Intelligent
or igadgets are everywhere from your smartphone, tablet or MP3, so it’s not
surprising that the concepts have spread to unsuspecting corners or crevices of
our existence. The aim, of course, is for your gadget to understand what you
want almost before you do yourself and pass the information to the appropriate
facility, rather in the manner of your ideal PA or (if you’re of the old
school) your perfect butler.
A
new twist in the yarn has appeared with some engineers furiously knitting
skivvies for the next gen soldiers (1). These iSkivvies have comfy gel sensors
intimately measuring and sending your current state back to base.
What
data you will surely be asking? The report suggests altitude effects, burns,
respiratory distress, blunt trauma etc. so that fighting condition can be
assessed and wounded more rapidly identified and evacuated.
One
can visualize platoon leaders checking their iPhones with Bluetooth connection
to their men’s iSkivvies using the appropriate App to see who is feeling up to
the job of taking out that machine gun up ahead.
The
report mentions another new exciting sensor
– an acoustic sensor to evaluate ballistic impact and thoracic noise
indicative of trauma. Let’s hope that the cooks aren’t serving beans for lunch.
The
idea of getting a digital readout for action readiness becomes interesting when
the soldiers go off-duty and hit the local bars and dancehalls.
- http://news.discovery.com/tech/thinking-underwear-120119.html
