ARMY CHOOSES MIT TO HELP CREATE THE NEW, NANO-EQUIPPED U.S. SOLDIER By Candace Stuart Small Times Senior Writer March 13, 2002 – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a research university with small tech expertise and a history of developing technologies for the military, will receive $10 million annually for the next five years to turn nanotechnology into useful products for the United States Army.
The U.S. Army selected MIT on Wednesday to create the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (INS). The university-affiliated research center will focus on potential military applications ranging from lightweight, bulletproof uniforms to wearable health-monitoring sensors. The award allows MIT, based in Cambridge, Mass., to collaborate with industrial partners such as DuPont and Raytheon Co. as well as physicians from Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. More at http://www.smalltimes.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=3264 steve
