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Weapons
Photo Of Boeing’s Matrix Laser Destroying An Air Drone
4:36AM Jesus Diaz | Boeing has successfully tested their new Matrix laser over airborne targets, which is a world first. In total, they shot down five drones at various ranges. That’s a lot of pew pew in a day. More »
Weapons
US Military Wants Armed Bots In Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
9:21AM Jesus Diaz | The problem: The US Army — purveyors of all things camouflage green — thinks that spy planes are too slow for recognising remote battlegrounds. The solution: Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles loaded with weaponised spy bots. The side-effect: World War III. More »
Design
Bomb-Proof Wallpaper Is Stronger Than The Wall It Papers
6:10PM Dan Nosowitz | Holy crap, you guys, bomb-proof wallpaper. This stuff is strong enough to keep very heavy flying objects from breaking walls — in tests, one thin layer was enough to keep a wrecking ball from knocking down a concrete wall. More »
Weapons
US Army Rail Gun Fires For The First Time
9:59AM Jesus Diaz | Not to be less than the US Navy, the Army has tested their own electromagnetic rail gun, firing several times at Dugway Proving Grounds. Manufacturer General Atomics calls it Blitzer. I call it Hey Enemy Tank, You Have Been Blended. More »
Gadgets
Mini Radar Will Give Soldiers Eyes In The Back Of Their Helmets
11:20AM Sean Fallon | The military is developing a miniature helmet-mounted radar system (HMRS) that will alert soldiers to any threats that might be sneaking up on them within a 25-metre radius. Although, brain tumours are sneakier than ninjas flying in stealth bombers. More »
Gadgets
AR Goggles Give Real-Life +50% Speed Boost To Marine Mechanics
5:20PM Matt Buchanan | It’s like a real-life Starcraft perk for mechanics repairing armoured vehicles: Marine mechanics, assisted by augmented-reality goggles with a heads-up display, repaired light armoured vehicles up to 46 per cent faster. More »
Robots
Petman Walking Robot Is Like BigDog’s “Human” Master
8:51AM Sean Fallon | I’m sure you are all well acquainted with the crazy quadrupled BigDog robot, but if it had a master to walk with, it would probably look something like the Petman. More »
Software
Android Gets Drafted
5:35AM Chris Jacob | After two years of dignified service on consumer handsets, the United States Military is now looking to send the plucky mobile OS into battle packing a new app from Raytheon. Updated. More »
Weapons
Elite Military Hacker Squad Would Stop Wars With Bits, Not Bombs
12:00AM John Herrman | Efforts to drag the US military’s cybersecurity into the 21st century are well underway, but John Arquilla, professor at the Naval Postgraduate School, wants more: a preemptive international hacker force, which would cripple enemies before they even become a problem. More »
Robots
