The threat came late last week after a Turkish court banned media coverage of a police raid on Turkish Intelligence agency trucks,
Prior to the ban, Turkish news outlet Birgun had tweeted images of documents that allegedly showed the convoy had been carrying weapons destined for extremists fighting against the forces of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
#Will Zuckerberg use his Internet-laser drones for good or for evil? According to the International Telecommunications Union more than 50 percent of the world population is currently without Internet access.
While Facebook is looking to send drones#the size of massive passenger planes into orbit to bring Web access to the masses Google is looking at high-altitude balloons
#Smart grenade seeks out bad guys What if grenades could locate threats and detonate all on their own?
A new smart grenade can do just that. With this grenade, soldiers will know with certainty that it will strike its target.
The U s army is developing the SAGM, Small arms Grenade Munitions round. The SAGM is a new kind of grenade that can find an enemy hiding behind an object, a wall or other would-be cover.
This is next-generation enhanced grenade lethality. Why make grenades smart? When enemies take positions behind,
say, low mud walls typical of battle environments like Afghanistan, they can avoid grenade rounds.
In order to most effectively hit a target, soldiers often require a direct line of sight with an M203 rifle-mounted grenade launcher and standard grenades.
A smart grenade could solve this problem. Just like other marttech that can complete tasks without its user providing instructions,
this smart grenade can find its target itself. When the SAGM is fired, the grenade will recognize its surroundings
and the cover used by the enemy for concealment. It then detonates over the target.
The SAGM is an air-bursting grenade and more than doubles the lethality of the current 40-mm grenade against targets that are not directly in a soldier line of sight.
The idea is that the 40 mm low-velocity grenade is compatible with the M203
and M320 rifle-mounted grenade launchers used by the Army. A team at the U s army's Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center at Picatinny Arsenal in New jersey is developing the SAGM,
beginning its research in 2012. ARDEC mission is to develop technology and engineering solutions for America's soldiers.
How does it work? Using an SAGM, a soldier will not need to do any sort of pre-fire programming sequence.
The soldier just needs to accurately aim the weapon and fire--the smart grenade will take care of the rest.
While in the air the SAGM will detect walls, without even relying on a range finder. After it passes the wall,
the SAGM explodes itself in the air above the target. To be truly versatile and effective downrange,
the SAGM will need to be able to detect and process a wide range of objects people may hide behind.
The Army is working on developing a sensor system that will make the SAGM so smart it can do just that.
Theye made the fuze"smart"by including sensors. The sensors and logic devices scan and filter the environment,
detect the obstacle, figure out the best place to detonate and then autonomously airburst the fuze.
The grenade is designed to have three firing modes. The first one is the airburst after it detects the cover where someone is concealed.
The next is a default detonation when it hits the target called oint detonation. The third mode is a self-destruct feature.
This final one is designed to decrease collateral damage and reduce unexploded ordnance left on the battlefield.
The Army has also been developing the XM25 grenade launcher as a direct fire method for these sorts of concealed targets.
This weapon uses an onboard laser system to gauge distance to its target. It has a programmable air burst round that determines the distance to its target.
The SAGM provides indirect fire. What next? SAGM is in its third and final phase of development,
and is expected to undergo evaluation this summer. It is hoped that the smart grenade will become an official Army program of record this year d
#Health insurer Anthem says database of customer employee info hacked Anthem, the second-largest health insurance company in America, said late Wednesday that a database containing personal information of approximately 80 million of its customers
#How drones and insects merged in ways that might surprise you Hornets, wasps and termites are pests to many households in America,
Micro drones on a MAST Mission Is it a wasp? Is it a spider? Is it a fly?
What may look like the average neighborhood pesky critter is actually a tiny drone conducting a military surveillance mission.
The Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology (MAST) program is the Army Research Laboratory collaboration with a number of teams.
and individual soldiers with the capability to conduct surveillance within complex urban environments and difficult terrain significantly increasing their safety.
