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Network turns soldiers' helmets into sniper location system

(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine a platoon of soldiers fighting in a hazardous urban environment who carry personal digital assistants that can display the location of enemy shooters in three dimensions and accurately ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 8

Raytheon unveils Scorpion helmet technology

(AP) -- As the desert landscape unfolds ahead, the jet fighter pilot glances to his right. Spotting an enemy target, a sensor attached to his helmet relays the information straight back to his flight controls, ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jul 23, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 3

No more blisters thanks to innovative socks

Swiss researchers and experts from armasuisse have developed novel socks which reduce the chances of blisters forming on the wearer’s feet.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

India army offers 'glacier toilet' in hi-tech sell-off

Developed for troops serving on glaciers high in the Himalayas, the non-flushing "bio-digester" toilet made by India's top defence research body is now being offered to companies and poorer states.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Sociologist finds combat veterans face more lifelong socioeconomic challenges

From the many images sent home from foreign battlefields over the last several decades, Americans have viewed the plight of their country's combat-weary veterans as stark and often iconic scenes that seem somehow frozen in ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Virtual training for real combat

I zipped up the flak jacket, put on an Army helmet and snapped a pair of goggles over my eyes.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Emotional effects of heavy combat can be lifelong for veterans

The trauma from hard combat can devastate veterans until old age, even as it influences others to be wiser, gentler and more accepting in their twilight years, a new University of Florida study finds.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Pentagon is investing in a greener military

Think your fuel bill is too high? Have a look at the U.S. military, which spent a whopping $13 billion on petroleum last year to keep its ships, planes and combat vehicles running.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

ONR pursuing affordable common radar for surface ships

To upgrade the Navy's fleet of aging combat ship radar systems, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is developing technologies that will combat the obsolescence of surveillance systems at a more affordable cost.

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Combat makes for gun-shy investors, study says

Veterans who have faced combat are more risk-averse when it comes to investing than noncombatants, according to a new Cornell study. As a result, they may struggle to build wealth through long-term investments, ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1