A New Electronic Device Could Cure the Military's Big Motion Sickness Problem
Motion sickness affects all branches of the armed forces, from vehicle crews to submariners.
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By Kyle Mizokami
Nov 22, 2018
A new invention fools the human nervous system into filtering out the causes of motion sickness, preventing users from needing to reach for the barf bag. The Ototech device causes the brain to ignore the signals that lead to motion sickness, a huge problem for the U.S. military.
The Armed Forces have a huge motion sickness problem. Infantrymen sitting in the back of M2 Bradley fighting vehicles, riding perpendicular to the direction of travel and across rough, often bumpy terrain, get carsick (fighting vehicle sick?). Pilots and aircrews get airsick, and even military personnel training in enclosed, immersive simulators get motion sickness. By far the worst problem is with sailors at sea with the U.S. Navy, where even a quarter of personnel get seasick in moderate seas.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a25252713/electronic-device-cure-motion-sickness/
