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Stimulant use has long been commonplace in the military, from Incans given coca leaves before battles to Allied soldiers using amphetamines during World war Two,

and British, French and US troops using modafinil in more recent conflicts. In his book Mind Wars, Jonathan Moreno describes extensive recent research by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa),

"The military gives them their technological experience, managerial experience and networks,#says Warner.""For the average person, the greatest barrier to being an entrepreneur is'Where the hell do I start?

That's the experience the army gives them. It's understanding how you actually build a product,

which is the same as managing a project in the army.##Big data pioneersinside the HQ of the Mamram, the Israel Defence forces (IDF) technical support unit in nearby Ramat Gan, computer training course commander Capt.

H (her full name is classified) says new recruits on a six-month intensive programming course study from dawn till night

a commercial shared workspace just off Rothschild, says the results of the military training are obvious."

"Some of the military units work like a civilian organisation, says Marian. They encourage entrepreneurship, the feeling that if you come up with a good idea that answers a real need of that unit's mission,

The founders of Waze received their technical training in Israeli military intelligence. The giant Israeli tech firms Nice, Comverse and Check point were created all by Unit 8200 alumni

a website security start-up he#founded with ex-army buddies. A white-hat hacker (one that works for non-malicious motives),

before being headhunted for Matzov, the#army's cybersecurity unit.""Entrepreneurs in Israel are unique, #he says."

because the army is a huge incubator for innovation and entrepreneurship. The army gave us a few million dollars at the age of 18

and asked us to build technology and systems that address problems that only people 10 or 20 years older are dealing with in other parts of the world.

They emerge from military service and three years of studying with zero debt, eager to take a year off to pursue their dreams.

That youthful exuberance, combined with the rigorous military training in technology and project management, has found a natural home among cafes running down the centre of Rothschild.

But as the US military has been gearing up for operations in Syria in response to the Assad regime's alleged use of chemical weapons,

as previous military campaigns have shown, US military commanders often see new conflicts as an opportunity to use recently developed weapons.

In some cases, these offer unique capabilities, such as destroying stockpiles of chemical weapons. Employing exotic new weaponry can also offer the opportunity to demonstrate that the investment of significant sums was spent money well.

Agent Defeat Weaponsthe US military has for many years been working on weapons designed specifically to target sites believed to house weapons of mass destruction, such as chemical or biological weapons.

#The Air force has confirmed it has two such systems in its inventory. The CBU-107 Passive attack weapon (PAW) is essentially a weapon casing packed with thousands of penetrator rods with no explosives.

While Air force officials have argued the highly manoeuvrable aircraft with stealth technology would be useful in dealing with Syria's sophisticated air defence systems and surface-to-air missiles,

if the Air force pushes for it, the F-22 may still get its first outing during the forthcoming conflict.

the Air force has conducted classified work in high power microwaves for years, and some suspect it already has such weapons available.#

Students were exempted from military service attracting a young, artistic and politically radical alternative scene. Since the fall of the Wall in 1989,

Robert Hornik, Assistant Principal at East New york Family Academy in Brooklyn, remembers weekend trips to far-flung corners of New york city to hunt for old desktops from other city agencies like the Police

#Unmasking organised crime networks with data Military software engineers have developed a program that can predict the social structures of street gangs.

That why police forces are keen to discover how these organisations are arranged to map the networks that link individual members.

A team at the West point Military academy in the US state of New york has released just details of a software package it has developed to aid intelligence gathering by police dealing with street gangs.

There are many reasons why this sort of information would be important to the police. The ecosystem structure of a gang can reveal how it operates.

police will often monitor the rival gang more closely because of the likelihood of retaliation. But gangs know this,

Understanding such alliances helps the police stay a step ahead. Mapping highly influential members of a social network has been done many times before for example

But if police can identify him, they can then monitor him more closely. Complex netherworld In developing Orca, Paulo Shakarian, a West point graduate and sometime adviser to the Iraqi National Police,

and his co-workers, have drawn on the large literature about mapping social networks. This body of work which has grown rapidly over the past decade,

Shakarian and his colleagues tested Orca using police data on almost 1, 500 individuals belonging to 18 gangs, collected from 5, 418 arrests in an undisclosed district over three years.

and the police told the West point team that one racial group was known to form more centrally organised gang structures than the other.

they say that they are working with a ajor metropolitan police departmentto test their program

Although some agents tested by the military can provide some protection against radiation sickness when taken prior to radiation exposure,

if that is an army corps of engineer levee or that's an actual local levee that is felt in that parish.

The country's military has long been credited with helping to fuel the thriving tech industry.

while serving in the Israel Defense forces, soldiers, especially those in intelligence units, can also build the networks they need--be it access to potential investors

a technology incubator. sking an Arab guy about high-tech entrepreneurship is like asking how to serve in the Israeli military.

