BAE Systems has signed a $38 million agreement with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory regarding the joint development of miniature robots for military use. The robots will be developed by a multi-disciplined alliance of scientists and researchers from the army ...
Camera âSeesâ Under Clothes
A British company has developed a camera that can detect weapons, drugs, and explosives hidden under peopleâs clothes from a distance of up to 25 meters. This new device may prove to be a major breakthrough for the security industry, ...
Bat-Inspired Spy Plane
Scientists at the University of Michigan College of Engineering are developing a six-inch robotic spy plane, modeled after a bat. Its purpose is gathering data such as sights, sounds, and smells in urban combat zones and transmitting the information back ...
U.S. Successfully Destroys Satellite
âAt 10:26 p.m. EST today, a U.S. Navy AEGIS warship, the USS Lake Erie, fired a single modified tactical Standard Missile-3, hitting the satellite approximately 247 kilometers (133 nautical miles) over the Pacific Ocean as it traveled in space at ...
Power Through Movement Technology
The Idaho based Company Motion 2 Energy has recently developed a system capable of channeling the energy created by movement into electric energy. The motion required for generating the energy can be either human or vehicular, and the electric energy ...
T-Ray Scanner to Protect Airports, Detect Cancer
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energyâs Argonne National Laboratory, in collaboration with colleagues in Turkey and Japan, have created a compact device that may serve as a basis for developing a portable, battery-operated source of terahertz radiation, known as ...
360-Degrees Panoramic System for the âBig Boysâ
The Israeli company ODF Optronics has developed a new system for armored vehicles, which provides users inside the vehicle with full panoramic view of the outside environment. The âOmni-Directional Reconnaissanceâ (ODR) device makes the hazardous task of sweeping the surroundings ...
POV.1 â Video Camera with a Twist
The Michigan based company V.I.O has developed a durable, waterproof, dustproof and shock resistant video camera, called POV. 1. The camera head can be attached almost anywhere and in addition to DVD-quality recording enables on-the-go editing and on-line sharing of ...
Micro Phased Array for Rapid Data Transfer
Electrical engineers at the University of California in San Diego (UCSD) have developed the worldâs most complex âphased arrayâ â or radio frequency integrated circuit. Funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), this device is expected to find ...
TCUAV â An Unmanned Aerial Surveillance System
âPlanum Visionâ, an Israeli company specializing in security systems, has developed the TCUAV â Train Cable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The company claims their UAV has better surveillance capabilities due to its ability to oversee broader areas from different angles at ...