Dual-use technology

Wireless networks are expected to support far more than smartphones in the coming decade. Autonomous vehicles, industrial automation, critical infrastructure, and AI-driven services will...

The growing number of low-flying drones, together with the emergence of more advanced platforms—including fiber-optic-guided UAVs—is creating an increasing challenge for detection and surveillance...

Firefighters frequently operate in environments where collapsing structures, intense heat, toxic smoke, and rapidly changing conditions pose significant risks. Entering these areas to extinguish...

Modern electronic warfare depends on the ability to detect, identify, and analyze electromagnetic signals quickly. As military communications, radars, and sensors become more numerous...

Traditional robots are typically built around rigid frames, motors, gears, and joints. While this design works well in structured environments, it becomes less effective...

Small autonomous drones have enormous potential for inspecting tunnels, warehouses, industrial facilities, and disaster zones. However, one limitation continues to hold them back: creating...

Cybersecurity advice is only effective if people understand it. Organizations routinely warn users about phishing, malware, trojans, and viruses, expecting those terms to communicate...

Drones have become valuable tools for inspection, emergency response, industrial monitoring, and aerial reconnaissance. Yet even advanced platforms often struggle in confined environments filled...

The autonomous vehicle industry has advanced more slowly than many sensor companies anticipated when they built their business strategies over the past decade. As...

Police, fire, and emergency response agencies are expected to gain situational awareness within minutes—and often seconds—of receiving an emergency call. In many cases, however,...

Access to safe drinking water remains a challenge for billions of people worldwide, particularly during natural disasters and in regions with limited infrastructure. Traditional...

Protecting digital information usually depends on cryptographic keys, which are random sequences used to encrypt and decrypt data. The security of everything from smartphones...

As mobile networks become more complex, managing them is becoming a challenge in its own right. Future 6G systems are expected to support everything...

Protective gear such as helmets and body armor must strike a difficult balance. Materials need to be strong enough to withstand impact, but not...

Explosive ordnance disposal teams, special operations units, and emergency responders often face a difficult dilemma: gaining information about a potentially dangerous area without exposing...

Maintaining large electrical grids is a difficult and often dangerous task. Power lines stretch across vast distances, pass through hard-to-reach terrain, and require regular...

Phishing remains one of the most persistent cyber threats on the internet. Attackers continuously create fake websites, fraudulent login pages, and malicious links designed...

Smartphone LiDAR sensors have become common in high-end devices, mainly supporting augmented reality features and depth sensing for photography. But despite their growing capabilities,...

Organizations increasingly depend on vast amounts of data spread across multiple databases, software platforms, records systems, and repositories. While retrieving information from these environments...

The wireless networks envisioned for the 6G era promise enormous data rates, potentially reaching terabits per second. Achieving those speeds, however, requires the use...

When someone falls overboard, time becomes the most critical factor in survival. Ships traveling at speed require time to stop, launch rescue craft, and...

For years, WhatsApp has relied on phone numbers as the primary way people connect. While simple, that approach has also created a privacy challenge....