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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

Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot Is A Real Care BEAR

5:00AM Jack Loftus | Sure, the BEAR robot is a bit terrifying to look at, but one day, after you discover the pipe bomb your estranged wife left in the mailbox, this automaton could very well save your life. More »