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Using Open Data To Understand War And Peace

A new project, funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, will make hard-to-find data on war and conflict available to academics--and help crowdsource military tactics.READ»

Pre-Teens Swarm Facebook, Google Map Maker For U.S., HBO Live Streaming, And More...

The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day.READ»

War-Zone Videos Get On-Demand Treatment in New Defense Department Project

A new $29 million Defense Department project makes viewing military intelligence from Afghanistan as easy as ordering a movie from Netflix. READ»

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Will the Next Generation of Top Guns Be Gamer Geeks? The Unmanned X-47B Makes Its First Flight

With its maiden voyage, the military's X-47B suggests that remote-piloted, stealthy, deadly combat flying is the future. READ»

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Harvard Prof Highlights Booming Enterprises in War-Torn Pakistan

AllWorld, a project co-founded by Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter, has just released its Pakistan Fast Growth 25 winners.READ»

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After Sudan's Referendum: A Former "Lost Boy" Turns Entrepreneur

As the country heals from decades of civil war, recent voting-related violence and a fresh referendum that may change Sudan forever, Nico Ajak Bior gives Fast Company his take on the country's startup potential.READ»

2011 TED Fellow Battles Wartime Censorship in Sri Lanka With Community-Based Website

Sanjana Hattotuwa is the founder of Groundviews, one of the region's most outspoken publications.READ»

Sarajevo Virtual Museum Explores War-Time Ingenuity

Artifacts such as solar cells and satellite telephones show the way ordinary citizens survived the three-year conflict.READ»

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The Mathematics of War: Sean Gurley Discovers Common Patterns in Attacks Across the Globe

The PopTech science fellow started by looking at attacks in Iraq, then studied conflicts in different parts of the world, and discovered the same mathematical patterns.READ»

Skateistan Launches Product Line, Abandons Foreign Aid

Afghanistan's only skateboarding NGO, Skateistan, is launching products in more than 70 countries, with all proceeds going back to the NGO.READ»

Alstom to Power-Up Power-Hungry Iraq

French power firm Alstom just signed a deal to rebuild and regenerate the electricity infrastructure in Iraq, decimated since the war.READ»

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WikiLeaks Publishes 92,000 Military Documents, Points to Pakistan as Ally of Afghan Insurgents

WikiLeaks published over 90,000 mostly-classified military documents relating to the war in Afghanistan. Pakistan's ties to the Taliban are revealed in detail, as are civilian deaths, friendly fire deaths, and scenes from a more ugly and complex war than is being reported.READ»

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Mercedes-Benz's Latest: "Protection Class" Armored Vehicles

The German automaker unveils four new vehicles intended for the military.READ»

Infographic: "Home and Away" Tracks Iraq/Afghanistan Casualties

Two maps, side by side, show where fallen soldiers were from, and where they died.READ»

U.S. Military Won't Be Weaponizing iPhones Any Time Soon

Earlier this year the Army launched a competition to design apps, of a sort, that would assist U.S. soldiers in the field, by giving them unprecedented access to information over smartphones like the iPhone. The Army has just ...READ»

Infographics Shed Light on IED Strategy in Afghanistan

Researcher and former Army officer Alec Barker creates heat maps that illustrate how the Afghan fight is evolving.READ»

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U.S. Army Visits Apple HQ to Discuss Uses for the iPad (Other Than Saving the Publishing Industry)

The US Army is known for its specialized use of Apple products, even in the field, and they recently revealed that they visited Apple's headquarters in Cupertino to check out possibly military uses for the iPad.READ»