It is too late for the war in Iraq, but soldiers could soon be wearing the ultimate in battledress: smart combat suits. In May, MIT opens its "Institute for Soldier Nano-technologies"-a dull moniker for perhaps the world's most expensive and fanciful experiment in fashion. MIT is leading an $8om five-year project, partly financed by the Pentagon, to develop fabrics that think. The dream is to make a uniform for future warriors that could neutralise chemical poisons, treat wounds, or hydrate soldiers in the desert by recycling body fluids.
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