All the stories tagged with: Military
X2 microprocessor knee gets tested
12/15/2009, The US Army is currently testing out a new knee prosthesis known as the X2 microprocessor knee, where it was specially developed in order to provide additional support while giving the lower leg a more natural walking gait. Patients who [...]
K9 Storm Canine Armor
12/04/2009, You never know when your four-legged friend might come in handy on the battlefield, which is why he also needs adequate protection while serving in the line of fire. The K9 Storm Canine Armor is a bulletproof dog vest that [...]
DARPA Iron Curtain
12/02/2009, DARPA is certainly stepping things up a notch with the unveiling of their latest creation known as the Iron Curtain. This system will mount on top of a Humvee, and is capable of taking out whatever rockets which are shot [...]
M-SEEK mine sniffer
12/02/2009, Looking for mines (the explosive kind) can be a fatal affair, but good thing technology has helped improve one way of looking for mines without having to run the risk of maiming oneself. The M-SEEK mine sniffer relies on an [...]
Flexible antennas could be the future
12/02/2009, Traditionally, antennas are made from copper and come in a rigid yet delicate form factor. Well, glad to say that with the advent of technology, all of it could change in the future, where the typical copper antenna will be [...]
Smart armor is truly a wonder
11/25/2009, Scientists and engineers at U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center in Michigan are currently working on a new form of smart armor that is able to predict its own failure, alongside identifying the size of bullets shot [...]
SCAR assault rifle gets ammo counter
11/20/2009, This SCAR assault rifle is very different from the rest since it comes with an ammo counter just like what you see in the movies and video games, where a “black box” located within the handgrip will network with the [...]
CarterCopter Personal Air Vehicle
11/20/2009, Sometime in the near future, will we all own one of these as personal transportable devices? If you’re attracted to the scene in that pretty picture, maybe we will be having such a future, eh? Carter Aviation technologies, which has [...]
US Army to get AM-Pholed prototypes
11/20/2009, Nice to know our men in uniform who proudly and bravely defend our country will be getting prototype versions of flexible AM-Pholeds. It remains to be seen just which part of the battlefield operations will experience action with such prototypes, [...]
Wearable RFID Sensors being developed
11/18/2009, The boffins at GE are currently working on a new batch of wearable RFID sensors that are smart enough to detect airborne chemical agents. No idea on how they’re going to commercialize this though, but that’s a good problem to [...]
Japan Self-Defense Force Sunglasses
11/16/2009, Want to look cool while knowing that your pair of shades will remain there even when you’re thrown a really hard punch to the eyes? That’s what the Japanese militarty is endorsing – the Japan Self-Defense Force Sunglasses. Its lens [...]
Big Dog gets weaponized
11/16/2009, Remember the Big Dog robot that moves in such a lifelike manner, it is almost uncanny and unnerving? The folks at Boston Dynamics have made improvements to it by weaponizing Big Dog, allowing future robots on the battlefield to fight [...]
ADE 651 handheld detector
11/04/2009, Theoretically, the ADE 651 handheld detector ought to be a firm favorite with military types as this device supposedly sniffs out bombs, guns, drugs and human bodies within a one kilometer radius, but there is one huge problem – it [...]
