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Scientists invent micrometers-thin battery charged by saline solution that could power smart contact lenses::Scientists from NTU Singapore have developed a flexible battery as thin as a human cornea, which stores electricity when it is immersed in saline solution, and which could one day power smart contact lenses.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I could see some cool military applications for this too.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Now you can see your friends dying in the next room, instead of just hearing it!

Or if it’s only a map, now you can see how surrounded your unit is!

This is valuable tactical data, surely it won’t cause any morale issues.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It’s true. All new inventions have a morality issue to them. And those moralities need to be weighed heavily before implementing them.

But it can also be used to guide a secluded operative back to his troop. It can be used to detect road mines that otherwise would have exploded.

New technology is just a tool. It’s the people choosing how to use it that makes it moral/immoral.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're not wrong, but the prior comment references "morale issues" which is different from "moral issues" or morality in general. The former is about the troops feeling of well-being and optimism (morale) and the latter is about ethics and right vs wrong (morality).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Heh my bad. Thanks

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