Category: Weapons & War
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Neural helmets, coming soon!
Researchers look to Rice University for nonsurgical brain interfaces to control weapons and computers Neural interfaces could help warfighters multitask, […]
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Pentagon looks to exoskeletons to build ‘super-soldiers’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Army is investing millions of dollars in experimental exoskeleton technology to make soldiers stronger and […]
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Drones, drones, drones. Our new overlords?
NASA is pursuing a program that integrates unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System, or UAS-NAS. This involves […]
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US Navy test fires futuristic railgun
The US Navy has revealed a video of the first commissioning tests of a railgun, a futuristic weapon that many […]
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North Korea sabre-rattling, again
In a remarkable statement last week, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared that “the political and diplomatic efforts of the […]
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The US Military Will Usher in a Widespread Use of Laser Weapons in the 2020s
Lasers have been a mainstay of sci-fi battles for decades. But making them practical for the battlefield has proven difficult. […]
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Scientists Create Star Trek’s Tractor Beam
Scientists from Scotland and the Czech Republic have created a real-life “tractor” beam, as featured in the Star Trek movies […]
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US teen designs compact nuclear reactor
LONG BEACH, California — Eighteen-year-old Taylor Wilson has designed a compact nuclear reactor that could one day burn waste from […]
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With Plan X, Pentagon seeks to spread U.S. military might to cyberspace
The Pentagon is turning to the private sector, universities and even computer-game companies as part of an ambitious effort to […]
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Robot Cannon Kills 9
South Africa – SA National Defence Force spokesman brigadier general Kwena Mangope says the cause of the malfunction is not […]