From National Defense:BlackBerries, iPhones and laptops, move over. In a few years, soldiers could pull from their pockets paper-thin mini computers that they can unfold or unroll to display maps, streaming video and the latest mission briefings. The display screens someday could be sewn into their uniform sleeves.
That is the Army’s goal in funding the Flexible Display Center at Arizona State University. It is investing $50 million to continue research and development efforts there to speed the concept onto the battlefield.
“Our vision is to create a new class of displays that we believe will benefit the individual soldier,” says the Army’s chief scientist, Thomas Killion.
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