Medics in the U.S. military have added duct tape to the tools they are now using in the field. The stickiness and waterproof nature of duct tape have proved ideal for attaching paper records and other items that need to stay with injured soldiers when they are moved from the field to the next level of care.

Digital files are crucial to insuring that injured warriors get the proper care along the way to the hospital, but the decidedly analog duct tape is doing a great job in insuring that paper records get where they need to go as well.

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