So could soldiers someday print and assemble missiles on the spot, in the same way that artillery crews custom-load their rounds or weapons handlers mount guidance kits on some types of bombs?

Mccarroll said that still a ways off. efore a warfighter can print a missile in the field,

as Ankara deployed military force for the first time against the terrorist group. Official Turkish sources confirmed Turkish F-16 warplanes based in Diyarbakir,

The Turkish air force said that PKK training facilities, shelters and antiaircraft batteries were targeted in the five camps.

In a coordinated move, Turkish police have been rounding up hundreds of suspected Kurdish fighters in cities

Turkish police fired water cannon and teargas to disperse about 1, 000 demonstrators who had gathered in the capital Ankara to protest against military strikes in Syria and northern Iraq.

Turkey is also to allow the US-led coalition to use its Incirlik airbase and other bases in the south of the country to conduct strikes against Isis. According to media sources allied combat missions from the base could begin in August.

Additional airbases in the nearby cities of Diyarbakir and Batman will be opened to allied planes for emergencies.

Coalition air forces that have been ongoing for almost a year are operating from bases in Cyprus and the Persian gulf

The US military flatly denied reports in the Turkish media that the deal with the US included the establishment of a no-fly zone in northern Syria, a longstanding demand of the Turkish government

the Kurdish fighters group operating against ISIS inside northern Syria. he conclusion of an agreement between Turkey and the U s.-led anti-ISIS coalition to open Turkish airbases for coalition aircraft conducting

Lithuania and Ukraine have agreed to establish an international brigade manned with units from the three armies,

The brigade will be manned with 4, 500 soldiers from the three member states; its structure will follow the combat groups in other European armies,

will be established and become operational within a year. Headquartered in Lublin, Poland the brigade will command three infantry battalions one from each country-to be based in each of the member countries,

along with support elements. The brigade is expected to conduct its first exercise this year. An agreement on its creation was signed on November 16,

and methodologies into the Ukrainian military, paving the way to closer integration of NATO standards.

and water heaters sprouting from government buildings hospitals police stations bus shelters as well as thousands of gaily colored private homes throughout the Caribbean island.

and military have expressed their interest and have confirmed the need for a modular platform, with a number of them having placed pre-orders for Crossfirepro.

*In New jersey, Trinity Solar LLC installed solar panels at housing units at Joint Military Base Mcguire-Dix-Lakehurst in Burlington County,

Lieutenant Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for a similar green bank initiative and suggested that proceeds from California cap

Police can drive through cities and search for"meth labs"and marijuana operations. Chemical weapons can be detected earlier than it was the case with other systems.

"We are now waiting (for) permission to borrow the printer (from the military), "Dini says."

or by medics in the military we expect this technology could reduce the number of deaths from excessive bleeding##says Ashley Brown a research scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technologyâ

About one micron in diameter the particles were developed originally to be used on the battlefield by wounded soldiers who might self-administer them using a device about the size of a smartphone.

In addition to possibly improving hearing aids, the device could have military and defense applications as well. In dark environments, for instance, where visual cues are not available

The National Science Foundation, Phd scholarships from Brazil and the US Department of defense, the Office of Naval Research, the National Geospatial-Intelligence agency, the Army Research Office,

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#Compound discovery may calm chronic pain When wee injured, a diverse mixture of chemicals is released,

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency and the Air force Office of Scientific research supported the work which is described in the journal Nature Physics.

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It s an achievement that could pave the way for the technology s use in military

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Although not yet comparable to a professionally edited video it can help people quickly review a long video of an event a security camera feed or video from a police cruiser's windshield camera.

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The Robert Welch Foundation the US Air force Office of Scientific research and the Office of Naval Research Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative supported the research

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#Extra-hairy microbes make biodiesel sustainable With the help of Geobacter microbes, biodiesel plants may be able to stop creating hazardous wastes

#Car paint with graphene gets ice off radar domes Rice university rightoriginal Studyposted by Mike Williams-Rice on December 18 2013ribbons of ultrathin graphene combined with polyurethane paint meant for cars can keep ice off of sensitive military

and can be sprayed on to heat any kind of surface. he Lockheed martin Corp. through the LANCER IV program the Air force Office of Scientific research

The US Air force Office of Scientific research Army Research Office and the National Science Foundation partially funded the research.

It'#going to show the world that inside of coal are these very interesting structures that have real value. he Air force Office of Scientific research

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#Tunable antenna could end annoying dropped calls Cornell University rightoriginal Studyposted by Anne Ju-Cornell on October 22 2013.

and how to push its performance even further. t is clear that we have discovered a killer materialschlom says ut it is likely that even better tunable dielectrics can be found using our approach. he Army Research Office

There are also military and law enforcement applications. For example drug smugglers recently have deployed makeshift submarines to clandestinely ferry narcotics long distances underwater.

