This high pressure is generated by very tightly packed DNA inside the virus. The pressure serves as a trigger that enables the virus to eject its DNA into a cell in the host organism.
#Researchers develop harder ceramic for armor windows The Department of defense needs materials for armor windows that provide essential protection for both personnel
To meet that need scientists at the U s. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have developed a method to fabricate nanocrystalline spinel that is 50%harder than the current spinel armor materials used in military vehicles.
This harder spinel offers the potential for better armor windows in military vehicles which would give personnel and equipment such as sensors improved protection along with other benefits.
In current applications spinel and sapphire (which is also very hard) are used to create materials for military armor windows.
The armor material used by the military needs to be transparent so that both equipment and personnel can see.
Beyond the use for a harder spinel in armor windows there could be other potential Dod and civilian applications in better/stronger office windows smartphones and tablets screens military/civilian vehicles
However it developed impressive armor back home in Eurasia and to the small North american fish who would normally eat it Bythotrephes is armed a fully pincushion.
Drain all water from bilge live wells ballast tanks etc. before leaving. Dry everything thoroughly before you put your gear in another lake.
The primary highway for invasive aquatic species the ballast tanks of oceangoing vessels entering the Great lakes is still open.
folded or even penetrated by bullets without failing. This should improve both safety and durability,
and protected by a semisoft shield created with a 3-D printer. The design builds from previous work of co-author and chemist George Whitesides, the Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor at Harvard.
Greenhouse robots are generally small wheeled vehicles that carry a tank of pesticide, a sprayer to distribute the liquid,
#So here is my list of bullet points on what the Obama administration is trying to accomplish:
The project was funded by DARPA, the Joint Improvised Explosive device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) and the U s army's Rapid Equipping Force.
along with GPS sensors to detect permanent ground movement due to the motion of the geological fault that triggers the earthquake.
Fueloyal is unique in that you don have to modify the tank in order to gather the data.
Now by typing#you trigger Chatgrape s smart autocomplete that allows you to add attach
Administrators can also set up triggers with a scheduler tool so that when certain conditions are met, the system will automatically run a predefined set of commands.
#Are Drones A Fad Or Here For good? Drones are seen no longer just as a tool of the military
or a toy that people use to fly around. Theye becoming accepted as a tool that businesses can deploy,
and every day more and more companies are being created to build drone prototypes and software to help them fly,
This is the golden age of drones, and it is just taking off. Take consumer perception roneis a household word.
Check out the number of drone videos on Youtube (827 000). ) According to Frost and Sullivan, an aerospace research firm,
over 200,000 drones were sold each month in 2014. Parrot, a french drone maker, reported sales of over $47 million in drones in 2013.
Whether we like it or not, we are going to be seeing more drones in the sky and on the news,
and they will get cheaper, faster and more reliable. Here, I want to go into some reasons why
I think drones are not just a fad but are here to stay. The Trend of Drones in Industry While still not commonplace
drones are beginning to appear in many different industry settings, where their ease of use and huge costs savings over traditional methods,
it makes it a no brainer for companies. Construction companies are not always first movers when it comes to new technology,
but when it comes to drones, they have taken really a liking to them. Companies like Bouygues, Balfour Beatty and Webcor are using drones to map construction sites.
They are employing drones made by Skycatch, which recently made a deal with Japan Komatsu to enable driverless bulldozers to take instructions from unmanned drones.
You may not have known it but youe probably already seen a lot of footage taken by drones on TV.
Big brands like Walmart, BMW and Nike have taken videos using drones. Video production companies have been very quick to use drones to get difficult-to-reach shots.
Modern drones now use steady-cam like gimbals to make videos look super smooth. As drones get more sophisticated,
expect to see more drone-made movies. Farmers are increasingly using drones to monitor crop health and gauge growth patterns.
This is a job well-suited to drones, as previously helicopters would have had to do this job,
at great expense. Companies like Precision Hawk are developing software and hardware that automatically measures the height of crops
and detect weeds, and they can even count plants. These kinds of drones are using fixed wings,
which mean they can stay in the air for much longer, and capture a lot more data than a DJI-like quadcopter.
Jay Bregman, the former CEO of Hailo, is verified developing database of drones, that will allow people to know where you can
and cannot fly a drone. Saving Lives Many of you will have seen the defibrillator drone which is still an idea,
but could be a reality very soon. These kinds of drones could be useful for cities with dense traffic.
