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Since the close of World War II, the center--better known as Natick Labs--has coaxed teams of scientists to dream up ways to outfit and feed U.S. soldiers. Much of the research and development conducted here has found its way into civilian use in products such as energy bars, freeze-dried coffee and water-repellent fabrics...
...clothing. The last involves a process in which a solution is charged with high-voltage electricity and spun, like cotton candy, onto a form. Military scientists want to use the process to custom-make instant haz-mat suits by spraying sealants onto clothing. But the prospects for nonwoven, seamless civilian clothing are tantalizing...
According to Fisk, the media are reluctant to discuss civilian casualties caused by Western intervention in the Middle East. He cited as an example an epidemic of cancer caused by Depleted Uranium (D.U.) in Iraq after the 1991 Gulf War, a story that was not printed in most papers. DU is a material contained in weapons used by the U.S. military...
However, he said, “Without belittling the horror of that day, I do sometimes wonder if America’s concentration on that one day is dangerous self-absorption,” pointing out the greater number of civilian deaths in Middle Eastern countries that the American and European media rarely mention...
...photographic evidence to authorities. So far the results haven't affirmed the citizenry's willingness to ensure civic order. Of 328 messages received, 45 contained photos?and half of those were pranks. Despite sincere tips on underage smoking and illegal parking, exactly zero crimes have been solved thanks to civilian sleuths. Not to say camera phones haven't kept the authorities busy: police have received a slew of complaints of digital skirt peeping and sundry reports of other, less felonious forms of tele-mischief such as distributing embarrassing photos of classmates over the Web. It seems that Japan's perverts...