Japan: Drones to Spy on China, N. Korea
Tokyo wants to buy several Global Hawk drones to monitor the Chinese and North Korean military, Japanese media reports. The US is deploying two...
New Technique to Find Latent Prints at Crime Scenes
A new technique has been developed to assist in finding latent prints at the crime scene. In a crime scene examination, investigators collect items of...
New Phishing Cyberattack Targets Spotify Users, Steals Credit Card Information
Spotify is one of the most popular music streaming platforms worldwide. However, this popularity causes a growing cybersecurity threat that users may not always...
Machine Learning and Optimization – Now Also with UAVs
A new implementation of machine learning to the unmanned aerial vehicle sphere. Machine learning is becoming an increasingly important artificial intelligence approach to building...
The Spying Satellites of Japan, South and North Korea
Recent regional space developments include Japan’s new “information-gathering” satellite, South Korea's spy satellite launched by SpaceX and North Korea's recent surveillance satellite deployment.
Japan's Information-Gathering...
The Tech That Beats Bad Signals to the Punch
Modern battlefields are shaped as much by the electromagnetic spectrum as by physical terrain. Communications, sensors, navigation signals, and targeting systems all depend on...
South Korea to Build Dronebots Unit to Defend Northern Border
In the wake of North Korea’s detonation of a sixth nuclear test and the launch of two new intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) this year,...
The Hermes UAS family in one “house”
Hermes 900 Kochav [Hebrew: ’Star’) is an Israeli medium size multi-payload unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). It is equipped with an automatic takeoff and landing...
Building Trust in Passenger Drones
A new passenger drone could be a steppingstone to a new form of convenient urban transportation. The electric-powered vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft, the Hexa is currently...
First-of-its-Kind Collaboration in Quantum Technology
Quantum computers could spur the development of new breakthroughs in science and medicine, machine learning, algorithms and more. A recent collaboration will advance quantum...
UAVs Assist in Predictive Maintenance Missions
While many UAVs rely on ground-based connectivity solutions, they often operate beyond line of sight of point to point digital data links and out...
Number of Detected Vulnerabilities Expected to Rise
According to a recent report released by the insurance provider Coalition, the rising threat of flawed will get worse as the number of common...
UK is planning laser weapons
The UK Ministry of Defense's (MoD) Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) is reportedly planning to launch a competition this year for the development...
Custom-Made Tech to Protect Railway Systems from Cyber Attacks
As railways adopt more automated, wireless and connected technologies, their most safety-critical assets have become exposed to new and more dangerous types of cyber...
iHLS TV – Laser Weapons Special Edition
Articles and issues discussed in this episode:
The U.S. Navy's new LWaS, a low cost solution against drones, light aircraft and missiles
New Israeli “star wars”...
Ground Robots at Battlefield – with Man in the Loop
The U.S. Army has been trying to determine when and how it will use armed ground robots on the battlefield. Within its efforts, a...
License Plates Have Never Stored So Much Data
Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) are probably the most common mass surveillance technology in use by law enforcement agencies. But they're not always used...
Next Generation Amphibious Assault Ship
The U.S Navy is preparing to build its new LXR amphibious assault ship in order to meet the fast-rising need for amphibs across the...
New Cyber Solution Revealed
FireEye revealed its new, cloud-based cyber solution at the RSA Conference in San Franciso. The new solution, Analystic, allows for quick, real time analysis...
Swarm of Robotic Insects in Development
A tiny battery-less drone is being developed by the Harvard Microrobotics Lab and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. RoboBee is a tiny...
Korea Develops Microrobots Inspired by Nature
There are more insects on earth than any other animal. Possibly because of this, Korea recently announced the development of new micro-robots inspired by...
National Guard to Help States Prevent Cyber Attacks
Governors across the United States are mobilizing their states’ National Guard units to combat threats from cyberattacks. Terrorists could seriously damage or disrupt states...
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This Laser-Powered Tech Could Help Build Smarter 6G Networks
Future wireless networks are expected to handle far more than faster internet speeds. Emerging 6G concepts aim to combine communications with sensing and AI-driven...
