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Allison Barrie on new piece of technology that's being deployed to remote operating bases abroad
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- Date Jan 10, 2013
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Allison Barrie on new piece of technology that's being deployed to remote operating bases abroad
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All right let's get doesn't -- our defense specialist in war games columnist with foxnews.com.
Talking to Alison it's I read this in the other day I didn't know that this morning at Star -- replicate -- what on earth does any of that mean I mean I know we'll talk to me.
Know what that means.
But -- -- notice any different months.
Yes I'm super excited about the strain I love this stuff but -- -- really it really will transform the way we're doing things in future operations -- I know it sounds implausible but it's actually true and it's not just -- simple as -- -- -- wet the rapid equipping force which is good in the divers tuchman right before of the army.
They've worked there with these absolute rocks are geniuses called applied minds which is a private company out of former Disney and imagine here's how cool of -- really yeah I need my -- until I love I mean I'm just a huge Canada right and how they've worked with them and it's company exponent and it created a lap -- rapidly to playable so.
-- -- this lack of use he could send it out within 24 hours if there's a humanitarian disaster or whatever the nature -- -- future operations.
I natural disaster or something similar to what we've recently been going period.
It's relevant and in this lab which was carried by helicopter -- break out to the edge -- out -- is very remote forward operating bases.
You can imagine it's very difficult to get parts.
-- tool -- these sorts of things.
You're endangering the lives of soldiers getting replacement parts that's right guys show and it's hard to get them solutions to just don't have the access he might have to be the same Kabul is -- -- weakening yen.
-- so what is it and I'm glad it looks quite boring and we've got.
He went in for the first time ready for the played out and our viewers will be yet able to get a glimpse inside one of the -- -- for coalesce.
Looks like the boring now not -- -- and it kind of just looks lake a big microwave and another big microwaves think what is the big deal about this in a video conferencing bit.
What's amazing about it is these seemingly simple boxes one is -- -- -- -- one mrs.
-- and heat milk and what he's continuing his.
Genuinely replicate things or create things from scraps Lindsay put hump -- of -- aluminum metal in this box.
Send a file what she wanted to make food you've -- your -- you've got yourself replacement president of local real science fiction.
It's amazing I'm not -- it's.
So did -- -- soldiers who come into the lab -- dad was reading this.
The the product manager -- product manager was -- -- the soldiers wounded let's say this is the problem -- and then.
They fix the problem and essentially.
Literally on fire on the go and now -- it's really cool while bead re able to speak to.
I can't say where these labs are from -- and -- being deployed right now there's two out there right now and that's cervical -- this summer.
But -- our viewers look -- see what it's actually like because I talked to interviewed some of the soldiers who came in as I was talking to the lab that would -- allowed Afghanistan.
They came to say -- we just got back from patrol -- having a problem with.
Excuse -- -- is -- somebody can do.
-- -- able to talk to them directly to our viewers will be out to get to see it exactly that process of some guys destroyed up to land -- Kate can you solve this problem.
And the divers were discussing what they could do about it and they work literally hand in glove with the soldiers and that's another thing that I love is.
They're getting the problems directly from the guys straight off -- patrol you know this is the real -- problems they're finding new equipment diver tech solutions from an.
That -- country it's been in the news a lot of your truck he's right with this will be -- -- things up yet three printers.
It's kind of lake.
It that actually says the rest director.
This project called it -- massive glue guns that's probably.
The best way to explaining it it creates layers right of a plastic -- things so this first stuff that could create.
It's like you know last for a couple months it's not terrible but the CNC machine.
-- it doesn't Eminem does metal so all the survive are -- -- -- -- Sounds great and -- view is going to be a receipt of video and your article that is supposed to -- more -- -- it up already own since so well there are days I'm OK so go check that Adam Allison -- thank you very much on defense specialists the war games photos could -- was always a pen to write stuff that's really interesting.