The soldiers of the future could go back quickly from lesion that would have killed or incapacitated their forebears , thanks to unexampled technology the army is developing . They include charming debris , regrowing bones , and spunk / venous blood vessel transplantation .
It ’s like a dream come reliable — or maybe a incubus . Soldiers could be sent back to the battleground over and over again after near - maimings and small mutilations . One experiment come through in originate back a soldier ’s fingertip after it got cut off , thanks to a “ Extracellular Matrix ” or “ magic dust , ” made out of cells from the intestinal liner and urinary bladder . It stimulates the body ’s natural ego - resort ability , by make up the body think it ’s back in the uterus .
Another find is an organise skin substitute from a patient ’s own — you may produce a postage - stamp - sized piece , and it grow to be magnanimous enough to pass over a burn or wound , or even large damaged regions of the body . The military is working on nerve and vein transplants . And they ’ve pioneered a biodegradable splint , or scaffold , made of ceramic , that can help regrow missing or damage off-white . ( So far they ’ve only regrown about three centimeters of missing off-white in rat clincial trials , but they hope to get up to five centimeters within a few years . )
And then there ’s BEAR ( pictured decently ) , a robot that can find injured people from the battlefield , so they can have their wound miraculously cure . Another golem is Packbot , a voice - see to it bot that can do explosive remotion and surveillance . [ CNN ]
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