A drone like this could fly across heavy traffic and deliver lifesaving equipment in under three minutes.
For places with no roads to speak of, companies like Matternet are creating drones that will deliver medicine.
Then there are drones that will deliver life vests to drowning victims, or when a life guard can get to a person on time.
The average human takes 90 seconds to reach and save a drowning victim who is 75 meters from the beach.
It takes a drone 22 seconds. Why send a human into a blazing inferno when you can send a robot?
Drone America, a company based in Reno, Nev. recently unveiled a drone that can capture heat signatures,
analyze the chemical, biological, and radiological threats before someone actually gets to the fire. Police have been buying up drones for years now,
as the cost of running helicopters is compared very high to sending up a drone for a short period of time.
Whatever you think about the surveillance state, drones will continue to be used by law enforcement and security forces.
Transportation The idea of a drone taking you to work is still a Jetsons kind of idea,
but there one company in Santa cruz, Calif.,that plans to kill your commute. Joby Aviation is building an ambitious aircraft:
A personal craft that can lift off vertically, fly 200 miles and land vertically, all on battery power.
While still several years away, the technology this company is developing could pave the way for new advances in personal transportation.
I took a visit to their HQ and was blown away by the work theye doing on VTOL technology,
Some people think that drones could be the next trend in personal transportation. While this is some ways off,
The promise of personal drones is one where youl jump into some kind of craft from your rooftop,
Think about the huge opportunity of drones in the future, and what kind of software and hardware will have to be developed to manage that growth.
There are very few companies out there today creating software to make drones safer. What about systems to manage where drones can
and cannot legally go? How will we know who owns a drone when the next one crashes into a famous person lawn?
There is no equivalent of the DMV for drones yet, or safety belts or airbags. Drones could spur demand for lighter batteries or a different kind of power source.
Drones need to see where they are going and avoid obstacles, and software is going to have to be built to make all of these dreams a reality.
There are so many great applications for drones, we haven even begun to scratch the surface. Whatever happens, drones are here to stay p
#Duke Researchers Create Artificial Human Muscles As a representative of M. U s c. L. E, . I find artificial muscles a bit unseemly.
However, researchers at Duke university have been able to grow their own twitching tissue, a first that could allow researchers to test drugs on working muscle without damaging a live host.
From the release:##In a laboratory first, Duke researchers have grown human skeletal muscle that contracts and responds just like native tissue to external stimuli such as electrical pulses,
#With Skyspecs#Guardians The Drones Have Become Self-Aware Skyspecs has solved the biggest problem with drones:
With the company first product launching today at Techcrunch Hardware Battlefield 2015 drones become aware of their surroundings
If a person walks towards the spinning blades of death the drone will casually back out of the way.
If there is a tree in the way the drone will avoid it. Best of all this system works with existing drone platforms.
Skyspecsteam has been building drones for six years and and individuals in the company come from teams that won the 2012 international aerial competition
and the prestigious DARPA sponsored AGICCOMPETITION. These guys know drones. Guardian is the company initial product
and they tell me it the first product to offer this sort of capability. It works as advertised
While demoing in Hardware Battlefield at CES 2015 the drone swiftly moved out of the way of a person walking towards the blades.
Guardian drones will be able to avoid say spinning blades on windmills or utility lines. Cofounder Thomas Brady tells me that the founders of the company were previously part of both volunteer and doctoral research in ground sea and air robotics.
me that they are jumping the gun somewhat on it. uppert is not alone in his concerns either.
AOPTIX originally developed its laser technology for the Pentagon, designing systems that actively steer laser beams to keep data moving between ground stations, drones, and fighter jets.
#Police in California and Texas Test Networked Guns When a police officer draws a firearm he
or she often doesn have an opportunity to radio for backup. Yardarm, a California-based company, is building technology that will automatically alert headquarters in such situations.
The company makes a chip that goes into the handle of a regular firearm and transmits data over a cellphone network connection.
The data transmitted includes the location of a gun and whether it has been discharged unholstered or.
which a gun is pointing. The data can be fed to a police dispatch system or viewed on a smartphone.