The Air force Research Laboratory through the University Technology Corp. the Office of Naval Research MURI graphene program and the Air force Office of Scientific research MURI program supported the research.

which was supported by Army Research Office the Office of Naval Research the Welch Foundation the Korean Institute of Machinery and Materials the National Science Foundation Oak ridge National Laboratory and the Department of energy.

and the Army Research Office through the Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies at Caltech supported the research.

#The National Science Foundation the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation the Air force Office of Scientific research and the Kavli Nanoscience Institute at Caltech supported the work.

That area of the ocean is also the site of military training and testing exercises that involve loud mid-frequency sonar signals.

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#Plankton fossils found in 3 billion-year-old rocks Researchers say they ve discovered microfossils of plankton in 3 billion-year-old rocks.

#The military) asks for a Batman airplane a super-duper aircraft that could do everything.

Governments businesses and militaries could use VR to better prepare people for their jobs. Pilots could have the most realistic simulators they've ever flown beginner repair technicians could get hands-on experience without damaging expensive equipment

and soldiers could simulate battle without leaving their barracks. Perhaps psychologists could even use it to help patients resolve painful childhood memories.

and local police will no longer be able to use a federal law that allowed the seizure of assets of people for only believing a crime was committed.

and vehicle seizures made by local and state police from the program. Federal agencies shared in the proceeds under the program, called quitable Sharing.

instead it led to local police lining their general funds with cash, cars and other assets seized for dubious reasons.

And since 2001, police have made cash seizures alone worth almost $2. 5 billion from drivers and others without search warrants

Holder announcement limits police ability to use the federal law to make such seizures, but they can still be done under state or local law.

has prompted concern that police and the criminal justice system in Britain are failing to understand the extent of the problem and tackle offenders.

in many cases the police are trained not to recognise and understand the impact of online abuse,

I am not aware of significant levels of reporting to the police, we are determined to support all those affected by coercive and threatening behaviour. o

this prototype New york Police department cruiser looks like almost any other squad car combing the streets of New york city.

prepared in November for Police commissioner Raymond Kelly. The 13-page report describes initiatives ranging from the high-tech (500 officers have received Samsung Rugby smartphones equipped to deliver real-time crime data) to the bureaucratic (new guidelines for recruiting

Jon Shane, a professor in the Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

a police cruiser should give officers information that helps them make better decisions in the field.##

##If you look in the trunk of a police car, we have a lot of things that aren t smart,

Chuck Wexler, executive director at the Police Executive Research Forum, a Washington, D c.-based nonprofit that advises law-enforcement agencies,

But police departments have to be mindful of where tech projects fit into the budget##many of the initiatives need to be updated

The next police commissioner, William Bratton, is likely the official who will decide which NYPD2020 projects move forward

He also will have to be careful about how it all fits into the police department s budget,

but this ll just take a few minutes,##then soldiers on. They go back and forth for several minutes before the telemarketer successfully pushes him down the sales funnel to a specialist who will set up an in-home visit.

The Woking-based firm s chief designer Frank Stephenson told#The Sunday Times#that the system was already being used by the military.

It took a lot of effort to get this out of a source in the military. I asked why you don t see wipers on some aircraft on

#Google s new robot army Wildcat Google has purchased Boston Dynamics, the#lab of scientists#behind some of the most awesomely scary robots you have seen ever.

The deal gave Google an army of jaw-droppingly capable robots that can walk, run,

Originally designed to haul soldiers gear in terrain too challenging for traditional vehicles, Boston Dynamics upped the ante this year by#giving Big Dog a burly articulated arm.

This rolling and jumping bot could help soldiers and rescue workers get a look inside buildings and compounds from a safe distance away.

including the helmet displays the US Air force has deployed in the F-16 and A-10. The company s consumer plans have been a little later to the game,

Israeli hacking school that trains corporate cyber warriors Trainees work in front of their computers at the##Cyber Gym##center.

##We re a group of professionals from the army, security services and (straight) from university,##said an instructor who called himself##Mister

##Lieutenant general Benny Gantz told a security conference in October. Around the same time, the Israeli security services reportedly thwarted a cyber attack

The technology has piqued the interest of the military and police, reports the#BBC. In demonstrations seen by the BBC, a car drove towards the device at about 15mph (24km/h). As the vehicle entered the range of the RF Safe-Stop,

#even though the police never caught them. Boyadjis said the privacy debate is ongoing but feels the data belongs to car owners,

He isn t particularly excited about the possibility of a version of his jellyfish being used by the military,

It has already been put to work by British infantrymen in Afghanistan, scouting possible routes for enemy ambushes or secretively flying over enemy compound walls for a look inside.

are meant for a soldier s personal use, not unlike a walkie talkie, and is similarly easy to operate.

