Tasers: the next generation
The Taser is going wireless. Until now, the electric-shock gun consisted of two barbed darts attached to wires that shoot out and strike
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Military Robot: Talon and Sword
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Pentagon Sees Iranian ‘Ashura’ Missile As Worrying Development
PARIS – Iran’s announcement that it has developed the 1,200-mile range Ashura ballistic missile is being viewed with some concern by the Pentagon.
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UK 2017: under surveillance
IT is a chilling, dystopian account of what Britain will look like 10 years from now: a world in which Fortress Britain uses
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Japan looks at everyday use of robots
The new humanoid robot “Twendy-one”, developed by Japan’s Waseda University professor Shigeki Sugano (behind robot), carries a tray for meal during a demonstration
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UK population may double by 2081
The previously unpublished figures suggest the British population could hit almost 110m in 2081, if immigration fertility and longevity rates are high. Source:
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Fantastic Voyage vs Das Boot
New Scientist magazine carries a nice article this week about the difficulties of propelling things on the micro- and nano- scales. The online
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Could Robots Become Your Toddler’s New Best Friend?
According to the robotics community, it’s unlikely that any robot now on the market could hold your attention for more than 10 hours.
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Space war and Futurehype
by Nader Elhefnawy The Space Review, Monday, October 22, 2007 We are all only too familiar with futurists’ endless promises about how radically
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Pentagon wants to create space vehicle to fire missiles anywhere on Earth
“The new program, dubbed Falcon, for ‘Force Application and Launch from CONUS,’ centers on a small-launch-vehicle concept of the Defense Advanced Research Projects
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