5 Trends in Robotics To Watch For In 2016
2016 could well become the year of the robot. Writing for the MIT Technology Review, Will Knight identifies five trends to watch for in...
Cyber Attacks On Critical Manufacturers Increasing
According to the US Department of Homeland Security, the number of investigations into cyber attacks on the America’s critical manufacturing sector nearly doubled last...
North Korea Sending Phishy Emails To The South
The South Korean Police recently announced that it has opened an investigation into what appear to be fraudulent emails sent to S Korean officials....
FAROS – The Wall Climbing, Flying, Firefighting Drone
Fires in skyscrapers are considered some of the most dangerous, as was depicted in the 1974 American disaster film “Towering Inferno.” To help firefighters,...
Nadine, The World’s Most Human-like Robot Unveiled
Scientists at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore have unleashed their latest creation on the university’s campus: the world’s most human-like robot. Nadine, as the...
ISIS Secure Messaging App Uncovered
ISIS is known for its strong affinity to modern technological solutions, using encrypted apps like Telegram to communicate in secret from prying eyes, and...
WATCH: Autonomous UAV Landing On Top Of Moving Car
A group of German engineers have managed to get an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to autonomously land on a car travelling at 75 km/h....
DARPA Developing Ocean-floor Dormant Pods
Imagine robot pods lying soundlessly at the bottom of the ocean, awaiting instructions to surface and launch long dormant drones. It may sound like...
Intel Acquires Ascending To Break Into Drone Game
Semiconductor giant Intel has recently announced that it has entered an agreement to acquire Ascending Technologies, A German unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) software manufacturer....
Humans Still Most Important Factor In UAV Incidents
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) is using special training to improve the way Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) crews operate the system.
Crew Resource management...
A Strong Case For Strong Encryption
by Konstantin Bodragin
A vocal and at times fierce debate over encryption has developed in recent months. On the one side are those proposing the...
Most Cyber Products Will Not Be Included Under New Supervision Law
About two weeks after publishing the draft of the export law for supervision on cyber export, and as part of the talks between exporters...
Watch: How to Trap And Capture A Drone
The more popular unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) become, the more of a nuisance can they be to some. Sometimes, they can even pose a...
Man Charged With Smuggling US UAV Parts to Pakistan
The United States is trying to prosecute a man accused of trying to smuggle parts for military-grade drones to the Pakistani military.
Syed Vaqar...
Computers Can Be Fooled By Optical Illusions, Raising Security Concerns
Computer vision has made great strides over recent years. Machines can now recognise objects nearly as well as humans. However, the similarity does not...
LA Olympic Games Security Could Cost As Much As $2 Billion
Security for the 2024 Olympics could cost $1 billion and more, if the games take place in Los Angeles, according to some estimates.
In an...
New Technique To Increase UAV Manoeuverability
Researchers at the Nanjing University of Aeronautics in China have developed a new technology that enables Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to safely maneuver in...
Europeans Stocking Up On Guns
Residents of European countries, particularly women and police officers, are purchasing more personal weapons, according to sources in the weapons industry. The number of...
Watch The Robot With A Worm’s Mind
As the name implies, work on Artificial Intelligence is essentially an attempt to create a synthetic mind. While there are many ways of achieving...
Think You Could Lie To Artificial Intelligence?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is getting increasingly better year by year. It can answer questions, find patterns in data, and even drive cars. Now, researchers...
4 New Technologies For Your Personal Security
So far this year we’ve written about new and exciting ways you’ll be getting to work in the near future, but now we turn...
North Korea’s Paranoid Operating System Revealed
Two German researchers recently ran an analysis of North Korea’s homegrown operating system, Red Star OS. Turns out, Red Star mirrors quite closely the...
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This AI-Powered Shield Is Built for the Age of FPV Drones...
The growing variety of drone threats is creating a new challenge for air-defense operators. Modern battlefields can include everything from commercial quadcopters and first-person-view...
