All the stories tagged with: bomb
Remote controlled toy truck saves the lives of 6 soldiers
08/07/2011, Who would’ve thought that the military would start using remote controlled toys to make their lives safer? Last week a staff sergeant named Christopher Fessenden who was on duty in Afghanistan, was sent a remote controlled toy vehicle that had [...]
Robot fumbles with grenade and runs over it on accident
02/04/2011, This morning in San Francisco, a robot was called into a bomb scene to dispose of a grenade that was discovered in the possessions of a recently deceased relative. The event was caught by a news crew on live television, [...]
“Air lasers” could be used to sniff out bombs from afar
01/31/2011, Some engineers at the University of Princeton have come up with a new system to detect bombs – with the use of lasers. The system works by sending out a beam of light to a volume of air that needs [...]
8-inch Robot Brings Out Bomb Squad In Denver
12/02/2010, We often joke that robots will one day take over the word (maybe Terminator-style) but some folks obviously think that it’s happening already. An 8-inch tall robot met its gruesome end on Wednesday night when the Denver Police Department Bomb [...]
New Scanning Device Can Spot Shoe Bomb In Seconds
10/19/2010, Taking off your shoes at airport security isn’t fun and you’ll have to blame triacetone triperoxide (TATP) for that, a hard-to-detect explosive used in shoe bombs. A new system has been developed by the researchers over at the University of [...]
The Bomb Speakers From iFrogz
04/16/2010, Whatever you do, you might want to be careful when airport officials ask you what’s in your bag if you’re carrying this in your bag. Seriously, saying “The Bomb” isn’t a smart thing to do. The Bomb is a set [...]