MAST hopes to produce lots of different microbots that will give Soldiers additional eyes and ears for different environments.
for example, the soldiers could deploy a reconnaissance team of microbots. The robots could penetrate a building undetected,
Tiny Black Hornets join the fight Black Hornet, a state of the art tiny combat drone, reported for duty this year.
Prox Dynamics PD-100 Black Hornet Block II Personal Reconnaissance System is a tiny drone helicopter that can fit into the palm of your hand.
The company says it is the world smallest operational unmanned air system. It may look like a toy remote control helicopter on the wish list of kids young and old,
but it serious combat tech. Black Hornet is sophisticated a very military tool with three cameras tucked into a very small unit a pretty impressive engineering feat.
On missions, the tiny drone can travel about three quarters of a mile and provide real-time live motion video back to the operator.
During deployments in Afghanistan for example, The british Army uses Black Hornet to investigate terrain and locate snipers.
Tiny termite-bot deployment teams Robotic crews that could build new structures On earth or even Mars and without human supervision?
These tiny robot construction crews could be deployed abroad to support humanitarian operations, like helping the Army Corps of Engineers build bridges and refuges.
#US Air force confirms Boeing's electromagnetic pulse weapon For the last few years, the creative minds of Hollywood had outpaced seemingly the reality of technological and scientific advances in the weapons field.
But no longer. Stepping out of the realm of science fiction and into reality is the joint U s. Air force and Boeing electromagnetic pulse weapon,
capable of targeting and destroying electrical systems without the collateral damage often associated with traditional firepower.
this new weapon"is a bomb--but without the bomb.""Known as the"CHAMP, "or Counter-electronics High-powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project, the American military project is an attempt to develop a device with all the power of a nuclear weapon but without the death and destruction to people and infrastructure that such a weapon
causes. Theoretically, the new missile system would pinpoint buildings and knock out their electrical grids, plunging the target into darkness and general disconnectedness.
The project has been in the works for a few years now, and has met with significant success in preliminary trials.
and not cities at large that makes the new weapon so effective, as it would allow military members to cut off electricity supplies to enemy parties while keeping civilians out of the melee.
According to Air force Research Laboratory commander Major general Tom Masiello, CHAMP is"an operational system already in our tactical air force."
"While it appears that the Laboratory has only commissioned five such devices with Boeing, with the Air force's recent confirmation of the weapon's existence,
Military forces have been actively developing next-generation weapons that take warfare well beyond the guns and rockets that populate modern arsenals.
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#Researchers develop special fluorescent ink to reveal counterfeit products One day soon, the simple act of taking a photo with your smartphone could help fight crime,
and prevent you from getting ripped off in the process. With just one snap, you could instantly know
and ink formula. e have introduced a level of complexity not seen before in tools to combat counterfeiters,
Ballet dancer turned defense specialist Allison Barrie has traveled around the world covering the military terrorism, weapons advancements and life on the front line.
You can reach her at wargames@foxnews. com or follow her on Twitter@Allison barrie w
allet dancer turned defense specialist Allison Barrie has traveled around the world covering the military, terrorism, weapons advancements and life on the front line.
Microsoft employee demonstrated it by designing a model of drone with the hand gesture to manipulate tools that were visible to her with the help of headset.
which their research indicated was the protein that triggers the immune response by the Xa21 plant receptor.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United states Air force Office of Scientific research provided funding for the work p
but these drugs have to be administered for long periods of time to successfully trigger cell death and shrink tumors,
and trigger the disease, said Alex Parker, Ph d.,CHUM researcher and associate professor in the department of neuroscience at the University of Montreal.
that system triggers a misguided attack against the worm's own neurons. he worm thinks it has a viral or bacterial infection and launches an immune response.
It's like supplying each cell with its own scuba tank, which it can use to breathe from
or knee osteoarthritis or the severe injuries caused by major trauma, for example in road traffic accidents or war injuries."