Yardarm started out making a consumer product for monitoring a firearm location. But since many American gun owners object to technology or policies aimed at regulating firearms,
it did not find many customers. ou have a social demand for smart gun technology,
but not necessarily a market demand, says Jim Schaff, Yardarm vice president of marketing. s a consumer product,
Gun owners didn flock to Yardarm, but law enforcement remained interested. Technology that tracks officersaction is slowly gaining acceptance as police chiefs
The gun industry is gradually taking notice of these trends. The gunmaker Beretta already offers the
a sensor that goes on the front of the gun and captures data on the weapon use.
which makes a gun that delivers a nonlethal electric shock, also sells head-worn cameras to help police
which a gun was fired, but Schaff says this aspect of the technology needs to be improved.
And though others have worked on carbon composites that can respond to a specific stimulus such as heat Cros says in the new approach the carbon composites can be paired with a variety of shape-shifting materials that respond to different environmental triggers.
This makes it possible to choose a specific trigger that won t be accidentally set off in the wrong conditions such as a hot day he says.
Some engineers for instance have used the idea of grid cells as inspiration for new algorithms to control robots or autonomous submarines.
hydrogen will always require bigger tanks. So finding ways to store more of it is a huge challenge.
Early versions of the instrument called the Minion have been reaching scientific labs over the past few months after long delays (see 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2012:
The Minion is the result of some very high-stakes R&d by Oxford a 200-person company that s long has had its eye on the expanding market for high-speed DNA sequencers.
It took another 25 years before the Minion was developed. That's because the technical problems were so daunting.
And how could you pull the string of DNA letters through the pore suspended in a layer one-100000th as thick as a hair much less at a rate of 30 letters a second as the Minion does?
When it first announced the Minion in 2012 expectations soared off the charts (see Why a Portable DNA Device Could Yield Better Data.
While both he and Deamer have extensive financial ties to Oxford they say it s obvious to everyone that the Minion is just the start.
Never mind that no one knew how to make a drug that could trigger RNAI. In fact that challenge would bedevil the researchers for the better part of a decade.
and new airborne drones are providing farmers with high-resolution sensing ability (see gricultural Drones, although drone services can yet be offered commercially in the United states. Mike Schmitt, a professor in the Department of Soil, Water,
and Climate at the University of Minnesota, who has no ties to the startup, says the robot is great additional tool to put in the nutrient management technology toolkit.
Because of its scratch-proof properties, it has long been used for making LEDS, sensors on missiles,
Also, the technology could be used to create weapons that destroy agricultural crops or create super pests.
Google aims to change that by creating search results that take you somewhere specific within an app or trigger a function like playing music by a specific artist.
because there is enough ammunition in there for future lawsuits. In a dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia said the opinion was uilt on the shakiest of foundations,
and technology that could see wireless broadband delivered by drones or satellite (see acebook Drones Will Battle Google Balloons to Spread Internet Accessand ow Google Could Disrupt Global Internet access by Satellite.
Parikh said that slashing app data use fits into an equally important arm of the project focused on people that can access Internet infrastructure
and experts to explore using drones for that purpose e
#Microsoft s 3-D Audio Gives Virtual Objects a Voice Just as a new generation of virtual reality goggles for video games are about to hit the market,
Others, like China, also bleed companies of intellectual secrets about jet fighters and wind turbines. So pervasive and successful has digital espionage become that in 2012, Keith Alexander,
randomised trial of a so-called oncolytic virus to show success. Cancer scientists predict it will be the first of many in the coming years-adding a new weapon to our arsenal of cancer treatments.
randomised trial of a so-called oncolytic virus to show success. Cancer scientists predict it will be the first of many in the coming years-adding a new weapon to our arsenal of cancer treatments.
#Microsoft's drones to catch mosquitoes and help stop epidemics WASHINGTON: Microsoft researchers are developing autonomous drones that collect mosquitoes to look for early signs that potentially harmful viruses are spreading,
with the goal of preventing disease outbreaks in humans. Project Premonition, launched by American tech company Microsoft,
calls'nature's drones'-mosquitoes-to look for early signs that a particular illness could be on the move.
The team will use drones that can fly the mosquito traps into and out of remote areas in a semi-autonomous way
Microsoft researchers are beginning to develop ways to make the drones even more autonomous, and they are also working with US Federal aviation administration officials on regulatory requirements, according to a post on the company's blog.
