Now thats interesting. Notice who is now using the Apple iPad: Royal School of Artillery. After rocking the industry with a tablet that really gets some traction, Apple has another feather to its cap. Armies have used the iPhone and other gadgets for language tools and other things, but iPad replacing instructors is certainly taking things to the next level.

In early trials at the Royal School of Artillery in Wiltshire, troops have learned (more…)

Language is a big challenge for armies travelling to other conteinents. Specially in a war sceneario. And here comes a amusing disclosure; The US Army uses iPod touch loaded with an custom language tool for translating commands to local languages.

The app allows the soldiers to select a situation (eg a raid), and then a command. Upon selecting the command (say: ‘Get Down’) they will see a animated screen with vocal assistance in (more…)