# Soldier's Computer **Entity class:** System **Research spine:** [[research/Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software - Research|Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software]] ## Definition The Soldier's Computer was a late-1980s and early-1990s wearable-computing prototype combining a head-mounted display, thermal imagery, weapon sighting, and battlefield data links. ## Chronological Proximity It preceded [[wiki/Land Warrior|Land Warrior]] and appeared during the same period as network-centric warfare and Smart Ship experiments. ## Relational Proximity Its [[wiki/Reflection Technology Private Eye|Private Eye]] display and forty-pound burden exposed the human, power, latency, and ruggedization constraints later programs had to solve. ## Collection Routes [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]] · [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]] · [[wiki/Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software|Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software]] ## Sources / Provenance - [[research/Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software - Research|Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software - Research]].