It's like supplying each cell with its own scuba tank, which it can use to breathe from
or knee osteoarthritis or the severe injuries caused by major trauma, for example in road traffic accidents or war injuries."
which provides the map to design potent new drugs to fight MERS, "said Dr. Mesecar,
and Médecins sans Frontières. he extraordinary efforts of the team in Guinea and other experts have yielded interim results that suggest a potential role for our rvsv-ZEBOV vaccine in the fight against Ebola disease, Roger
the Walter reed Army Institute of Research, the Canadian Immunization Research Network, and the U s army Medical Research Institute of Infectious diseases.
acting like a chemical and electronic shield, on top of the nanostructures. They also integrated all the metal contacts on the back side of the cell, for added absorption.
Quake Wars. The researchers trialled it on 50 hardcore gamers playing Doom 3, with results that suggest no disadvantage for users of Kahawai versus a standard thin-client (i e.,
#Herpes virus genetically engineered to destroy skin cancer cells A new study has pointed to a chink in the armor of skin cancer cells,
#Ballistic wallpaper to help protect soldiers seeking temporary shelter It sounds like an old Goon Show joke,
but soldiers may one day protect themselves from blasts by wallpapering temporary shelters. It may not be very decorative,
you can still spot obscure windows dating back to the Second world war showing traces of sticky tape that the owners never bothered to strip off.
Britons would crisscross their windows with ordinary tape to keep the glass from turning into flying daggers during bomber attacks.
According to Nick Boone, a research mechanical engineer with the US ARMY Corps of Engineers'Engineer Research and development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Mississippi, soldiers will often take temporary shelter in abandoned buildings made of masonry, brick, cinderblock,
but when struck by an explosive shell or missile, they can collapse into dangerous rubble.
and keeps blast-damaged walls from turning into a hail of flying debris. Boone says that the wallpaper has undergone already blast testing at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and Eglin Air force base,
#Robo-Mate exoskeleton aims to lighten the load for industry The development of powered exoskeletons has so far been restricted largely to the laboratory, the military,
such as the Motorola HC1, Golden-i and the AITT system, which are designed to give industrial workers or military personnel a helping hand in carrying out highly specialized tasks.
Indeed, in the last few years alone we've seen advances that suggest they could find use in generating new heart tissue, fighting off superbugs and the controlled release of anti-inflammatory drugs.
simply by increasing the size of its electrolyte tanks. According to the researchers, the vanadium flow battery works especially well with their hybrid electrode, allowing them to boost the electric current,
Some tools are better left to stand alone rather than Swiss army knife. The Mode:
because they expressed light-sensitive proteins that trigger the release of dopamine. The resulting good feelings led the mice to return to the same point in the maze where they had received the treatment.
lightweight material for military and transportation applications, but Rabiei became curious about its potential in radiation shielding.
which would strip away our atmosphere and surface water and bombard us with radiation if left unchecked.
now that scientists have found the witchthat can turn off triggers that cause the condition in tens of millions of people worldwide.
RTS, S triggers the body immune system to defend against the Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite when it first enters the human host bloodstream or liver. t absolutely an astonishing day,
and reliability $5. 34 billion for Science to continue to lead basic research in the physical sciences $8. 8 billion for weapons activities to ensure a safe, secure,
and sustain nuclear security R&d $1. 9 billion for nuclear nonproliferation to continue to reduce global stocks of weapons-useable nuclear materials $5. 8 billion for environmental management to"address the legal
and moral obligations to clean up the legacy of the Cold war.""Non-energy related budget requests include:
and track bullets throughout hospitals'pneumatic transport tubes with RFID. RFID vs. barcode Despite the progress RFID has made in the hospital setting, the debate over
"Our research found the Pediatric Rothman Index to be a favorable electronic trigger for alerting clinicians to the need for rapid response teams,
and weapons stockpile management. As an LLNL system, Sierra falls under the domain of the NNSA and therefore does not appear in the Office of Science budget.
enables what Project Soli design lead Carste Schwesig calls a undamentally different approachto motion tracking. typical model of the way you think about radar is like a police radar
Under Armour chief revenue officer of digital Jason Larose said in the blog post. oogle technology solutions help us innovate. interest last month dove into e-commerce with insthat let iphone
Voxel8's printer is designed to do more than just print tiny drones. The company will also be releasing new printing materials in order to try its hand at printing resistors, sensors and, for future models of its printer, even lithium-ion batteries.
