Rucksack may someday power Soldiers' gear

 A novel attachment to the Soldier's assault pack might someday reduce the number of batteries carried to power night-vision devices, radios and other equipment, as well as help make dismounted patrols less fatiguing.

Courtney Webster, a biomedical engineer with the Army Research Laboratory, or ARL, is in the middle of testing with her team the prototype "Energy Harvesting Backpack" at the Soldier Performance and Equipment Advanced Research, or SPEAR, facility here.


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