troll

      Want to see a mindless zombie? That's easy, go look in the mirror.

      And don't forget the mindless zombies that regurgitate things they have never personally verified, like those that believe the earth is round, orbits that sun...

  2. Re:From what I see on TV by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 0, Troll

    Judging from /. stories money sure isn't being spent on English skills either.

    BTW, can I have some techno gear to protect me from all the uber soldiers?

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  3. Re:From what I see on TV by kamapuaa · · Score: 0, Troll

    Actually, the US military under president Bush actively discourages soldiers from learning Arabic, because of a concern that soldiers would empathize with Arabian contacts and start sympathizing with the enemy. It sounds a little ludicrous, and I can't say I approve, but there's been a number of agents in the Interzone who have actually merged with their cover stories. Just the daily cost of doing war against Islam Inc.

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