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January 5th, 2006
Material Alert
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What if you could integrate capabilities into soldiers' kits and clothing that would dramatically enhance their ability to monitor themselves and their surroundings? At MIT's Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN), researchers are developing new materials that can sense changes in a soldier's body surface temperature and even tell whether he or she is being targeted by a laser.
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