The first ones were designed for soldiers, who routinely suffer from chronic back, hip and knee complaints from shouldering 135-pound (61 kg) packs on their backs all day,
Frustrated with a lack of international action to address climate change and shrink nuclear arsenals, they decided today (Jan 22) to push the minute hand of their iconic"Doomsday Clock"to 11:57 p m. It's the first time the clock hands have moved in three years;
and slow efforts to get rid of nuclear weapons.""We are not saying it is too late to take action
Sharon Squassoni, another board member and director of the Proliferation Prevention Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said nuclear disarmament efforts have"ground to a halt"and many nations are expanding, not scaling
India plans to expand its nuclear submarine fleet, and Pakistan has started reportedly operating a third plutonium reactor,
"The risk from nuclear weapons is not that someone is going to press the button, but the existence of these weapons costs a lot of time, effort and money to keep them secure,
"Squassoni said, adding that there have been troubling safety discrepancies reported in recent years at power plants.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was founded in 1945 by scientists who created the atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan project
. after both the United states and the Soviet union conducted their first tests of the hydrogen bomb. The clock's hands were pushed all the way back to 11:43 p m.,17 minutes to midnight, in December 1991,
which at the time, seemed like a promising move toward nuclear disarmament t
#Greased Lightning! NASA Drone Advances Unmanned Craft A huge, 10-engine drone dubbed"Greased Lightning"successfully completed a series of flight tests recently,
paving the way for new types of unmanned vehicles that could one day carry people. Earlier this spring, NASA ENGINEERS flew the so-called GL-10 (the"GL"stands for"Greased Lightning")prototype drone at a military base located about two hours away from the agency's Langley Research center In virginia.
GL-10 has a 10-foot-long (3 meters) wingspan and 10 engines: eight on the wings and two on the tail.
The 62-lb. 28 kilograms) drone can take off vertically like a helicopter, but in the air it flies more like an airplane.
Future versions of the drone could be used for a variety of applications, the researchers said."
"Over the course of five flight tests, the drone was able to take off and hover like a helicopter,
Now, the researchers are examining ways to make the drone more aerodynamically efficient, Fredericks said.
The GL-10 drone is the latest in a series of prototypes used to develop the concept.
NASA describes the drone as quieter than a neighbor using a gas-powered-motor lawn mower in the yard next door.
NASA ENGINEERS will continue to tweak the design of the GL-10 drone, according to agency officials,
when they expect the drone could be ready for use in the field f
#Bionic Arm Taps New Part of Brain for Natural Moves Mind-controlled prosthetic limbs have been a reality for a few years,
particularly for new therapies to combat motor neuron disease. Here we show direct optogenetic stimulation of skeletal muscle from transgenic mice expressing the light-sensitive channel Channelrhodopsin-2 (Chr2.
known best for nuclear weapons research, has developed a surface sampling probe that may replace professional pathologists in identifying cancerous tissue during surgeries.
preventing most therapeutic compounds from crossing its barricades. To get around this challenge and to be able to treat a variety of neurological conditions,
data center servers and the specialized computers that direct autonomous cars and drones with collision detection. Eventually, the technology could reach home computers
Treating the surface of medical devices would have a greater impact on patients considered at high risk of infection such as trauma victims from road traffic collisions or combat operations,
This wave range also has great application for the soldiers in the military who rely on infrared thermal imaging technology and for flexible night vision glasses.
In XAS, a beam of x-rays bombards the catalyst sample and deposits energy as it passes through the micro-reactor.
