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Deus Ex. Star of the game - a 'soldier' enhanced with nanotechnology, with extra speed, strength and agility. If I remember correctly, you could even become invisible for short periods of time using certain power-ups.
Sci-fi - fantasy - the product of active imaginations, right?
Maybe not for much longer! Check this out - from http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1908000/1908729.stm - and tell me that this, in the hands of the Americans, doesn't worry you just a little.
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The soldier of the future could be able to leap buildings, heal his own wounds, deflect bullets and become invisible.
These are just some of the futuristic plans of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology which has been selected by the US army to create the battlefield equivalent of Robocop.
The $50m research centre will be known as the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN).
Among the goals of the newly-created ISN will be gadgets that can heal soldiers, uniforms that are nearly invisible and clothing that can become a rigid cast when a soldier breaks his or her leg.
An exoskeleton could be developed to provide protection from bullets, transform into a medical cast and even activate an offensive weapon.
Shoes with built-in power packs could release bursts of energy to endow the soldier with super-strength and agility.
With a nod to the durability of medieval armour, the institute will also develop a futuristic light-weight chain mail, made up of molecular materials.
Psychological warfare
The soldier of the future will not only be protected, but present a greater threat to the enemy said director of the ISN Professor Ned Thomas.
Robo-soldier could terrify the enemy
"Imagine the psychological impact upon a foe when encountering squads of seemingly invincible warriors, protected by armour and endowed with superhuman capabilities, such as the ability to leap over 20-foot walls," he said.
The ISN will be staffed by 150 people, including 35 MIT professors, 80 graduate students as well as specialists from the army.
Reducing weight
The research group will focus on six key areas:
threat detection
threat neutralisation such as bullet-proof clothing
concealment
enhanced human performance,
real-time automated medical treatment
reducing the weight of equipment from today's 145-pound loads to the 45 pounds carried by Roman soldiers
MIT already has a history of helping out the army in times of war.
During World War II, large-scale research at MIT's Radiation Laboratory was devoted to the rapid development of microwave radar.
The lab designed almost half of the radar deployed in World War II, created over 100 different radar systems, and constructed $1.5 billion worth of radar.
And at the time of the Cold War, the university developed guidance systems for missiles.
Many of the technologies being developed at MIT for the soldier of the future will not be available for at least a decade.
Sci-fi - fantasy - the product of active imaginations, right?
Maybe not for much longer! Check this out - from http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1908000/1908729.stm - and tell me that this, in the hands of the Americans, doesn't worry you just a little.
-----
The soldier of the future could be able to leap buildings, heal his own wounds, deflect bullets and become invisible.
These are just some of the futuristic plans of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology which has been selected by the US army to create the battlefield equivalent of Robocop.
The $50m research centre will be known as the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN).
Among the goals of the newly-created ISN will be gadgets that can heal soldiers, uniforms that are nearly invisible and clothing that can become a rigid cast when a soldier breaks his or her leg.
An exoskeleton could be developed to provide protection from bullets, transform into a medical cast and even activate an offensive weapon.
Shoes with built-in power packs could release bursts of energy to endow the soldier with super-strength and agility.
With a nod to the durability of medieval armour, the institute will also develop a futuristic light-weight chain mail, made up of molecular materials.
Psychological warfare
The soldier of the future will not only be protected, but present a greater threat to the enemy said director of the ISN Professor Ned Thomas.
Robo-soldier could terrify the enemy
"Imagine the psychological impact upon a foe when encountering squads of seemingly invincible warriors, protected by armour and endowed with superhuman capabilities, such as the ability to leap over 20-foot walls," he said.
The ISN will be staffed by 150 people, including 35 MIT professors, 80 graduate students as well as specialists from the army.
Reducing weight
The research group will focus on six key areas:
threat detection
threat neutralisation such as bullet-proof clothing
concealment
enhanced human performance,
real-time automated medical treatment
reducing the weight of equipment from today's 145-pound loads to the 45 pounds carried by Roman soldiers
MIT already has a history of helping out the army in times of war.
During World War II, large-scale research at MIT's Radiation Laboratory was devoted to the rapid development of microwave radar.
The lab designed almost half of the radar deployed in World War II, created over 100 different radar systems, and constructed $1.5 billion worth of radar.
And at the time of the Cold War, the university developed guidance systems for missiles.
Many of the technologies being developed at MIT for the soldier of the future will not be available for at least a decade.
God the MP was awful.
Heh, soon enough the government will be taking games off the market so they can analyse them first.
WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
Many of the technologies being developed at MIT for
> the soldier of the future will not be available for at least a decade.
Theres an institute with more money than sense :)
Many of the technologies being developed at MIT for
> the soldier of the future will not be available for at least a decade.
