Ideas for Inventions to Help the Military Strengthen Defences

"Wearable robot" takes 10% of the load off

Working in the military is a job the requires a lot of different technology, assistance and support from other humans as well as from new advancements and inventions. Creating or helping to produce the most efficient soldier is one of mankind’s biggest competitions since the beginning of time. From using stone tools, to harnessing fire, to creating Kevlar, new ideas for inventions and technology has pushed us farther through evolution and enabled us to do things that were unimaginable a few decades ago. Defences in the military are crucial to protecting our resources, whether they are human resources or natural resources. A couple ideas for inventions that might strengthen the military defences I came across during my research are “wearable robots”, which would enable soldiers to move faster and be more efficient. I believe this idea is one that will shape the future of not only military defences, but also human assistance and prosthetics, the need for wheelchairs could be reduced. The goal is to be able to enable the average marine or soldier to run the four-minute mile. Do you know or have any ideas for inventions that we might see come into play in the near future?

Can Future Inventions Include Robots to Defuse Bombs?

Today, there are many different types of robots, robots that help clean garbage, robots that assist humans with daily tasks, and robots that can talk to you and even show “emotion”. In this post I want to discuss the possible future inventions regarding robots and my time serving in the military. During my time in the military, I found that defusing and disposing of live explosives (bombs) is an extremely dangerous task. With all the different concerns regarding terrorism and war, it makes you wonder if robots will be helping us on the battlefield or in the line of duty in the future. One of the possible future inventions that can help soldiers in the line of duty is bomb defusing robots, which can locate, defuse and dispose of dangerous, live explosives. At the moment, such robots do not exist; only ones which are remotely controlled to navigate and locate a bomb, and then defuse it using surgeon-like human controls, from a safe location away from the threat. In war there are many unnecessary casualties, and future inventions- like these bomb defusing robots- are ones that can help save lives. What inventions do you know of that help save lives?