From the article:

"This research was funded, in part, by MIT, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the U.S. Army Research Office through the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies at MIT."

I see quite a strong military presence among the funders, which could imply this research will progress really fast and turn soon into a real thing, but sadly it also could imply it won't be available to the public for some time.