Tomorrow's Technology

There are some proposed solutions to the problem. During the confusion of nighttime fighting, for example, an “optical bar code” could identify a soldier as a friend to fellow troops who are equipped with night vision goggles. The plan is for a portion of the uniform to reflect a specific signature of ambient light. A crowded street is a good example of the environment they would like the robot to be able to navigate in. This might make it possible to preserve all data, the complete record of human history. The universal computer works because it features language designed to be so logical and accessible that computer developers of the future will be able to write instructions to emulate to universal computer on other machines. Army want new uniforms and they aren’t just interested in camouflage. Soon all people may have suits to make them invincible and strong, food will cook itself and we will be able to look back at the primitive technologies humans began with. Raymond Lorie (an IBM researcher) feels that those who support emulation or encapsulation are thinking the wrong way. Microwaves might read the tags on microwave dinners and automatically cook your food. The technology still needs some improvements as the robot cannot tell the difference between a laptop and a neatly folded black turtleneck. The ability to respond to an eye catching sight allows robots to act independently when encountering unexpected sights.

The Army has high hopes of MIT finding all the answers and creating the perfect army uniform, incorporating all the technologies into one super suit and feels that MIT are realistic in their work. DuPont and Raytheon and Boston’s Massachusettes General and Brigham and Women’s Hospitals collectively pledged an additional $30 million to aid the project. A technology in the works to protect against chemical weapons is a molecule witch will stick to any dangerous molecule and renders it harmless.