Posted Tuesday 5th February 2008 16:29 GMT
Presumably DARPA is trying to avoid the problem of overheating that affected the prototype so-called "Universal Soldiers", as vividly shown in that excellent '90s documentary of the same name
Posted Tuesday 5th February 2008 17:02 GMT
wont low voltage chipsets be more upset by an emp.............
Posted Tuesday 5th February 2008 17:02 GMT
Says Army boffin. Depends on which side, obviously.
Posted Tuesday 5th February 2008 20:24 GMT
Powered by body heat?
If I get sick and run a fever, could that produce an over-voltage situation and blow out the chip?
Posted Tuesday 5th February 2008 22:00 GMT
The US newspaper I first read this article in didn't even mention military applications, and you spend most of the article on that and almost none on the medical and environmental possibilities. Putting the two together _almost_ gives a reasonable picture of the potential effect of this technology.
Posted Wednesday 6th February 2008 10:32 GMT
"...could that produce an over-voltage situation and blow out the chip?"
Preventing overvoltage to reach the chip is a trivial affair consisting of about a dozen off-the-shelf electronics components. Alternatively, if you just want to prevent toasting the chip without ensuring it keeps running, say "fuse."
Posted Wednesday 6th February 2008 11:23 GMT
Does this mean I can eat more and still lose weight?
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