#Environmentally friendly lignin nanoparticle'greens'silver nanobullet to battle bacteria Researchers have developed an effective and environmentally benign method to combat bacteria by engineering nanoscale particles that add the antimicrobial potency of silver to a core of lignin,
#Environmentally friendly lignin nanoparticle'greens'silver nanobullet to battle bacteria Researchers have developed an effective and environmentally benign method to combat bacteria by engineering nanoscale particles that add the antimicrobial potency of silver to a core of lignin,
The Air force Office of Scientific research and the Robert A. Welch Foundation supported the research.#####About Rice Universitylocated on a 300-acre forested campus in Houston, Rice university is ranked consistently among the nation's top 20 universities by U s. News & World Report.
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"These international collaborations are vital to achieving this calibre of work, and the possibility of combining cutting-edge photoelectron spectroscopies with state-of-the-art ultrafast techniques will be an exciting new avenue in UBC's research portfolio as our capacities grow."#
Silicon photonics could significantly increase the power and speed of machines such as supercomputers, data center servers and the specialized computers that direct autonomous cars and drones with collision detection.
Conventional materials used today to shield from incoming electromagnetic waves tend to be sheets of metal or composites,
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and the Air force Office of Scientific research (AFOSR) Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI) program (FA9550-14-1-0389.
The U s. Deparment of Energy, Air force Office of Scientific research and the Moore Foundation funded the work.
In XAS, a beam of x-rays bombards the catalyst sample and deposits energy as it passes through the micro-reactor.
New technique combines electron microscopy and synchrotron X-rays to track chemical reactions under real operating conditions June 29th, 2015buckle up for fast ionic conduction June 16th, 2015a protective shield for sensitive catalysts:
"##Guo focuses much of his work on the use of ribonucleic acid (RNA) nanoparticles and a viral nanomotor to fight cancer, viral infections and genetic diseases.
#Environmentally friendly lignin nanoparticle'greens'silver nanobullet to battle bacteria Abstract: Silver nanoparticles have antibacterial properties,
#Nanospheres shield chemo drugs, safely release high doses in response to tumor secretions Scientists have designed nanoparticles that release drugs in the presence of a class of proteins that enable cancers to metastasize.
and training the body's own immune system to better fight cancer and infection. Now, results of a study led by Johns Hopkins investigators suggests that a device composed of a magnetic column paired with custom-made magnetic nanoparticles may hold a key to bringing immunotherapy into widespread and successful clinical use.
and rapidly multiplying immune system white blood cells known as T cells because of their potential as an effective weapon against cancer,
awaiting instructions about which specific invader to target and battle. The aapcs bind to specialized receptors on the T cells'surfaces
2015nanocrystalline Thin-film Solar cells July 15th, 2015better memory with faster lasers July 14th, 2015cancer Nanospheres shield chemo drugs,
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"The research, supported by the Office of Naval Research and the Air force Office of Scientific research, was reported July 14 in the journal Advanced Energy Materials.
data center servers and the specialized computers that direct autonomous cars and drones with collision detection. Eventually, the technology could reach home computers
Such vaccines, created by reprogramming a patients own immune cells to fight invaders, hold great promise for treating cancer and other diseases.
Treating the surface of medical devices would have a greater impact on patients considered at high risk of infection such as trauma victims from road traffic collisions or combat operations,
A Universal Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Substrate for All Excitation Wavelengths"),the photonics advancement aims to improve our ability to detect trace amounts of molecules in diseases, chemical warfare agents, fraudulent
And it could aid in the detection of chemical weapons s
#Exciton, exciton on the wall Researchers have observed, in metals for the first time, transient excitons the primary response of free electrons to light.
#Engineers develop state-by-state plan to convert US to 100 percent renewable energy (Nanowerk News) One potential way to combat ongoing climate change,
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#Sensors and drones: hi-tech sentinels for crops (Nanowerk News) Sensors and drones can be among the farmers'best friends,
helping them to use less fertilizers and water, and to control the general condition of their crops.
and specialized in the use of drones for agriculture: They contribute to the early detection of diseases that affect grapevines,
This is made possible by drones which carry small cameras able to take near infrared images of crops.
because drones normally swing while flying. A software program builds a mosaic made up of hundreds of images,
or proteins that could be targeted by drugs, eventually leading to new medicines to fight cancer r
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