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National Defense February 2011 Eric Beidel	Army Looks Ahead To Next Generation Of Body Armor And Helmets The Army is investigating ways to make its forces more agile in their protective gear by reducing the weight of its systems and looking at the grains, powders and other ingredients used in body armor at the microscopic level.
Wired March 2007 Noah Shachtman	Be More Than You Can Be Heat-resistant. Cold-proof. Tireless. Tomorrow's soldiers are just like today's only better. Inside the Pentagon's human enhancement project.
BusinessWeek July 28, 2003 Otis Port	Super Soldiers New materials and technologies could boost the mobility and safety of U.S. troops
National Defense April 2013 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Researchers Tackle Troops' Physical, Cognitive Challenges In order for troops to fight to the best of their ability, experts say the military must lighten their backpacks, reduce "information overload" and improve their physical fitness.
National Defense October 2010 Stew Magnuson	Scientists Hope Bomb Blast Research Can Lead to Better Helmets Scientists are now taking a closer look at exactly what a shockwave does in the milliseconds it takes for it to pass through a helmet, skull and brain.
National Defense October 2015 Jon Harper	The Army Wants to Power Up Dismounted Soldiers As the demand for power for dismounted troops grows, U.S. military researchers and industry are looking for cutting edge technologies to both supply energy and lighten soldiers' loads.
IEEE Spectrum October 2005 Willie D. Jones	Fiber to the Brain Nanotech researchers have devised a method for attaching electrodes to small clusters of brain cells -- or even individual neurons -- using the cardiovascular system as the conduit through which wires are threaded.
National Defense February 2012 Eric Beidel	Avatars Invade Military Training Systems The influence of video games on military training has been substantial, and the military's interest in avatars -- for soldiers and other actors in simulations -- is growing.
National Defense October 2011 Eric Beidel	New Fabrics Promise Better Fire Protection For IED-Battered Troops Scientists at the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center know that pockets can save lives and that sewing them onto the Army uniform at an angle can curb injury after an explosion by channeling flames away from the face.
National Defense February 2010 Austin Wright	Military Medical Advisor Calls for Development of 3D Human Models A medical advisor to the U.S. military is urging the government to support the development of modeling technologies in order to create advanced computer simulations of the human body.
National Defense March 2012 Eric Beidel	Soldier Energy Needs Outpacing Technology, Policy The military over the past decade has been grappling with the issue of power and its effects on everything from the mundane -- like microwaves and coffee pots -- to the sustainment of troops on foot patrols.
National Defense August 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Robotic `Exoskeletons' Could Help Soldiers Bear Heavier Loads Researchers are edging closer to fielding a gas-powered system that will permit soldiers to effortlessly carry hundreds of pounds of equipment on the battlefield.
National Defense April 2011 Eric Beidel	Army Shifts Focus to Dismounted Soldiers Army leaders say soldiers are the service's greatest weapon, and they are asking industry to shift their focus from platform to person and consider the infantryman first as it plans investments in new technology.
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Arlene Weintraub	The Geniuses Of Regeneration The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is now considering handing out research grants to scientists working on regeneration, in the hope that someone will turn this dream into reality.
National Defense September 2010 Eric Beidel	Soldiers May Wear Robots to Increase Strength Upcoming experiments will determine if soldiers who strap robots to their bodies can stay healthier and have more energy to complete missions.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007 Courtney E. Howard	Flexible and Wearable Display Technologies Are Critical to Today's Dismounted Soldiers The U.S. Department of Defense is increasingly investing in the advancement of display technology for military applications. The U.S. Army, in particular, is a driving force in the acceleration of display technology for defense environments.
National Defense May 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Soldiers Teaching Robots Battlefield Duties An Army Research Lab is working to instill robots with complex behaviors, thus making them suitable for the battlefield.
National Defense October 2011 Eric Beidel	Exoskeletons, 'Smart' Parachutes Could Reduce Soldiers' Loads Soldiers are used to carrying the equivalent of another human being with them wherever they go. The vest can account for about 35 pounds of that load, but body armor is only the beginning.
National Defense October 2006 Grace Jean	Armies Around Globe Trotting out High-tech Warrior Ensembles In as little as two years, soldiers will begin wearing kits designed to seamlessly accommodate and connect all their advanced gadgets and weapons, effectively turning each individual into an informational "node" within the larger troop network.
National Defense April 2012 Eric Beidel	Army Experiments With Electric Bandages The Army Medical Research and Materiel Command is investigating the use of bioelectric bandages, which have been shown in studies to reduce the risk of infection, decrease pain and inflammation, and expedite healing.
Chemistry World March 2, 2009 James Urquhart	Shining a light on neural activity US researchers have developed a new way to activate brain neurons that could lead to less invasive methods of restoring function in damaged nerves and brain tissue.
