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Smart Underwear Designed For Military
A team of scientists at the University of California San Diego, led by nano-engineering professor Joseph Wang, has designed some high-tech underwear that may save lives. Sensors in the waistband can monitor a person's blood pressure, heart rate, and other vital signs. The designers also hope that one day the underwear can release drugs to relieve pain and treat wounds. From the article: "But the technology's range of application goes beyond the military. 'We envision all the trend of personalized medicine for remote monitoring of the elderly at home, monitoring a wide range of biomedical markers, like cardiac markers, alerting for any potential stroke, diabetic changes, and other changes related to other biomedical scenario,' said Wang. Wearable biosensors can also provide valuable information to athletes or even measure blood alcohol levels."
I'll totally mod up the first person who makes a joke about a guy named Wang heading up military underwear research. Doh!
Once Smart Underwear catches on in the public, it'll become just a regular technology, like a cell phone.
Now guys, how many times have you seen girls check out another girl's phone when she buys a new one? How many times have you been able to go, "Hey, can I see your phone?" and they'll whip it out and show it to you.
One day, it'll be as easy as "Hey, can I see your Smart Underwear?" and she'll be like "Can I see yours too?".
Trust me, this is going to be awesome.
...I'm here for the debriefing sir.
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These are completely useless for commandos.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Didja read that the officers' version of the Medical Briefs can actually read more vital signs than the enlisted version? Yeah, it's not because officers' lives are more important or anything, it's just that it's easier for the Medical Briefs to read pupil dilation when the officer in question has his head up his ass.
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Um, S-Mart is a big store. They don't have aisles, they have isles - you get a small motorboat when you enter instead of a cart to get to all the different isles. Duh.