Many research companies were assigned or they just simply wanted to design equipment that is safer and easier to use and carry, but their results were unconvincing. MIT, the University of Toronto, and the Georgia Institute of Technology developed systems based on arm movements and using accelerometers, gyroscopes, and high-tech sensors but they “don’t work reliably and are not robust enough” as said by Gerd Kortuem, an assistant professor of computing at Lancaster University, in England.

Now a company called RallyPoint is testing a sensor-embedded glove called Handwear Computer Input Device (HCID) which will allow a soldier to send commands without having to take his hand off his weapon. This means that he will view and navigate digital maps, activate radio communications, easier and safer than current wearable computer systems.

According to Forrest Liau, the president and cofounder of RallyPoint, this glove is very practical and it’s exactly what they were looking for in the military domain. The glove includes lots of sensors that will make the soldiers forget about their heavy equipment.

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