Friday Night Awesomeness
Contributed by Bill Faith
Dogs, I tried to wait my turn to post again but, gee whiz, it's been almost 24 hours and I just can't sit on this any longer. Enjoy: Space.com profiles U.S. military future tech
Allahpundit
Picture a man staring glassy-eyed at his monitor, muttering “awesome” sotto voce as he scans the screen. That’s me. Right here, right now.
So awesome. Dare I say, dangerously awesome. 
Within three years, soldiers could begin testing futuristic devices that make them each “an army of one” by granting them unprecedented capabilities, such as the ability to see through walls thanks to advanced radar scopes and super-protection and super-strength conferred by high-tech armor…
Next-generation helmets for 2010 will … integrate electronics that pick up vibrations from the skull and transmit sound directly into the head instead of using traditional microphones and earpieces. They will improve soldiers’ ability to discern varying sounds. “It doesn’t matter if you’re whispering or yelling, it can still hear you,” DeGay said…
The Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN) at MIT is developing sensors integrated into battlesuits to detect chemical and biological weapons, as well as countermeasures against those threats when encountered. They are also working to integrate automated medical care into battlesuits, including splinting bones and CPR, and exploring the possibility of delivering medications such as vasopressin that will help minimize the risk of blood loss and hemorrhagic shock in injured soldiers. ...
Video: U.S. military future tech showcase
Allahpundit
Last night’s post about the awesome materiel being cooked up by the Pentagon dream factory drew an e-mail pointing me to this website, thereby unleashing heretofore inconceivable levels of awesomeness.
Click through a few of the items in the left sidebar. Are you prepared for the Intelligent Munitions System? Or the Armed Robotic Vehicle? No, my friends, you are not. Nor are you prepared for the demonstration video I’m about to show you, which is so awesomely awesome that I’m actually going to give you a content warning on it. Proceed no further if you’re pregnant, have a heart condition, or feel uncertain about your tolerance for extreme levels of awesomeness.
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The only thing that doesn’t appear to be in the pipeline is the lightsaber, which is too bad. When the end comes for Osama, I want the last thing he sees to be a SEAL doing a “Star Wars kid” move with one of those Darth Maul double-ended jammies.
As it is, we’ll have to settle for this. Awesome.
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