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SPAIN   |  1 comment

Spanish Team Goes Ant for Combat, Logistic Algorithm

In the rock-paper-scissors game of life, nature beats nurture, and here's the proof: A hook-up in Spain between geeks and the military has begot an algorithm for troops' battlefield maneuvers based on the behavior of ant ...READ»

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ROBOTS   |  4 comments

Boston Dynamics Robots Tiptoe Toward Terminator

A new video of a Boston Dynamics robot has surfaced--possibly the scariest yet. The company's name alone should give you the willies if you've watched the Terminator movies or seen the previous chilling robots ...READ»

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BIOFUELS   |  3 comments

U.S. Military Bets on Jet Fuel Made From Algae, Weeds, and Animal Corpses

Worried about the feasibility of using non-petroleum based jet fuel on commercial airlines? The U.S. military has volunteered its jets as guinea pigs, ordering up 600,000 gallons of fuel made of weeds, algae, and fat from animal ...READ»

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WAR ROOM   |  Comment

Navy's Future Command Center Looks Just Like the Star Trek Enterprise

A research lab inside the U.S. Navy tasked with dreaming up the future of the armed force has been busy working on a new command center design. It's suitably high tech--and is undeniably influenced by Star Trek.READ»

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MILITARY   |  1 comment

First Use of LRAD Sound Canon In U.S. Used on Pittsburgh G20 Protesters

I guess military tech always finds its way home. Pittsburgh city officials believe their police department's use of a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) at last week's G20 protests was "the first time the sound cannon had been used ...READ»

cadillac

Blowing Up Cadillacs to Sell Cars

This fall, Cadillac will be running a new TV spot entitled "Re-ignition." The commercial is meant to show consumers that Cadillac and its woebegone parent are ready to come back into the luxury fray. Instead, it does something ...READ»

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U.S. ARMY   |  1 comment

Designed to Save Lives: The Army's Newest Armored Truck

The replacement for the Hummer and the MRAP is loaded with clever safety features to protect against IED's.READ»

cyberwars

U.S. Recruiting Cyber Patriots to Defend the Interwebs

Don't panic, residents of the U.S. of A., your interWeb is safe: Soon 10,000 young cyber warriors will be bravely donning their unifo... uh, T-shirts, and clambering into their cockpi... uh, desks, ready to defend your networks from ...READ»

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GREEN CAMO   |  Comment

U.S. Army Expands Tracking of Its Carbon "Bootprint"

Forgive the cheesy headline, the military really does refer to its carbon footprint as a "bootprint." And now the Army, which was commanded by executive order in 2007 to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 3% annually through 2015, is ...READ»

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MICROGRID   |  Comment

GE's Building Smart Microgrid for the Military

Military bases are often in isolated or disaster-ridden locations, which makes them ideal candidates for microgrids, or self-contained power grids. GE is capitalizing on the military's need for reliable power in all circumstances with ...READ»

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NATO Tweets Too [Updated]

Twitter gained a lot of credibility thanks to its use by Iranian protestors recently, and we already knew that it was useful for spreading breaking news. But did you know that NATO, the global military machine, Twitters ...READ»

nano

Seven Curious Things Online this Week

The future is scary: hadron colliders, HD-video iPhones and nanotube lightbulbs are as bizarre as they are promising. Thankfully, this week on the Web shows us that not all that much has changed; we're still the same gawkers we were ...READ»

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JSF   |  Comment

Hackers Rob Pentagon of F-35 Fighter Design Data

Hackers have stolen terabytes of data about the design and electronics inside the Defense Department's Joint Strike Fighter program, The Wall Street Journal reported last night. The $300 billion jet is the most expensive program in ...READ»

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Seven Tiny Tech Stories That Will Be Huge

Progress isn't all breakout products and scientific coups. In fact, some of the most salient indicators of the direction of technology come in re-directions of products and services we use every day. Here are seven subtle changes to ...READ»

GEORGE BUSH   |  Comment

I DO CARE.

Two days ago I received a FWD to my inbox that I'd received once before, but deleted it after reading only the first two lines. This time I read it in full. YIKES! A feeling of disgust that I'd deleted the FWD the first ...READ»

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