Science fiction becoming fact? Terrifying, albeit fascinating, thought for the day...How many will ask why this might be necessary? So many movies today are preparing folks for this...Ironman, Transformers, etc....have there been any protests to the movie industries/involved actors for gloryifying (propagandizing) the military to the degree it has been of late? Or is this more terror mongering?

Future Soldiers May Get Brain Boosters and Digital Buddies

Charles Q. Choi
LiveScience Contributor
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livescience. com – Tue Feb 2, 11:20 pm ET

The soldiers of the future might controversially boost their brains with drugs and prosthetics, augment their strength with mechanical exoskeletons, and have artificially intelligent "digital buddies" at their beck and call, according to the U.S. Army's Future Soldier Initiative.

The project is the latest attempt from the U.S. Army research lab in Natick, Mass., to brainstorm what soldiers might carry into the battlefield of tomorrow. A special emphasis of its concept is augmenting mental performance.


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