Microsoft researchers are developing autonomous drones that collect mosquitoes to look for early signs that potentially harmful viruses are spreading,
calls'nature's drones'-mosquitoes-to look for early signs that a particular illness could be on the move.
The team will use drones that can fly the mosquito traps into and out of remote areas in a semi-autonomous way
Microsoft researchers are beginning to develop ways to make the drones even more autonomous, and they are also working with US Federal aviation administration officials on regulatory requirements, according to a post on the company's blog.
we covered an interesting take on the DIY drone market, a 3d printed drone for scouting hiking trails from above.
After successfully completing their 3d printed prototype thharebot Voyager DLP 3d printer Officially For sale As they head to the reatest Show
with approximately 50 employees, Sensintel will become part of Raytheon Company Missile Systems business. The transaction is expected not to materially impact Raytheon sales or earnings in the first quarter or full year 2015.
Terms of the agreement were disclosed not. ensintel expertise in unmanned aircraft systems solutions makes it a natural fit with Raytheon Advanced Missile Systems product line,
Raytheon Missile Systems president. he acquisition of Sensintel enhances the growth prospects of our UAS business
the Air force Space and Missile Systems Center and the National Reconnaissance Office to work together on Cubesat integration and launch opportunities.
so that it can then be 3d printed in the shape of a gun, staff, wand, bow,
As the trigger is pulled, the Lyter releases a beam to the Lytepuck, which carries the commands to activate the responses as required.
Gold-Plated Cancer Fighters? Then Alex Pronschinske, Ph d.,first author on the paper and a postdoctoral researcher in Sykeslab, suggested that they measure the electrons emitted by the sample without prodding from X-rays in the photoelectron spectrometer.
Yurii Gun'ko, professor at Trinity college and co-director of International Research and Education Centre for Physics of Nanostructures at ITMO University comments on potential applications of the method developed by the group:
Blocking the proteasome prevents this regulated recycling of amino acids and triggers controlled cell death, particularly in fast-dividing cells typical of cancer.
#Applied Nanotech Tests Ballistic, Blast-Resistant Armor Panels with Printed Electronic Antennas Applied Nanotech, Inc. ANI), a PEN Inc. company (PEN), announces successful completion
and test of fiberglass ballistic and blast-resistant armor panels that incorporate printed electronic antennas capable of sending
The armor provides multi-channel communications and advanced active protection for vehicles, ships and buildings.
The multi-function armor eliminates the need for multiple high-profile communications antenna structures on military vehicles
The armor-incased antennas also have jamming capability to block radio signals such as those used to remotely trigger explosives,
including improvised explosive devices (IEDS). Two wideband low-profile antennas have been developed, each capable of carrying signals at multiple frequencies.
Together they provide electronic warfare, jamming and communication capabilities. ANI partners in the program are Armortex, maker of bullet-,blast-and forced entry-resistant products, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville and Villanova University.
The research, supported by a federal Small Business Technology Transfers program (STTR) sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR),
and bullet-resistant fiberglass panel products manufactured by Armortex.""Applied Nanotech and the university partners have made impressive technology strides to create new applications for our existing product line,
but also may help defeat improvised explosive devices and other threats,"says Dr. Aly Fathy, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer engineering at UT Knoxville."
Additionally the DT7837 is equipped fully to do many vibration tasks by including a 24-bit stimulus output tachometer general-purpose Digital I/O external trigger functions and counter/timers.
while a sharper image would show that the object is a shovel rather than a rifle hugely important
where mock weapons and explosives were smuggled through airports, undetected in 95%of cases. It may also prove useful in discovering concealed goods in the retail industry or for non-destructive monitoring, for example quality control in drugs or food.
"Basically, ethoxzolamide stops TB from deploying its weapons...shutting down its ability to grow inside certain white blood cells in the immune system,
In June 2014, one of Tan hometown newspapers, the Independent, dubbed him ingapore intrepid haze fighter But PM Haze,
a mobile phone has become a key weapon. In the hands of campaigners and victims of abuse, it can provide valuable video evidence of crimes.
"Composite materials are used increasingly in modern airlines, military aircraft and wind turbines. They are very stiff and strong but very light."
