At an artillery school in England, army troops are being taught shooting tactics on iPads so they’re better prepared when they’re shipped out to Afghanistan. Zombieville, this ain’t. (Hopefully).
The HULC exo-skeleton, Lockheed Martin’s prototype heavy lifter for infantry troops in the field, has its battery and is now ready for human trials. If they’re successful, field tests could be close on their heels.
While you were busy using augmented reality to find the nearest Krispy Kreme, a Chicago company by the name of Tanagram Partners was busy developing military-grade AR technology with lightweight sensors for interpreting information on hostiles during combat.
Troops whose GPS trackers fail could be in for a raft of trouble – which is why a British company has been inspired by the Wii and iPhone and is developing a location-tracker based on microchip motion sensor technology.
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Lance Corporal Craig Lundberg lost his sight to a rocket-propelled grenade in 2007. Now, thanks to a fascinating technology, he can read words and make out shapes using his tongue. It’s truly incredible.
