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High-Tech War Games Help Save Lives

Posted by samzenpus on from the more-real-than-real dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNN is reporting on the new training mannequins being used by the United States military. Advances in technology have allowed the training dummies to become ultra-realistic. From the article: 'New battery-operated, remote-controlled mannequins can simulate bleeding and breathing, and they have blinking eyes that dilate. Medics can test their skills on these life-like mannequins. The new units, which are packed with technology, are used at 23 US Army Medical Simulation Training Centers as part of a program to teach lifesaving techniques to medics and nonmedical personnel. A Pentagon study says the training program has saved 1,000 soldiers' lives in combat, said Lt. Col. Wilson Ariza, manager of the US Army Medical Simulation Project.'"

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  1. Who the heck is "samzenpus" and why cant I read by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Who the heck is "samzenpus" and why can't I read his stories when logged in? This has been happening every Sun/Mon now for about three weeks. I've emailed cmdrtaco and robmalda and gotten zero response from them. Why is Samzenpus flagged as unreadable when logged in, but if I log out I can comment annonomously? I don't have particular editors censored in my settings.

    1. Re:Who the heck is "samzenpus" and why cant I read by Hadlock · · Score: 4, Interesting

      It's particularly annoying, because samzenpus seems to be the only person who posts any stories at all for 24 hour stretches, as if it's some sort of half-broken story editor robot (insert bad slashdot editor jokes here). I'm pretty sure samzenpus is just a story releasing script that CmdrTaco enables from his iPhone when all the editors go on a saturday night bender and know they'll be too hung over to do their jobs on Sundays. Good job on automating your jobs, but fix the hidden story bug please(!)

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  2. Or they could just shoot pigs. by orphiuchus · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Which is much better training because you actually get a sense of death with the things, simulates human anatomy(from a gunshot wound perspective) surprisingly well, is comparatively cheap, and we're going to kill and eat the thing anyway? Oh wait, PETA would protest the military if we did that. God forbid PETA doesn't like the military. (We actually do this, we just don't advertise it anymore because of groups like PETA).