Electronic "dog tag" for soldiers being shown at conference

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COSTA MESA, Calif., March 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Irvine Sensors
Corporation (Nasdaq: IRSN; Boston Stock Exchange: ISC) announced today that it will be demonstrating the operational prototype of its electronic "dog tag" at the Tenth Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Telemedicine Association ("ATA") on April 17 - 20, 2005 held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado. Discussed by Irvine Sensors in recent web casts, the electronic dog tag is being developed to provide U.S. military personnel with a rugged electronic storage device, containing the individual's complete medical history, which has the familiar size and look of a standard military identification dog tag worn around the neck. The Irvine Sensors' electronic dog tag incorporates wireless communication using Secure Radio Frequency transmission, a USB interface, data storage capacity ranging from 256 megabytes to 8 gigabytes and a built-in rechargeable battery. These features would allow military health care providers to retrieve the medical history of personnel and record and transmit any medical care activity in all environments, including the battlefield, using a handheld personal data assistant ("PDA") developed by the military for point-of-care use. The Irvine Sensors development activity to date has largely been funded through Small Business Innovation Research grants and is part of a broader, competitive procurement process intended to enhance military health care using advanced technologies.

[pnutchuck]

1. As long as it doesn't shock the soldier if refuses an order

I can't see this as a bad thing. Think of how many soldiers were MIA during the Vietnam and Korean wars. Of course, I'm forcasting that they might also include some sort of GPS in them.

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2. Well, golly gee...

"The Irvine Sensors' electronic dog tag incorporates wireless communication using Secure Radio Frequency transmission..."

Let's see..., no matter how secure the information is in these transmissions, if these transmissions can be triggered remotely, then the exact location of anyone with one of these things can be known. Just what is needed in a sneak attack.