Personal Gear

  Exoskeleton technologies are fulfilling new roles in the military, industrial, commercial and first-responder applications. Lockheed Martin has licensed the bionic augmentation technology Dermoskeleton from...

Researchers from MIT have developed a way to turn your skin into a touch interface for your devices using gold leaf tattoos — and...

The Sharjah Police has been displaying some of the most pioneering homeland security technology it has adopted at the UAE Innovation Week recently. According to...

In this weekly report ((14 October 2014)): Northrop Grumman unveils new reconnaissance UAV New American internet campaign ridicules militants Elbit's new head-mounted display for pilots Cyber attack across...

The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) has unveiled a new wearable sensor technology designed to keep track of squaddies and prevent friendly fire incidents....

The Future Forces Conference and Exhibition, organized by iHLS for already the fourth year,  will present the trends and the most advanced solutions to...

A team of scientists and engineers, the members of the US Air Force Research Laboratory’s Flexible Materials and Processing Team, has been developing flexible...

The future battlefield is at the center of a new US Army study about the warfare over the next few decades. Soldiers can expect...

Motorola Solutions adds technology to MTP3000 Series TETRA radios to meet mission-critical demands. The entire MTP3000 Series of Terrestrial Trunked Radios (TETRA) from Motorola Solutions...

Sensitive information conveyed by military mobile communication networks requires high levels of protection. A new cybersecurity software will secure mobile devices in the battlefield....

The U.S Homeland Security Department (DHS) is promoting innovative ideas around wearable technology that could benefit first responders. The department's Science and Technology Directorate launched...

The Pentagon has invested millions of dollars to make the size, weight and power of wearable technology and equipment smaller and easier for troops...

Police departments use state grants to cover the cost of new purchases of online programs, mobile apps and new gadgets to track crime, as...

In this weekly report (7 October 2014): Ebola as seen from space Domestic extremism Summit at the Whitehouse, Hackers unleash Shellshock bug New octocopter UAS Darpa looking into the...

First responders and army units often confront situations where they suspect that someone is hiding in a house but are unable to find him...

Will paintball games attract young people to the Russian army? This idea is now being evaluated. A senior member of the Russian Public Chamber proposed...

The US Government-funded AMBER project for advanced uniforms has been expanded. The project a collaborative effort between North Carolina State University (NCSU) and Protect...

The US Army recently demonstrated a breakthrough in soldier weapons targeting. The development features a tiny, weapon-mounted thermal sight designed to communicate wirelessly with...

Military services tend to allocate resources for the constant improvement of soldiers’ personal security. Recently, US Airborne Soldiers played a vital part in the...

A few days prior to his resignation, Defense Secretary Hagel shed some light on the DoD's technological vision for the near and distant future. In...

On the first day of Intel's annual convention, the Intel Developers Forum (IDF), the company revealed a new processor family – Intel Quark, talking...

New materials promise improvements in the weight of body armor, but are unproven—and an alternative approach to the problem involves looking at whether some...