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This Week In Bots: Soldierdroids, Robot Chefs, And Dragons

Why is Honda's lovable child-sized android Asimo so damn adorable despite having a darkened, astronaut-mask-like visage? This and other important questions answered right here, right now in TWIB. READ»

U.S. Army iPhone App Lets Soldiers Blog From Anywhere

The Army has launched a new iPhone app that embraces both the social media trend and booming smartphone sales.READ»

Smartphones on the Ground: Ex-Green Berets Bring Tech to Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

The U.S. military is hampered by antiquated technologies that leave units all but deaf and blind as they try to hunt down insurgents and win hearts and minds. A team of former Special Forces officers is now building the tools to fix that.READ»

Robocalypse Alert: Defense Contract Awarded to Scary BigDog

You remember BigDog, don't you? It's that loud all-terrain prototype robot quadruped that peopled your dreams with Terminator-esque nightmares when you saw the video. DARPA just awarded a $32 million contract to build it. The ...READ»

U.S. Troops in Iraq, Afghanistan Get Bibles on a Stick

What do you give to a troop deployed in the field who already has everything? A bible on a stick, of course. At least, that's what the organization Faith Comes by Hearing thinks, as it's sent over 20,000 digital audio bibles to U.S. ...READ»

These Video Games Ain't for Kids

SimCity became the turning point for the serious games genre when it was first published in 1989. In this SimCity Detroit example, players were given a budget and the autonomy to build and maintain their own virtual cities. ...READ»