bullets
Cameras
Watch 10 Minutes Of Glorious Bullet Impacts At 1,000,000 FPS
8:20AM Mark Wilson | I’m no warmonger, but I can think of no finer way to waste Friday afternoon than spending 10 minutes of the company’s time watching bullets striking various objects at one million frames per second. The footage is just totally unbelievable. More »
Computers
Panasonic Toughbook Survives Tiger Attacks, Elephant Stomps, And Gunshots
2:45PM Dan Nosowitz | Most of us have no need for Panasonic’s Toughbook-30: Its specs are unremarkable and the 13.3-inch laptop weighs over 8 pounds. But then, our mortal laptops could never survive the ridiculous, almost cartoony beating Forbes gave it. More »
Weapons
Army Stops Making ‘Eco-Friendly’ Tungsten Bullets Because They Cause Cancer
9:20AM Matt Buchanan | The Army’s tungsten-based bullets were designed to be more eco-friendly, but research showing tungsten increases cancer risk pushed them to pull the plug. The problem, Danger Room points out, is that tungsten munitions are everywhere. More »
Phones
Can the Sonim XP1 Mobile Phone Really Survive a 9mm Shot?
6:40AM Jesus Diaz | Sonim claims that their XP1 mobile phone is virtually indestructible. In fact, they say it can survive a 9mm, so the people from Gadget Review took it to a shooting range and had some fun. More »
Press
Woman’s Hair Weave May Have Stopped Bullet
10:20AM Wilson Rothman | Say what? A Kansas City woman with a tight weave gets shot at by her boyfriend through a car window. Later, the cops find a spent bullet in her hair. Did the hair stop it? More »
Weapons
IBM Patents Bionic Armour That Gives Humans Ability To Dodge Bullets
11:20AM Sean Fallon | Believe it or not, IBM has filed for a patent on tech that heightens our reflexes so that we could, theoretically, dodge bullets like Neo in The Matrix. More »
Software
The SniPod Touch: When Apps Go Deadly
11:45PM Mark Wilson | This official US Army M110 Sniper Rifle has all the necessary accouterments: long barrel, scope, and an iPod touch. More »
Weapons
Fingerprinting a Bullet the Bond Way
4:00AM Sean Fallon | Well, the John Bond way that is. Bond, the head of forensics at the Northamptonshire Police in the UK, has devised a way to fingerprint bullets with electricity. More »
Weapons
Pentagon Putting $US22 Million Into Aimbot-ish Bullets
8:00PM Elaine Chow | Like Wanted come to life, the Pentagon’s now funding $US22 million into researching bullets that could change course mid-flight to hit their targets. DARPA, the Defence Department’s R&D office, is handing out $US12.3 million to Lockheed Martin and $US9.5 million to Teledyne Scientific & Imaging to design .50-calibre sniper rifles with guided ammo. More »
Phones
