"This new suit for soldiers recharges batteries with no wires" Topic
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| Tango01 | 15 Oct 2014 9:53 p.m. PST |
"The U.S. armed forces have been grappling for years with how to reduce the weight ground troops carry with them on patrol. The problem: the "Christmas tree effect," in which radios and a variety of other electronics are increasingly hung on their body armor like ornaments, weighing them down in the field. Defense contractor BAE Systems has developed a new suit known as Broadsword to combat that and demonstrated it this week at the annual conference of the Association of the United States Army in Washington. The suit includes woven fabric that conducts electricity and transmits data without cords, allowing combat troops to cut down on batteries and recharge their equipment while plugged into the suit or inductive "charging pouches," said Chris Colston, a business development director for BAE…"
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| capncarp | 16 Oct 2014 3:54 p.m. PST |
One wonders what happens when a good sizeable EMP pulse hits the suit? |
| Tango01 | 16 Oct 2014 11:28 p.m. PST |
Good question. Amicalement
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adds APCs to his Israeli forces.
