war
Gadgets
Old-Timey Sound Locators Enhanced Hearing In Times Of War
4:20AM Adam Frucci | Back before radar, dudes in the military had to rely on their ears to detect incoming enemy planes. So they enhanced them with these flat-out crazy “sound locators”. More »
Random Stuff
The True, Heartbreaking Faces Of The Nuclear Era
12:04PM Jesus Diaz | Sometimes I write about high-tech weapons. There’s something fascinating about the technological terror that humans have been developing to obliterate each other for centuries, so it’s easy to forget about the real consequences of this mad race. Warning: graphic images. More »
Design
Corrugated Steel Fallout Shelter Protects Against Mild Rainstorms
6:00PM Dan Nosowitz | This fallout shelter plan, from 1962, only cost $US150 in raw materials, and if properly made, has a “protection factor greater than 500″. 500 what? No idea! More »
Gadgets
The Bomb-Sniffing Gadget That’s (Definitely Not) Saving Iraq
1:51AM John Herrman | The promise of the ADE 651 is seductive: a handheld detector which susses out bombs, guns, drugs and human bodies from up to a kilometre away. And the Iraqi military swears by it! One problem: It doesn’t seem to work. 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 »
Gadgets
Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post
2:00PM Wilson Rothman | If Robots Killed People, Soldiers Wouldn’t Have To…Sweden Disappears from the Internet For a Day…Over 95% of People Screw Up Username and Password…Founder of Jedi Religion “Intimidated” By Shopkeepers More »
Random Stuff
How To Disguise An Aeroplane Factory As A Subdivision
11:20AM Adam Frucci | During World War II, the Army Corps of Engineers wanted to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant in case the Japanese decided to attack the West Coast. So, of course, they built a fake subdivision on its roof. More »
Robots
11:40PM Mark Wilson | We’ve written about the Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot before, but this shot from Newsweek’s “Weapons Porn” gallery was just too tempting. The BEAR lifts 227kg — enough to get a wounded soldier off a battlefield, or me out of a seafood restaurant.[Newsweek]
Care BEAR
11:40PM Mark Wilson | We’ve written about the Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot before, but this shot from Newsweek’s “Weapons Porn” gallery was just too tempting. The BEAR lifts 227kg — enough to get a wounded soldier off a battlefield, or me out of a seafood restaurant.[Newsweek]
Design
BedBunker: Sleep Soundly With WWIII Under Your Pillow
11:50PM Mark Wilson | I can’t speak for everyone here, but if I could sleep every night atop my 32 rifles or 70 handguns, I’d just worry that the Boogie Man would find a way to arm himself. More »
Music
5:30AM Jack Loftus | For every ten stories about Iraq “reductions,” there might be one about Afghanistan—and it’s definitely not about reductions. That said, I’m glad one of my favourite blogs, The Big Picture, decided to do two posts on Afghanistan this week. More »
Motivational Music In A Dangerous Land
5:30AM Jack Loftus | For every ten stories about Iraq “reductions,” there might be one about Afghanistan—and it’s definitely not about reductions. That said, I’m glad one of my favourite blogs, The Big Picture, decided to do two posts on Afghanistan this week. More » 
