BLOOD CLOT BANDAGES DEBUT The U.S. military is rolling out bandages with clotting agents inside, CNN reports. Made from a shrimp-based product, the dressings can supposedly stop bleeding within two minutes. They’ve just been approved by the FDA, and there are immediate orders from the military for 6000 units.
January 2003
VIDEO, POWERPOINT CLOG MILITARY AIRWAVES Think downloading a video clip at home is a pain? Try doing it aboard a frigate, chasing enemy forces through the north Arabian Sea during monsoon season. Or under hostile fire in a makeshift Army post in the Afghan hinterland. The typical American soldier stationed overseas has access to hundreds […]
DRONE VIDEO ONLINE Wanna see through the eyes of a Predator drone? Soon, all you may need is a web browser. MITRE, a not-for-profit group that handles a fair amount of Defense Department research, has been testing out a system that makes online accessible video from the Predator and Global Hawk unmanned spy planes. So […]
NAVY: TATTOOS NOW TABOO Like tomato sauce and pasta, like the Lone Ranger and Tonto, like J. Lo and that big ol’ ass, sailors and their tattoos have long seemed like one of nature’s unalterable combinations. But now, the U.S. Navy is putting the brakes on some tattoos and ornamentation, according to Stars and Stripes. […]
PILOTS’ UNREAL WORLD How can you land a plane if you can’t see the ground? When rough weather dials visibility down to zero, even the most routine landings become fraught with danger. The U.S. Air Force is trying out a fix for this problem — an onboard computer that digitally recreates pilots’ surroundings. It lets […]
