2025 -what can occur

Dramatic advancements in biotechnology promises to help soldiers survive and perform better in the 21st century.
A report, from the National Research Council's Board on Army Science and Technology, prepared by a 16-member committee chaired by Michael Ladisch, a distinguished professor of biomedical engineering and agricultural and biological engineering at Purdue University reports --by the year 2025, biotechnology can bring advances such as "rugged computer memories" made from genetically engineered proteins, camouflage materials and lightweight armor inspired by living organisms, portable solar-power systems, "biological markers" that help to distinguish friendly soldiers from the enemy, wristwatch-size sensors and devices that detect biological and chemical warfare agents. Research also promises to make possible the creation of new vaccines, drugs and wound-healing technologies, and medical applications that provide broad benefits to world health.
To illustrate the dramatic significance of emerging technologies, the report includes hypothetical, but realistic, battlefield scenarios in the year 2025.
"Although soldiers in 2025 may look much the same as their present-day counterparts, they will be drawn from a society that has been armed by biotechnology with increased strength and endurance and superior resistance to disease and aging," the report states. "By then, biosensors may be able to detect chemical, biological and environmental threats of all kinds, bio-electronics components could enable combat systems to survive in high-radiation environments, biologically inspired materials could provide light protective armor for soldiers, and therapies for shock trauma from excessive bleeding could be developed."
These are but a few of a myriad of possibilities and we need to equip ourselves to accept these challenges.
Source; Biotechnology promises major advances for U.S. Army.

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