When soldiers try to plug in the robots for recharging, they sometimes get shot by snipers.

Doing it wirelessly would reduce the danger. In the medical world, patients with heart pumps have to have electric wires running out of their bodies,

Lockheed martin showcased developments in their surveillance technology called SPAN (Self-Powered Ad hoc Network) at the annual AUSA Army meeting in Washington, D c. last week.

Submissions ranged from self-filling water bottles, to extreme dehumidification, to a large-scale water sources for greenhouse drip irrigation, to emergency water for lifeboats, to self-filling canteens for the military,

and every soldier, sailor, and construction worker to have within arm reach at any given moment?

The situation is so dire that in late June the White house gave a new task force just 180 days to devise a coping strategy to protect bees and other pollinators.

and many more military, immigration, territorial, and Indian Country#facilities. Compared to the rest of the world,

But police scrutiny often falls most heavily on people of color nonetheless.##In New york city alone, officers#carried out#nearly 700,000 stop

and other mental health problems through an assortment of real-time sensors (she was developed to help treat PTSD in soldiers

The company also recently began working on a project funded by the U s. military to make batteries for sensors that would monitor the health status of soldiers.

some security companies in South africa and outside South africa, some police units outside South africa and a number of other industrial customers.

and by removing the police on foot, using nonlethal technology, I believe that everyone will be much safer.

but local police were also among the casualties. Mr Kieser noted that Lonmin was not the customer in question.

They argue that we should not let computers replace positions such as law makers, judges, or police officers.

as if you were piloting an Air force jet and then aim your weapon where it tells you to.

Video)##Apparently not satisfied with giving you the instant equivalent of military sniper training, the folks at Trackingpoint#have whipped just up another super power for you:

or behind cover and still have all the#precision#of a trained sniper. Unless you re out there stalking things with Spider-man s sixth sense for danger, your prey doesn t stand a chance.

a high school physics, has a class full of warriors, mages, and healers. Warriors get to eat in class,

mages can teleport out of a lecture, and healers can ask if an exam answer is correct.

Some kids also used the warrior s power to eat in class as an excuse to bring in a chocolate fondue.

#U s. military wants to teach robots how to make moral and ethical decisions How do you code something as abstract as moral logic into a bunch of transistors?

The United states military prohibits lethal fully autonomous robots. And semi-autonomous robots can elect and engage individual targets

the military is rapidly creating systems that will need to make moral decisions, AI researcher Steven Omohundro told Defense One. uman lives

The military has had always to define he rules of warand this technology is likely to increase the stakes for that. ee talking about putting robots in more and more contexts in

but I am convinced that they can perform more ethically than human soldiers are capable of,

It will follow a human designer idea of ethics. he simple example that has been given to the press about scheduling help for wounded soldiers is a good one.

if the military were to extend a system like this for lethal autonomous weapons weapons where the decision to kill is delegated to a machine;

Moving away from that reliance would free the military from fuel shortages and fluctuations in price. t a huge milestone for us, said Vice Adm.

The gasses are turned then into a fuel by a gas-to-liquids process with the help of catalytic converters. or us in the military, in the Navy,

This research was supported by Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative grants from the Office of Naval Research and from the Army Research Office.

As the science advances, it becoming increasingly possible to dispatch robots into war zones alongside or instead of human soldiers.

or tested by national militaries are, for now, more like robotic weapons than robotic soldiers.

Still, the line between useful weapons with some automated features and robot soldiers ready to kill can be disturbingly blurry.

In January, the Army successfully tested a robotic self-driving convoy that would reduce the number of personnel exposed to roadside explosives in war zones like Iraq and Afghanistan.

soldiers control them remotely. The U s. and Germany possess robots that automatically target and destroy incoming mortar fire.

On some of its Navy cruisers, the U s. also operates Phalanx, a stationary system that can track

The Army is testing a gun-mounted ground vehicle, MAARS, that can fire on targets autonomously.

Sharkey noted that warrior robots would do battle with other warrior robots equipped with algorithms designed by an enemy army. f you have two competing algorithms

Competing robot armies could destroy cities as their algorithms exponentially escalated, Sharkey said. An even likelier outcome would be that human enemies would target the weaknesses of the robotsalgorithms to produce undesirable outcomes.

The militaries developing warfighting robots are assuming this model and starting with limited functions and use cases.

Pointwise director of applied research. hat we are releasing today for production use is the result of a multi-year research effort Pointwise conducted with funding from the U s. Air force Arnold Engineering Development Complex,

Air force Materiel Command. That research was followed by a full year of fine-tuning in preparation for release to all our customers.

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