Russian MiG Shoots Georgian Drone
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNpABtIKERg] Source: Wired Danger Room.
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Top 25 potential threats to UK
1. Nanotechnologies 2. Invasive potential and possible ecosystem impacts of artificial life and biomimetic robots 3. Unintended consequences of pathogens developed by modern
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Messy battlefields: Space war would cause massive space junk problem
Given the amount of debris a single ASAT weapon can create, as this illustration of last year’s Chinese ASAT test shows, imagine the
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New Video of BigDog Quadruped Robot
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Craig Venter: On the verge of creating synthetic life
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Swarms of Transformer-style robots to be built
A £4.6 million project to create swarms of hundreds of autonomous, Transformer-style robots has been launched. Scientists aim to create a prototype team
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Different engines: The return of the mechanical computer
Now, mechanical computers are back. Teams of scientists across the U.S. are building new versions, though they’re a bit smaller. In fact, the
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Molecular Machine Takes Control
For years, nanotechnology has held out the hope of molecular-scale contraptions that can manufacture custom-made drugs or revolutionize the way computer chips work.
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Enzymes Built from Scratch
David Baker and his colleagues at the University of Washington focused on a reaction that would break certain bonds between carbon atoms. The
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DARPA Building Plane that Flies for 5 years at a Time
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6nw8nxZD5M] The Defense Advanced Research Programs Agency (DARPA) will soon be awarding a contract to develop an unmanned aircraft called the Vulture that’s
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