Network Turns Soldiers' Helmets Into Sniper Location System

Thursday, April 2, 2009 - 02:14 in Mathematics & Economics

Imagine a platoon of soldiers fighting in a hazardous urban environment who carry personal digital assistants that can display the location of enemy shooters in three dimensions and accurately identify the caliber and type of weapons they are firing. Engineers have developed a system that can give soldiers just such an edge by turning their combat helmets into "smart nodes" in a wireless sensor network.

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