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1 September 2008
Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), has been selected by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop and prototype, all-printed, disposable, blast dosimeters. This technology is a flexible, wearable, electronic 'tape' that contains sensors to record data associated with exposure to explosive blasts in the battlefield. The $2 million, 18-month DARPA program will make use of PARC's jet-printing expertise to develop low-cost technologies and processes for fabricating the tape's sensors, memory, and control electronics.