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 Prachi Patel-Predd	Sensitive Synthetic Skin in the Works for Prosthetic Arms Carbon nanotubes key to making synthetic skin that lets artificial limbs sense heat and touch.
National Defense October 2010 Eric Beidel	Army Makes New Attempt To Field Networked Soldier System The Army is making another attempt to connect infantrymen to the battlefield network with a wearable system of hands-free computers and radios.
Wired August 2001 Jennifer Kahn	Let's Make Your Head Interactive The Human Brain Project is combining wet anatomy with next-gen scanning, imaging, and networking to give neuroscience a revolutionary new tool -- the globally accessible online mind...
National Defense October 2013 Valerie Insinna	New Technologies Fuel Advancements in Night Vision Goggles Unlike the massive acquisition programs for fighter jets and combat vehicles, night vision technologies need to be refreshed every few years in order for troops to maintain their edge against adversaries.
National Defense July 2008 Grace V. Jean	Bug-Sized `Bots for the Urban Battle The Army Research Laboratory in April awarded a $37 million contract to BAE Systems to develop biologically based surveillance and reconnaissance robots to help soldiers conduct urban warfare.
Nursing April 2010 Michelle D. Smeltzer	Making a point about open fractures This article describes fractures, explains the difference between open and closed fractures, and tells how to care for a patient who's had an open fracture.
National Defense November 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Changing World Blazes New Trails For Military Technology A striking array of challenges is reshaping the course of defense technology. The United States is entering an era characterized by fiscal austerity and the rise of "non-state" actors as enemies of nation states.
National Defense January 2012 Eric Beidel	Soldiers Skeptical of Smartphones in Combat Commercial smartphones are lightweight, inexpensive and most soldiers already use them in civilian settings. But the Army is finding out that the devices may not always be needed or even wanted on the battlefield.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005 Ben Ames	Nanotechnology delivers military power The Army is looking for a 21st century battlesuit, one that stops bullets, detects chemical and biological agents, monitors a wounded soldier's vital signs, administers basic first aid, and communicates with headquarters. Nanotechnology could provide the answer.
National Defense October 2011 Eric Beidel	Brain Implants Could Help 'REMIND' Injured Soldiers Scientists may have taken an important step in their work to restore memory to the injured brains of disabled soldiers.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 Ben Ames	Smaller Sensors Make Unmanned Vehicles Smarter Army researchers are now developing another part of FCS-an armed robotic vehicle (ARV) that uses autonomous sensors and weapons to minimize soldiers' battlefield exposure.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2006 Courtney E. Howard	Fueling the Future The U.S. Army is tapping various electric and electronic power-supply technologies for next-generation Future Combat Systems soldiers and vehicles.
National Defense September 2014 Dan Parsons	Augmented Reality Can Better Inform Troops U.S. troops have access to a mind-bending wealth of information during combat, from video taken by drones overhead to GPS positioning and satellite communications.
Chemistry World July 28, 2011 Carol Stanier	Spotlight on Polymerisation to Repair Damaged Faces To repair scarred facial tissue, US scientists have developed a minimally invasive repair method combining natural and synthetic materials to form a tissue scaffold to help the body heal itself.
Popular Mechanics June 1, 2009 Joe Pappalardo	Brain Man: Questions for Neuroergonomics Expert Raja Parasuraman It's a merger of neuroscience, the study of the brain, with ergonomics, the study of how to design systems and technologies to be more compatible with what we know about human capabilities and limitations.
National Defense November 2011 Beidel et al.	10 Technologies the U.S. Military Will Need For the Next War Examples are faster and quieter helicopters, advanced crowd-control weapons, lighter infantry equipment that doesn't overburden troops, ultra-light trucks and better battlefield communications.
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National Defense October 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Soldiers' Backpacks Not Likely to Get Any Lighter While most military gear has become lighter over the years, essentials such as food, water, and ammunition still weight soldiers down.
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IEEE Spectrum March 2012 Jose M. Carmena	How to Control a Prosthesis With Your Mind New brain-machine interfaces that exploit the plasticity of the brain may allow people to control prosthetic devices in a natural way.
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HHMI Bulletin May 2011 Corinna Wu	Mouse Cam Tracking techniques offer a long-term view into the mouse brain.
National Defense August 2013 Dan Parsons	Google Glass Eyed for Wearable Soldier Gear Army officials have been after a way to outfit soldiers with wearable computers for years, but have repeatedly failed to find a system that both delivers information coherently and avoids impairing troops' perception of the battlefield.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2005 John McHale	U.S. Army's Pivotal Land Warrior System Close to Fielding General Dynamics C4 Systems is integrating as many as 500 Land Warrior ensembles and Stryker integration kits into a Stryker experimental battalion to conduct special tests.
National Defense November 2015 Stew Magnuson	DARPA Confab Has Good News Story to Tell The defense industry conference formerly known as DARPATech made a return in September, although with a different name and on a smaller scale.