A brigade of soldiers in Afghanistan will soon be wearing a device that will measure the force of a blast and allow medics to better measure the soldiers' injuries. The sensor is about the size of the face of a wrist-watch and weighs less than an ounce, according to a report last month in USA Today. It was developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for about $ 1 million. "It's an environmental sensor ... like a dive watch," Col. Geoffrey Ling, a DARPA scientist, told the newspaper.
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机译：阿富汗的一个士兵大队很快将佩戴一种设备，该设备可以测量爆炸的力量，并使医护人员能够更好地测量士兵的伤害。根据《今日美国》上个月的一份报告，该传感器的尺寸大约相当于手表的脸部，重量不到一盎司。它是由国防高级研究计划局（Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency）开发的，价格约为100万美元。 DARPA科学家Geoffrey Ling上校对报纸说：“这是一个环境传感器，就像潜水表一样。”
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