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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...
WATCH: Autonomous Trucks Drive Across Europe
A fleet of trucks drove across Europe at the beginning of April. This wouldn’t be frontpage news if it weren’t for the fact that...
C-Dome Nears Operational Status
By ARIE EGOZI
The C-Dome Naval defense system developed by Rafael is based on the Iron Dome and designed to effectively protect combat vessels against...
There’s More Than GPS: A New Type Of Locationing
GPS is king, but it can still be unreliable. A busy street surrounded by skyscrapers won’t be getting great signal, nor will the inside...
US, Russia, China Entering Hypersonic Arms Race
A new arms race is at hand, and it could break everything we think we know of the speed of sound. Hypersonic weapons capable...
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...
Your Face Is Big Data
Russian photography student, Yegor Tsvetkov, has created a demonstration that shows quite how easy it is for computers to identify individuals - complete strangers,...
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...
Europe Wants to Keep Track of Migrant Route Surveillance With UAS
EU border patrol agency Frontex announced recently that it intends to use remotely piloted aircraft for maritime surveillance, adding drones to its existing portfolio...
Are We Overdependent On GPS
Satellite expert Roger McKinley warns that “we've become overdependent” on GPS, in an interview with Vox. The former president of the Royal Institute of...
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...
US Navy’s Futuristic Destroyer Is Too Stealthy
The US Navy’s brand new futuristic destroyer has one little problem: it’s too quiet. The Navy’s new Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer is so quiet...
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...
Who Is The CIA Investing In?
We’ve written recently about Skincential Sciences, a skincare manufacturer with a curious financial backer: the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). This is not the...
Chinese Leaker Sentenced To Death
A Chinese computer engineer has been sentenced to death for leaking more than 150,000 classified documents. Huang Yu, 48, was sentenced for leaking the...
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,...
India Uses Drones To Inspect Mega-Rail Project Progress
India is putting unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to good use for an ambitious project. Indian Railway has been using UAVs to inspect the construction...
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...
IoT – A Boon For Investigators
The Internet of Things (Iot) is set to greatly expand government surveillance capabilities, according to the US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.
“In...
The US Military Wants To Print Everything
Having the right tool for the right job is about half the recipe for success. Unfortunately, having the right tool at the right time...
China Recruits Tech Companies to Battle Online Terrorism
China’s twenty-five technology companies have pledged to counter online terror activities.
Chinese search engine Baidu, Tencent investment holding company, Alibaba and JD.com - e-commerce companies,...
Why Is The CIA Investing In Skincare?
The CIA has now entered the skincare business, it seems. Or at least, the agency is funding a product that has some very cool...
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