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Multifunctional Nanofiber Protects Against Explosions
Since World War I, the vast majority of American combat casualties has come not from gunshot wounds but from explosions. Today, most soldiers wear a heavy, bullet-proof vest to...
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Nanoscale Experiments Create Optimism for Stronger, Lighter Soldier Armor
Soldier armor, such as bulletproof vests and helmets, depends upon high-performance ballistic fibers for its strength and effectiveness. Army researchers are...
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Real Time Physiological Status Monitoring
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Wearable Device Camouflages Its Wearer Regardless of the Weather
Researchers at the University of California San Diego developed a wearable technology that can hide its wearer from heat-detecting sensors such as night vision goggles,...
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Researchers Shine a Light on Wearable Technology
Researchers at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Chemical Biological Center are looking at LEDs to help warfighters battle chemical warfare agents (CWA)....
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Air Force Scientists Discover Unique Stretchable Conductor
The Air Force Research Laboratory has developed liquid metal systems which autonomously change structure so that they become better conductors in response to strain. Conductive...
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Air Force Scientists Study Artificial Silk for Body Armor, Parachutes
Who doesn’t like to feel warm in the winter and cool in the summer?
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Wearable Sensors Could Monitor Personal, Environmental Data
In an effort to enhance soldier lethality, Army researchers are developing biorecognition receptors capable of consistent performance in multi-domain environments with the...
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Painless Microneedles Extract Fluid for Wearable Sensors for Soldiers
Sandia National Laboratories and University of New Mexico researchers have developed unique microneedle-based sensor technology that they hope can someday be used to...
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3D Body Motion Tracking System
Xsens (Enschede, Netherlands) and STMicroelectronics (Geneva, Switzerland) recently demonstrated the world’s first wearable wireless 3D body motion tracking system based on consumer-grade MEMS combo sensors....
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Energy-Scalable Protocols for Battery Operated Micro Sensor Networks
Networks of microsensors can greatly improve environment monitoring for many civil and military applications. Multiple sensors provide fault tolerance and can provide...
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Microfabrication and Testing of a Thermoelectric Device for Generating Mobile Electrical Power
Several attractive features of thermo-electric (TE) technology include no moving parts, light weight, modularity, covertness, silence, high power...
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Man-Wearable Control Units for Military Robotics
It is no secret that robots are rapidly asserting themselves in today's military applications. For the duration of the Iraq War, robots have roamed the streets of Baghdad, Fallujah, and other...
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