Wearable Technology

Wearable Technology

armored vehicle

A prototype of an advanced helmet-mounted vision system is being tested in the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, one of the U.S. Army's most notable ground...
gps-denied environments

A new wearable search and rescue solution has been developed for Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) operations when GPS signals are unavailable. The battlefield...
Internet

Facebook has recently been in the spotlight for a security breach that compromised over 50 million accounts. This is a concern not only to...

Controlling drones with only the eye movement is becoming a reality. Roboticists from the University of Pennsylvania, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, and New York...
hearing system

Next generation communications devices that will increase the lethality of soldiers on the battlefield are to be incorporated into the operations of the United...
unmanned systems

If you are part of the global and Israeli unmanned systems and robotics ecosystem, don't miss the leading annual event in this field: AUS&R...
exoskeletons

Drones, internet-connected vests and exoskeletons were put to test on the streets of Montreal. 150 unarmed soldiers and more than 100 researchers participated in...
search and rescue

First responders, soldiers, hazard material teams, etc. need hand-free communications equipment in order to be able to concentrate more on their missions. The development...
drone swarm

A brain-computer interface will enable a person to control everything from a drone swarm to an advanced fighter jet using nothing but their thoughts...
tracking

For the first time, the NEON Personnel Tracker Solution was used to track personnel within challenging indoor, underground, and urban GPS-denied environments at the...
frozen water

Diving in icy water is extremely dangerous to humans. As more Arctic sea lanes open up and the US Navy increases its readiness to...

New wearable sensors allow clinicians to monitor multiple wounded military personnel at the same time through a smartphone or tablet. Philips Healthcare, a global leader...

Smart clothes technology enters the field of search and rescue. The US Homeland Security Department (DHS) is looking to outfit first responders with uniforms...

Soldier augmentation has become another field in the competition between the Russian and the US military forces. Russia has been accelerating the development of...

Situational awareness is a critical challenge in battlefield. US Army researchers claim that a micro-display screen may be just what soldiers need for delivering...

The Danish firm MyDefense has developed a new clip-on device for drone jamming, Pitbull, designed to be worn by dismounted soldiers for hours at...

US Air Force is using new wearable medical technology which bring advanced deployed medical capabilities further forward on the battlefield. Researchers from Wright-Patterson Air Force...

The near-future battlefield will be characterized by the presence of Internet of Things: smart devices, soldier-worn sensors and unmanned aircraft will produce a nonstop...

The US Defense Department has been unable to find a root cause for pilots experiencing hypoxia-like symptoms, including disorientation, shortness of breath, confusion and...

The Human Universal Load Carrier (HULC) is a hydraulic-powered exoskeleton suit intended to support soldiers on the battlefield and allow them to transport heavy...
wearable technoloties

Over the past few years, the U.S. military has developed — and in some cases, even actually used — high tech wearable devices that...

Solutions for effective “closed-hatch” operations are regularly sought by engineers. That is, driving an armored vehicle with the top hatches closed in order to...