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Adler: Most US Adversaries Are Building Biological Weapons
“The reality is that, you know, most of our foreign adversaries are building out these laboratories. They're building out these weapons.”
Adler: Dozens of BCI Startups Bypass FDA Using General Wellness Loophole
“A lot of the companies in the space are building brain computer interfaces and trying to circumvent the food and drug administration by trying to fall into this general wellness category. I've seen like dozens of companies do this.”
Jake Adler Cut Holes in His Legs to Demo Wound-Healing Tech
“So on limited time, I had to cut holes in my legs on camera to demonstrate the rapid healing abilities of one of our composites.”
Adler: Military Seeks Neuromodulation To Compress Five Hours Sleep Into Three
“And this has been a really big point of interest for the military is can we build neuromodulation or brain stimulation devices that can control sleep architecture and make it so when war fighters sleep three hours, they really feel like they're sleeping five h…”
Adler: Future Military Deployments Won't Medevac Troops for Up to Two Weeks
“Military is heading towards like the military doctrine is heading towards this environment where, you know, troops are going to be deployed in combat for an extended period of time and military medics, we won't even be able to retract them for maybe upwards of…”
Adler: Military Is Trying to Move Away From Benzodiazepines
“Obviously your benzodiazepine class is, is pretty big as well although the military is trying to move away from those.”
Adler: QuikClot cleared regulatory approval in nine months without human trials
“So quick clot, which is an example you brought up, got cleared in nine months with no human trials, right?”
Adler: COVID-19 Cost US $16T and Caused Pacific Fleet Gap
“You look at COVID-nineteen spread across the globe in nine months. Killed like 1.2 million Americans and wiped out 16 trillion in our GDP. It also took, took off like a, for 10 weeks, we had an operational gap in the Pacific due to the USS Theodore Roosevelt.”
Adler: China Leads the US in Neural Interface Patents
“China is beating out the US in patents around neural interfaces. They've been doing that, I think, for a few years now. So they've really taken the lead.”
Adler: Early QuikClot Formulations Caused Severe Burns on Warfighters
“The challenge with Quick Claw, at least its initial formulation, was that it used to burn warfighters. So it actually would cause like second or third degree burns. So it would effectively stop the hemorrhage, but it would also burn them in the process of doin…”