Excerpt from Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005, Vol. 5: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session on S. 2400 I'd like to thank the witnesses and I would really like to thank those who have provided the demonstrations in the back of the room for their participation. I would urge all members, and when they come in, I will urge them again, and I would urge all those in the audience to take a look at the demonstrations that we have in the hack of the hearing room. These displays, I think, have helped us all better - I know they have helped me - appreciate and understand the role that S&T plays in equipping, training, and also protecting America's fighting force, i.e., the warfighter. Let me say from the outset that as I went around the back of the room, and I apologize for missing some of the demonstration projects, but it indicates to me how important it is that we somehow meet the goal of 3 percent of defense spending for S&T and maintain the technological lead that is absolutely essential if we're going to continue to be successful in the global war on terrorism. We have some stand-off equipment in regards to check points. We have Mr. Omni-Directional Inspection System (ODIS) over here on the floor, whom we could use by the Hart Building and probably speed the - I know speed doesn't work very well in the Senate, but at least to get Senators and also our visitors and other important people into the buildings. Why, ODIS could certainly do that job. We have some unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that can do the same thing in regards to check points. In the back, we have the Omni directional system. Actually, that's displayed and that's ODIS. We have 20 of the ODIS in operation as of right now - no. We have 20 and 10 are in operation. Mr. Ranking Member and Senator Collins, I don't know why I got into all this, but at least give me a little slack here and I'll be all right. We have a new bandage back there, and I can't read my writing, but basically it's made up of shrimp cells and vinegar. We have 3.000 of these. We need probably 303,000. It could be applied to a shrapnel wound or any other wound that is experienced in combat and save lives immediately. We have another testing device over there right next to this bandage. It's C-H-I-T-O-S-A-N. I don't know how you pronounce that. We'll have to get a better acronym if we're going to work that out. Then we have the taser and the shock demonstration. I urge everybody to go back there with the little black box. Put your finger on the little projectile and see how that feels. I did that three times and my finger is numb. You can see what would happen if that were used on an individual in terms of crowd control. If you had that kind of capability set back from what was happening in Iraq last night and the crowd control in the future, or something that would happen here in the Capitol area or, for that matter, anywhere. You can see where we're headed. I was impressed with the Phraselator that deals in 53 languages. I spoke English and it came back to me in Iraqi. Then we have a whole series of other demonstrations back there. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com