Defense Department Offers $1 Million Prize for Wearable Power Innovations

"Jul 05, 2007
BY Donna Miles
WASHINGTON
(Army News Service, July 5, 2007) -

A typical dismounted troop going out for a four-day mission carries as much as 40 pounds of batteries and rechargers in his pack. The Defense Department wants to reduce that load significantly, and it's dangling a $1 million carrot to entice people to help them do it.

The Defense Department launched its 'wearable power' prize competition today to come up with new innovations to lighten warfighters' loads."

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