Battlefield
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When a soldier is wounded right at the junction between an extremity and the torso, it can be difficult to treat. A group of students from Johns Hopkins University are working on a solution, in the form of a hardening polyurethane foam that's injected into the wound.
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Pizza will soon be joining the US Army's field rations menu. MREs (Meal, Ready to Eat) have a history of disappointing combat troops. Now, MRE designers have achieved a minor miracle in food technology: stopping time for a slice of pizza.
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BAE Systems’ Electronic Systems has developed the Q-Warrior – a head-up display for foot soldiers that’s designed to provide a full-color, high resolution 3D display of the battlefield situation and assets.
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Uncontrolled hemorrhage (bleeding out) is responsible for 80 percent of combat deaths – people die because we can't plug a simple hole. Now RevMedX, a small Oregon startup, has developed an alternative approach to treat such potentially survivable injuries.
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Battlefield 4 is the latest entry in an increasingly popular multi-platform franchise that stands out for its large-scale battles, destructable environments and impressive visuals. We take a look at the new title to see whether it lives up to the hype.
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DARPA’s Persistent Close Air Support's all-digital system lets a joint tactical air controller call up close air support from a variety of sources.
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The British Army has taken ownership of its first remote-controllable Terrier combat engineer vehicle, which maker BAE Systems claims is the most advanced of its type.
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Harvard scientists are developing a device known as the spleen-on-a-chip, for treating sepsis by filtering pathogens from the blood.
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From an altitude of 20,000 ft, DARPA's newest aerial surveillance camera, ARGUS-IS, can keep a real-time video eye on an area 4.5 miles (7.2 km) across down to a resolution of about six inches (15 cm).
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing a foam that can be injected into the body cavities of battlefield wounded to protect them from internal abdominal bleeding.
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The Delta Six controller from Kotkin Enterprises attempts to bring a sense of realism to the first-person shooter genre of video games.
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DARPA is extending the testing of its Blast Gauge that measures the abrupt pressure and acceleration changes a soldier is exposed to in the event of a exposure to a blast, which can result in traumatic brain injury.
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