Robot firefighter puts out its first blaze
A humanoid firefighting robot was live tested in the U.S.
This was the first live test for SAFFiR – the Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot –...
US Navy Researchers Develop Bio-Inspired Autonomous Vehicles
Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have designed and developed novel underwater propulsion, control, and sensing solutions for near-shore and littoral zone...
Much ado about the FAA’s UAS regulation
The FAA's proposed drone legislation: the return of the nanny-state
After months of waiting, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) finally issued its official draft proposal...
iHLS TV Weekly Video Report – March 3rd 2015
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In this weekly Video report (March 3rd 2015):
The international campaign against ISIS
Bad Iran Deal in the Offing
Innovative Face Recognition...
Dawn of the Drone – Electric UAVs in the coming decade
Thousands of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) will be deployed in the next few years for both civil and military missions. Early adoption of new...
Advanced weapons and nuclear energy
At the start of the 33rd Israeli Conference on Mechanical Engineering (ICME 2015), Gideon Frank, an Israel Electric board member, and formerly the Director...
Color-changing film detects chemical weapons
A new way of detecting chemical weapons: thin-film materials change color in response to chemical warfare agents.
In today’s world, in which the threat of...
iHLS TV Special Video Edition: Is the Taranis UAV operational?
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In this Special iHLS TV Edition, we discuss Britain’s Taranis unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which was dubbed the most...
Technology’s answer to e-crime
Cyber crime, aka e-Crime, presents a highly complex and sophisticated threat that has been evolving rapidly recently. The unfolding legitimate cyber world makes for...
Thermal performance breakthrough achieved
Thermal resistance is of great interest to electronic engineers, since most sensitive electrical components generate heat and need to be cooled. Allowing heat to...
US: pushing the envelope on explosive detection
A new collaborative effort of explosives detection innovation
The Los Alamos National Laboratory is leading a collaboration of strategic public and private partners focused on...
Innovative Face Recognition technology
In this day and age of highly advanced crimes on the one hand, and intensifying terrorism on the other, the sense among intelligence service,...
Cyber in the IDF: warfare and security
The IDF is preparing for cyberwars to come. The Northern Command has recently inaugurated a cyber security array; the IAF has been practicing various...
Smaller and more powerful – laser weapons are proving their mettle
Laser weapons, once the stuff of science fiction, are becoming practical – bringing militaries the ability to defend against attacks without having to make,...
Terrorism finance: experts worry ISIS already using Bitcoin
Financial and terror experts are concerning about the ability to move cash around national borders could help ISIS fund attacks in the West. This...
Drone rules may be a boon to local industry
The burgeoning drone industry could get a boost with the Federal Aviation Administration’s long-awaited proposed rules on how, where and under what conditions they...
DHS to rely on big data to protect critical infrastructure, networks
DHS officials responsible for protecting federal civilian networks and critical industries from cyberattacks have recently referred to this issue. They said they are going...
FAA proposes new UAS regulation
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published a framework of regulations allowing routine use of certain small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)...
Cyber-Security Threats: Joint Initiative Accelerates Development and Adoption of Mature Technologies
British Prime Minister David Cameron: “This government is committed to ensuring the UK continues to be a leader in the multi-billion dollar cyber-security industry...
Equation Group: The Crown Creator of Cyber-Espionage
Kaspersky Lab discovers the ancestor of Stuxnet and Flame – powerful threat actor with an absolute dominance in terms of cyber-tools and techniques.
For several...
The IDF’s future weapons systems
What does the IDF's technological future have in store? The ground forces future arms systems and munitions, including the Armored Corps and Artillery Corps,...
iHLS TV Weekly Video Report – February 17th 2015
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In this weekly Video report (February 17th 2015):
Cyber attacks on drones
The Iranian nuclear crisis and the U.S. administration
A new...
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