funny side note on grant by the army to develope future gear

[tkobo]

"Reuters / By Greg Frost-- CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Reuters) - When MIT announced in March that it won a $50 million grant to design high-tech gear for the U.S. Army's "soldier of the future," the project was hailed as the stuff of science fiction and comic book heroes.

It turns out there was a lot more to those plaudits than most people realized.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology grudgingly acknowledged on Wednesday that it copied images from the sci-fi comic book "Radix" as part of its winning bid to host a research center that aims to make soldiers partly invisible and allow them to clear 20-foot (6-meter) walls in a single bound."

Can we have this in game please ?
I want invisible soldiers who can jump over buildings !

It must be possible,MIT and the army wouldnt waste 50 mil if they couldnt do it

LOL or cry ? that is the question.

[BattleGoat]

Don't forget "Faster than a speeding locomotive"

[XeroMan]

Tricky thing about future tech is that we still think in terms of what is available today. You never know when someone fringe genius will come up with something that will revolutionize tech. Just considering the paths we are on already:
- Nanotech
- Biotech
There is a group of researchers working on embedding messages in the electrons themselves, so instead of sending a wave of them in patterns that convey information, the electrons will carry the info. That would lead to a truly massive explosion in communications.
There is so much out there going on, and we never know when someone will have the proverbial apple land on their head. Granted, there are trends to scientific advancement, but it's the unforseen innovations that usually make the most impact.