A team of scientists from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a system which uses fiber-optic laser-based sensor that automatically corrects minute barrel disruptions and allows snipers to score bullâs-eye more easily. A laboratory prototype of Oak Ridge National Laboratoryâs ...
The Fastest Bullet Train in Japan
Japanese company Kawasaki Heavy Industries recently announced the development of the countryâs fastest high speed train. Named the âEnvironmentally Friendly Super Express Trainâ (efSET), the modern marvel will propel passengers along at 350 kilometers per hour, besting the record-holding Shinkansenâs ...
Gun Stops Bullets in Mid-Air
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have built a âcoilgunâ that works in reverse, stopping atom-sized and molecule-sized âbulletsâ in mid-flight. Coilguns have been a standard feature in science fiction books and movies, and decades of military research ...