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26 Year Old Hacker Is Bringing Self-Driving Cars To The Masses
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We’ve written about it before, but the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been working on something truly spectacular: an autonomous ship that...
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Ford Working On Autonomous Driving In Snow Conditions
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The Smartphone App That Could Save You From Earthquakes
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Britain’s Trident nuclear submarine deterrent could be facing grave dangers in the future, a new report presented at Westminster parliament predicts. Technological progress in...
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The US Navy’s experimental railgun - an electromagnetic projectile launcher - has been grabbing headlines and making waves ever since it was revealed that...
China Builds Anti-Stealth Radar In South China Sea
China is entrenching in its position in the South China Sea. The rising power appears to be constructing an anti-stealth radar system on of...
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After a concluding series of experiments for the advanced interception system David’s Sling, which was completed successfully last December, the Administration for the Development...
DARPA’s Anti-Submarine Autonomous Ship Is Ready For Launch
We’ve written about it before, but DARPA has finally confirmed the christening of its brand new autonomous submarine-hunting drone ship, agency directory Arati Prabhakar...
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