Case
03-15-2002, 10:45 PM
Who say's the future can't be predicted? In William Gibson's cyberpunk novel Mona Lisa Overdrive, he describes just such material as they are working on here - intelligent camouflage that can mimic backgrounds in real time. Not too different than that used by the alien in Swartzenegger’s “Predator” . . . Case
ARMY TEAMS WITH MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT) TO ESTABLISH INSTITUTE FOR SOLDIER NANOTECHNOLOGY
Today, the U.S. Army Research Office announced the selection of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to serve as the newest Army-sponsored University-Affiliated Research Center (UARC) for the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN). The ISN will provide the Army with a corps of expertise in the development and application of nanotechnology for the soldier; including the creation of uniforms and materials that could help heal soldiers, protect against bullets, chemical agents or monitor a soldier's life support processes.
Army News Release here (http://www.dtic.mil/armylink/news/Mar2002/r20020313r-02-011.html)
Cnet article here (http://news.com.com/2100-1001-859877.html)
A more comprehensive article from MIT that provided much of the text for Cnet’s article, with links to nanotechnology faq files here (http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2002/isn.html)
Here (http://www.npr.org/atc3.smil) is a link to NPR's interview with professor Ned Thomas from MIT. RealPlayer, listen to segment #4. Well worth listening to . . .
ARMY TEAMS WITH MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT) TO ESTABLISH INSTITUTE FOR SOLDIER NANOTECHNOLOGY
Today, the U.S. Army Research Office announced the selection of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to serve as the newest Army-sponsored University-Affiliated Research Center (UARC) for the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN). The ISN will provide the Army with a corps of expertise in the development and application of nanotechnology for the soldier; including the creation of uniforms and materials that could help heal soldiers, protect against bullets, chemical agents or monitor a soldier's life support processes.
Army News Release here (http://www.dtic.mil/armylink/news/Mar2002/r20020313r-02-011.html)
Cnet article here (http://news.com.com/2100-1001-859877.html)
A more comprehensive article from MIT that provided much of the text for Cnet’s article, with links to nanotechnology faq files here (http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2002/isn.html)
Here (http://www.npr.org/atc3.smil) is a link to NPR's interview with professor Ned Thomas from MIT. RealPlayer, listen to segment #4. Well worth listening to . . .