All the stories tagged with: Military
Northrop Grumman’s giant spy blimp takes its first test flight
08/09/2012, Remember the giant spy blimp that we wrote to you about in early April this year? Well, unfortunately the Blue Devil Block 2 didn’t really make it to the final phase, and Mav6 – it’s creators – was forced to [...]
DARPA DASH robot detects enemy subs
08/09/2012, The price of freedom is eternal vigilance, and thousands of men and women have given up their lives to protect the freedom of this great country known as America, and no doubt they are more and more technologically inclined these [...]
Artificial skin is super sensitive
07/30/2012, Over the past decade, Hollywood has churned out summer blockbusters that more often than not involved a comic book character, and they tend to come with a set of special powers. Well, we normal humans can only continue living our [...]
U.S. Army will equip soldiers with blast sensors to study brain injuries
07/27/2012, The U.S. Army is partnering with the Georgia Tech Research Institute to develop a fully functional sensor suite that could save the lives of soldiers in battle. It’s called the Soldier Body Unit, a two-pound pack outfitted with four blast [...]
DARPA developing smart suits that will improve the endurance and balance of soldiers
07/27/2012, Cool things are happening over at DARPA. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has recently awarded a $2.6 million contract to the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University to work on a smart suit that will help [...]
Female body armor for the army, Samus grins
07/23/2012, I am quite sure that those of us who are old enough to play the original Metroid on the NES were pretty much shocked when we realized that Samus was not a testosterone-filled hero, but rather, a more tender version [...]
Power Pwn has dual identity
07/22/2012, The Power Pwn, at first glance, might look like a pretty cool looking power strip, but underneath the hood, you will notice that it offers far more than meets the eye. In fact, the Power Pwn will ship with a [...]
iRobot Packbot defuses bombs
07/17/2012, Now here is a robot that while it might not be able to save lives of those who are drowning, it is still capable of making sure that a country’s troops do not suffer from any more unnecessary loss of [...]
Sonic fire extinguisher from DARPA
07/17/2012, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) has come up with something interesting – a fire extinguisher that works differently from all other fire extinguishers to date. You will not find it froth out white stuff on the other end of [...]
MBDA introduces its Vigilus UAV missile system concept
07/11/2012, Missile developer and manufacturer MBDA introduced an entirely different UAV missile system concept this week at the 2012 Farnborough International Airshow. It is called Vigilus, and MBDA hopes to have the system ready and working by 2030. Vigilus is a [...]
Pilotless robot plane smart enough to navigate through bad weather
07/09/2012, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been doing their bit to help save lives in the military for some time already – where pilotless vehicles ply routes in the air over battlefields in order to scout the enemies’ area as well [...]
DARPA reveals gigapixel camera
07/06/2012, DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has just revealed its latest project, a gigapixel camera. The camera is capable of taking photos that are much higher resolution that the normal human eye can see. DARPA has tested a 1.4 [...]
The Power of Zeus, In The Hands Of The U.S Military
06/28/2012, Picatinny Arsenal, an armament company specialized in both conventional and smart weapons is working on something that goes beyond kinetic-energy weapons, which is a fancy terms to describe “throwing stuff at the adversary”. In their own words, they seek to [...]