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Stop Calling It The Drone Memo

The United States uses a whole arsenal of tools to carry out the targeted killing policy detailed in a recent DOJ memo. Why is everyone focusing on drones?

By Kelsey D. Atherton Posted 02.11.2013 at 2:00 pm 11 Comments

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The Pentagon Plans To Test More Airborne Laser Weapons As Soon As Next Year

The DoD's track record shooting missiles from the sky with laser beams is checkered at best, but DARPA is nonetheless taking a new 150-kilowatt energy beam into trials.

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.30.2013 at 3:36 pm 8 Comments

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DARPA Wants To Recruit Smarter Service Dogs By Scanning The Brains of Canine Job Candidates

Functional MRI could reveal which dogs are best suited to a life of military service.

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.29.2013 at 3:01 pm 3 Comments

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Football Pads And Other NFL Technology We Owe To The Military

With Super Bowl XLVII coming up Sunday, we take a look at how military tech has changed the game.

By Colin Lecher Posted 01.29.2013 at 2:30 pm 0 Comments

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The Latest In Classroom Protection: A Handheld Bulletproof Whiteboard

Perfect for differential equations, group vocabulary exercises, and stopping a 9mm round at close range.

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.24.2013 at 4:02 pm 45 Comments

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DARPA Video Shows Off Satellite-Scavenging Space Robot Tech

The Phoenix program is building a robot that can repurpose dead satellites into new ones in space.

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.23.2013 at 5:39 pm 5 Comments

DARPA's Phoenix: On Orbit Satellite Salvage

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Anti-Surveillance Hoodie And Scarf Prevent Drones From Tracking You

Or, how to accessorize in Waziristan.

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.16.2013 at 4:57 pm 3 Comments

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Physicist Funds A Real Laser Weapon With Proceeds From Novel About Laser Weapons

Dragon Empire is a real book about a fictional war with China, which will fund a real laser weapon designed for a real war with China.

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.16.2013 at 4:01 pm 3 Comments

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DARPA Wants "Upward Falling" Robots That Can Hide On The Seafloor For Years, Launch On Demand

The Navy's 'Upward Falling Payloads' could hide in the ocean depths until needed, then launch to quickly create a distributed presence across a maritime region.

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.15.2013 at 11:00 am 5 Comments

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The 7 Most Amazing Robots Of 2012

Okay, we know we're a little late on this, but that's because there was so much amazing stuff to sift through!

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.11.2013 at 12:30 pm 1 Comment

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Science

New $120 Million Department Of Energy Center Will Tackle Rare Earths Shortage

With China holding the vast majority of the world's rare earths resources, the DOE is looking to diversify its sources.

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.10.2013 at 4:15 pm 17 Comments

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The 'Intelligent' Rifle, Now With iPad App, Wi-Fi, Infallible Accuracy

Austin-based TrackingPoint shows off its new 'precision guided firearms' that allow the shooter to choose the shot before pulling the trigger.

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.10.2013 at 2:28 pm 3 Comments

Tagging The Target: TrackingPoint's Downrange View

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On DARPA's 2013 Wish List: Extreme Diving, Portable Brain Reading, And Gravity Vision

The Pentagon's mad scientists want to bring brain scans to the smartphone, swarming satellites to space, and self-healing software everywhere.

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.04.2013 at 1:27 pm 10 Comments

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New Ground-Based Indoor Positioning Tech Is Accurate Down To Just A Few Inches

Locata's technology goes where GPS can't, delivering a signal one million times stronger than those beamed from satellites.

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.03.2013 at 3:30 pm 11 Comments

A U.S. Army 2nd Lieutenant Uses An Army Issued Smartphone To Pull Up A Map For Afghan Villagers

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The Most Mind-Blowing 3-D Printed Objects Of 2012

It was a huge year for 3-D printing technology, which touched everything from sports to chemistry to firearms.

By Clay Dillow Posted 12.31.2012 at 4:00 pm 6 Comments

A Lighter, Swifter Running Shoe That's 'Designed To Win'

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June 2013: American Energy Independence

Five amazing, clean technologies that will set us free, in this month's energy-focused issue. Also: how to build a better bomb detector, the robotic toys that are raising your children, a human catapult, the world's smallest arcade, and much more.