Theres an institute with more money than sense :)
Badgerman wrote:
> Imagine if it was programmed by windows...
... We're all doomed
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Heh.
True though.
> Imagine if it was programmed by windows...
... We're all doomed
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Heh.
True though.
Imagine if it was programmed by windows...
... We're all doomed
... We're all doomed
Deus Ex. Star of the game - a 'soldier' enhanced with nanotechnology, with extra speed, strength and agility. If I remember correctly, you could even become invisible for short periods of time using certain power-ups.
Sci-fi - fantasy - the product of active imaginations, right?
Maybe not for much longer! Check this out - from http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1908000/1908729.stm - and tell me that this, in the hands of the Americans, doesn't worry you just a little.
-----
The soldier of the future could be able to leap buildings, heal his own wounds, deflect bullets and become invisible.
These are just some of the futuristic plans of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology which has been selected by the US army to create the battlefield equivalent of Robocop.
The $50m research centre will be known as the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN).
Among the goals of the newly-created ISN will be gadgets that can heal soldiers, uniforms that are nearly invisible and clothing that can become a rigid cast when a soldier breaks his or her leg.
An exoskeleton could be developed to provide protection from bullets, transform into a medical cast and even activate an offensive weapon.
Shoes with built-in power packs could release bursts of energy to endow the soldier with super-strength and agility.
With a nod to the durability of medieval armour, the institute will also develop a futuristic light-weight chain mail, made up of molecular materials.
Psychological warfare
The soldier of the future will not only be protected, but present a greater threat to the enemy said director of the ISN Professor Ned Thomas.
Robo-soldier could terrify the enemy
"Imagine the psychological impact upon a foe when encountering squads of seemingly invincible warriors, protected by armour and endowed with superhuman capabilities, such as the ability to leap over 20-foot walls," he said.
The ISN will be staffed by 150 people, including 35 MIT professors, 80 graduate students as well as specialists from the army.
Reducing weight
The research group will focus on six key areas:
threat detection
threat neutralisation such as bullet-proof clothing
concealment
enhanced human performance,
real-time automated medical treatment
reducing the weight of equipment from today's 145-pound loads to the 45 pounds carried by Roman soldiers
MIT already has a history of helping out the army in times of war.
During World War II, large-scale research at MIT's Radiation Laboratory was devoted to the rapid development of microwave radar.
The lab designed almost half of the radar deployed in World War II, created over 100 different radar systems, and constructed $1.5 billion worth of radar.
And at the time of the Cold War, the university developed guidance systems for missiles.
Many of the technologies being developed at MIT for the soldier of the future will not be available for at least a decade.
Sci-fi - fantasy - the product of active imaginations, right?
Maybe not for much longer! Check this out - from http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1908000/1908729.stm - and tell me that this, in the hands of the Americans, doesn't worry you just a little.
-----
The soldier of the future could be able to leap buildings, heal his own wounds, deflect bullets and become invisible.
These are just some of the futuristic plans of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology which has been selected by the US army to create the battlefield equivalent of Robocop.
The $50m research centre will be known as the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN).
Among the goals of the newly-created ISN will be gadgets that can heal soldiers, uniforms that are nearly invisible and clothing that can become a rigid cast when a soldier breaks his or her leg.
An exoskeleton could be developed to provide protection from bullets, transform into a medical cast and even activate an offensive weapon.
Shoes with built-in power packs could release bursts of energy to endow the soldier with super-strength and agility.
With a nod to the durability of medieval armour, the institute will also develop a futuristic light-weight chain mail, made up of molecular materials.
Psychological warfare
The soldier of the future will not only be protected, but present a greater threat to the enemy said director of the ISN Professor Ned Thomas.
Robo-soldier could terrify the enemy
"Imagine the psychological impact upon a foe when encountering squads of seemingly invincible warriors, protected by armour and endowed with superhuman capabilities, such as the ability to leap over 20-foot walls," he said.
The ISN will be staffed by 150 people, including 35 MIT professors, 80 graduate students as well as specialists from the army.
Reducing weight
The research group will focus on six key areas:
threat detection
threat neutralisation such as bullet-proof clothing
concealment
enhanced human performance,
real-time automated medical treatment
reducing the weight of equipment from today's 145-pound loads to the 45 pounds carried by Roman soldiers
MIT already has a history of helping out the army in times of war.
During World War II, large-scale research at MIT's Radiation Laboratory was devoted to the rapid development of microwave radar.
The lab designed almost half of the radar deployed in World War II, created over 100 different radar systems, and constructed $1.5 billion worth of radar.
And at the time of the Cold War, the university developed guidance systems for missiles.
Many of the technologies being developed at MIT for the soldier of the future will not be available for at least a decade.