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    Developing Lasers for the Battlefield

    By Posted on 10.7.2008 16 Comments

    Laser weaponry is a hot topic lately (excuse the pun), especially for those who question the ethics of using them on the battlefield. In late September, the Senate approved a Defense Authorization Bill that would provide new funding for military laser weapons.

    12.1.2008 at 07:11pm - Comment by eeklipzz

    Didn't Tesla invent a death ray? Why don't we have more death rays?

  • Icon A5

    By Posted on 11.11.2008 Comments

    Intended for novice fliers who have received the FAA’s new, more accessible sport-pilot license, the A5 is a low-cost, seaworthy, easy-to-fly, easy-to-store aircraft that aims to bring personal flight to the masses. This sleek floatplane has folding wings that make it compact enough to tow home and stow in your garage. To make it simple for even the greenest pilots to fly, the A5 uses a sports-car-like instrument panel with GPS navigation and minimal instrumentation. The 100-horsepower engine can run on unleaded gas, so it can refuel at most marinas.

    12.1.2008 at 06:57pm - Comment by eeklipzz

    Love it! now let's make it affordable to the middle class.

  • Scaled Composites WhiteKnightTwo

    By Posted on 11.11.2008 Comments

    With the wingspan of a B-29 bomber, the WhiteKnightTwo is the largest all-carbon-fiber aircraft ever built. Its mission is to carry a smaller craft, SpaceShipTwo, and drop it at 48,000 feet, where it will blast off into suborbital space with paying passengers—in 2010, if all goes well. Virgin Galactic’s CEO, Richard Branson, also wants to use WhiteKnightTwo as a low-cost way to launch satellites into orbit. Scaled Composites engineers had to overcome numerous setbacks, including a fatal explosion at the company’s headquarters, to finish the craft.

    12.1.2008 at 06:52pm - Comment by eeklipzz

    Come on folks! Let's get going live with this project? What's the hold up? Do you think that budjet stopped Thomas Edison from just doing it? Did the Egyptions prance around a bunch of great ideas for structure design of the pyrmids... or did they just get'r dun?

  • Ground Bot

    By Posted on 11.25.2008 Comments

    The GroundBot is a spherical sentry designed to roll up to 6 mph through just about anything—mud, sand, snow and even water. Two gyroscopically steadied wide-angle cameras and a suite of sensors give remote operators a real-time, 360-degree view of the landscape, letting them zoom in on prowlers or detect gas leaks, radioactivity and biohazards. Originally invented by Swedish physicists to explore other planets, the GroundBot features a tough design that requires almost no maintenance and can also be programmed to run autonomously.

    12.1.2008 at 06:49pm - Comment by eeklipzz

    Have you ever tried 4x4ing in a pickup with bald tires? yah, I think that this design isn't practical. It will be good for rolling around in the kitchen, but in an actual earth terrain... Yah..... NOPE.



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