South Korea to build city dedicated to robots

I wish there was more detail provided, but searches only show a post from 2007.  Looks like a campus/city dedicated to robotic development.  Yet, I get the impression robots will be implemented into every aspect of the city.  A large-scale roll out of technologies into a real-world scenario.

“Kill Proof,” Animal-Esque Soldiers; DARPA Goal

An idea from DARPA to mimic animal characteristics which will allow soldiers to survive both extremes and toxic environments.  If nothing else comes out of this, the ability to manufacture vaccines for “pennies a dose” would change medicine throughout the world.

Vibrating vest could send alerts to soldiers – tech – 03 January 2007 – New Scientist Tech

Commands sent from the computer are translated into patterns
“displayed” – like Braille-on-the-back – by the vibrating motors. The
wearer’s back was chosen to receive messages because it is a relatively
large area that is also less likely to sustain damage.

This is brilliant. Utilizing a large region of skin to receive updates, leaving the ears and eyes to focus on the immediate environment. I’m not a soldier, but I have practiced martial arts for nearly 20 years and play games providing a first-person perspective. The first thing I normally do in any game is to turn off the narrative voice and dial down the ambient music. I prefer to receive an unfiltered version of my surroundings and, through a leap of intellect, I can see why soldiers would benefit from this type of technology.

My only question is, “When can we have these for gaming?”

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