Raytheon To Build Microwave Energy Cruise Missiles For USAF
The US Air Force is looking to acquire a missile that can quite literally fry electronics. The USAF is paying $4.8 million to equip...
Google And Fiat To Make Self-Driving Minivans
Google is breaking new ground in its autonomous car venture by partnering with an actual auto manufacturer, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, to produce a fleet...
Google’s Delivery Drones Will Speak To You
Delivery drones are already dropping off packages, but Google is planning to bring its own special twist to the quickly growing market. While Amazon...
Watch: China’s Most Lifelike Robot Yet
The University of Science and Technology (UST) in Anhui, China recently showcased its incredibly realistic-looking humanoid robot. Jia Jia can talk, make facial expressions,...
Watch: World’s First Brain Interface Controlled Drone Race
In a world-first, the University of Florida held a drone race like no other: The competitors all used brain-controlled interfaces (BCI) to manipulate their...
DARPA Seeking Technology To See Behind Obstructions
Ever seen Superman use his X-ray vision to see through walls and feel a little pang of envy? You’re not alone. The US Defence...
WATCH: DAVE2 – Nvidia’s Self-Driving Car
Network World brings us news of an electric car that teaches itself to see and steer. An engineering team at Nvidia - known primarily...
Watch China’s Autonomous Armed Security Robot
China’s People Daily brings news of a new RoboCop type bot developed at China’s National Defence University. The Anbot is designed with anti-terrorism and...
Watch: DARPA Is Changing the Tank As We Know It
We all know tanks, more or less. At least, we all know what they are for: Advancing headlong into the enemy’s territory and winning...
Meet MIT’s Mini Cheetah
MIT’s Super Mini Cheetah is small, cute, inexpensive, and somewhat comical with its stuffed animal head. It’s capable of walking, jumping, running, and turning,...
DARPA’s Grand Challenge Hopes To Automate Software Patching
The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is trying to take cyber defence to the next level with the help of some friendly...
Watch: This Robot That Swallows Stuff
For those in the know, Festo is a name means something. They’re a German industrial control and automation company for the most part that...
Aquila: Facebook’s Internet In The Sky
Facebook has a major ambition: connecting everyone on the planet. To achieve this goal, the company is working on new approaches to ground-based communications...
Chinese Self-Driving Car Triumph In 2000km Test
China’s self-driving car testing is kicking into high-gear. Two autonomous vehicles built by Changan Automobile have completed a 2000 km journey in six days...
MIT’s New Robot Can Walk Out Of 3D Printer
In a world-first, MIT has 3D printed robots: solids, liquids, hydraulics, and all. This impressive success could hasten the age of affordable robotics, as...
DARPA’s Spaceplane Could Soon Launch
The space race is heating up again in recent years, but this time it’s not major world powers that are competing against each other,...
WATCH: Hitachi’s New Humanoid Robot That Speaks
Hitachi has introduced the third generation of its humanoid robot. Meet EMIEW3. The first EMIEW came into the world back in 2005, with its...
How Do Neural Networks See?
Vision and understanding images is no longer the purview of biological creatures only. In recent years, computers have become astonishingly good at understanding what...
Sweep: A $250 LIDAR With 40m Range
If you’re building a drone or robot you’re gonna need it to know where it’s at and where it’s going. For that, you’ll need...
Crewless Drone Ships Will Ply The Seas By 2020
Rolls-Royce is predicting that in just four years, crewless “drone ships” will be sailing the seas with no crew on board. The aircraft engine...
DARPA’s Plan To Counter Radar With AI
China and Russia are hard at work to develop ever more capable radar systems, but the Pentagon has a plan to counter them with...
Graphene Filter Could Speed Up Wireless Communication x10
Researchers at the University of Geneva and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland may have found a way to make wireless communications 10...
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The Next Big Artillery Upgrade Could Be Putting the Gun on...
Towed artillery remains an important source of battlefield firepower, but modern counter-battery sensors and drones have made staying in one firing position increasingly dangerous....
