RE: US Army and MIT develop fibre optic enhanced uniforms

DAB — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:27:04 GMT

Its an interesting technology.

When I suggested the development of something like this about 30 years ago, everyone said I was nuts. Be that as it may, I am glad to see that others have seen the potential of building a personal monitor into the clothing.

The utility of this technology goes far beyond military uses. Anyone working in hazardous environments could benefit from this idea. consider a coal miner, who needs to monitor methane levels, or people in the desert who need to monitor moisture loss, or even people working anywhere who get ill. If you can detect these types of problems early, you can mitigate complications resulting from the issues you plan to monitor.

In the sports world, you could actively keep track of the athletes physical condition during the competition. You could greatly improve performance if you know when someone needs to be sat down for a bit to recuperate from over exertion or from a hard hit.

There are a lot of health issues that could be detected and treated very early with this technology.

I hope it quickly moves into the public apparal options.

Lot of untapped potential here.

Just my opinion,

DAB