Meanwhile, Raytheon has 3d parts on its missiles, while makers of drones are increasingly using them.
And United Launch Alliance-a joint venture between Lockheed martin and Boeing-has the parts on the rockets it sends into space.
"Professor Tarlinton said the discovery would mean researchers could now search for the trigger of Myb production
The Interferon then triggers a large array of defence mechanisms in nearby cells, creating an antiviral state that prevents the dissemination and, ultimately,
while also allowing pdcs to trigger effective antiviral responses. We believe that such interventions during primary infection have the potential to limit the establishment and complexity of viral reservoirs,
1 prevails, it triggers the Akt pathway. In this way, an imbalance in the amount of the two proteins can lead to cell proliferation and cancer formation.
Chemical weapons From airport security detecting explosives to art historians authenticating paintings, society thirst for powerful sensors is growing.
And it could aid in the detection of chemical weapons. The National Science Foundation supported the research in a grant to develop a real-time in vivo biosensing system.
The receptor triggers the cells to send signaling molecules called interferons to initiate a powerful defensive response.
and they decided to collect samples from groundwater at a remediation site in Rifle, Colorado..
Colleagues at the Department of energy Joint Genome Institute shotgun-sequenced the DNA of all the microbes in the filtered sample,
or the induction of mechanical stress all of which can change the properties of a particular hydrogel designed to be responsive to those triggers. hese experimental and theoretical results provide a new conceptual framework for liquid motion confined by soft,
Such investments led to the creation of water sensors and drones which help farmers, like Keith Larrabee, make effective decisions.
including MIT, Under Armour, and Hyatt
#Scientists made a major breakthrough in 3d printed electronics that will keep you from ever drinking spoiled milk again Researchers have used 3d printing to develop a sensor that can be placed inside a carton of milk to detect
It would be great to use autonomous robots for dangerous work--to defuse bombs and clean up nuclear disasters such as the Fukushima event.
The unique tracking technology will let a player use their eyes to control guns and tools, stare to pull up dashboard or information panels,
One leading secrecy expert previously told Dailymail. com that the drone is'very likely'be used to test technologies that will increase spying capabilities of the US.'
'The X-37b space drone, otherwise known as the Orbital Test vehicle, is blasted into orbit by a rocket.
such as superhuman strength and a way of deflecting bullets, but it is a work in progress. Two years ago, the US Special Operations Command (Ussocom) called on scientists to develop a suit reminiscent of the version seen in the Iron man films that uses nanotechnology
and bullets using Kevlar and nanotechnology. The suit would also give people Superman-like powers,
and this is expected to build on work by an MIT professor who is currently developing'liquid armour'.
Once fully developed, the armour could transform from a liquid to a solid in a fraction of a second when under the influence of a magnetic field, or electric current.
#Flawed science triggers U-turn on cholesterol fears For decades they have been blacklisted as foods to avoid, the cause of deadly thickening of the arteries, heart disease and strokes.
climb walls and even transform into a TANK Researchers have unveiled the nearest thing yet to a real-life transformer-a human sized robot that can walk,
climb walls and even turn into a tank to move across tough terrain. The Carnegie mellon University Highly Intelligent Mobile Platform,
or CHIMP, is designed to primarily move like a tank using tracks to cover tough terrain.
CHIMP's normal mode of locomotion will be much like that of a tank, with the tracks of all four limbs on the ground,
Previously bosses had said only they hoped that missile systems would be available for testing in 2020.'
manager of the hypersonic materials development at the Air force Research Laboratory had told Military. com Carrying a small, conventional warhead,
a hypersonic weapon could be used as a stand-off missile, so the military could strike targets at a safe distance without putting pilots and aircraft at risk.'
The Advanced Hypersonic Weapon is part of a program to create a missile that will destroy targets anywhere On earth within hours-travelling at speeds in excess of 3,
including the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept and the Tactical Boost Glide, both of which have scheduled test flights for 2018 or 2019.
It's taking a lot of the lessons learned and the technology and moving to a weapons acquisition.'
'Certainly, the U s. is not the only country involved in developing hypersonic weapons,'Mica Endsley,
With a hypersonic weapon, you could do that same thing in about 30 minutes. You can go great distances at great speeds.'
The sleek, missile-shaped Waverider was released from A b-52 bomber 50,000 feet above the Pacific
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