If you look at the killing of U k. soldier Lee Rigby for example the problem isn that they have no idea.
and ensure it is fit for purposeripa has been criticized for years for eroding press freedoms and sanctioning disproportionate surveillance by, for instance, enabling police and local councils to spy on journalists.
me that they are jumping the gun somewhat on it. uppert is not alone in his concerns either.
So U k. police and intelligence agencies obtain whatever CCTV footage theye after from the private operator funding a camera in their shop or carpark or driveway or, hey, even that in-home Dropcam or the lens on that life-logging wearable
But today vote remains a victory for the advocates that have been fighting for two years to limit the scope of the NSA surveillance.
The system was developed by AT&T in the late 1960s to centralize access to public safety services such as fire, police,
which can greatly increase the risk of misunderstanding police instructions. Finally, the company also has a product for emergency call centers called Next Generation 911,
In theory the algorithms should be able to allocate budget to advertising networks that police their inventory to avoid phony ads.
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.
Founded in 2013 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
and officers realize that the data can help clear them of wrongdoing and save litigation costs.
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
and security workers document events in the field. ash-cams really set precedent, Schaff says. hen it comes down to it,
Yardarm is holding tests to hone the tracking accuracy with police departments in Santa cruz California, and Carrollton, Texas. The technology has been tested at firing ranges,
but not during active police duty. t is going so well we don even know it there,
which a gun was fired, but Schaff says this aspect of the technology needs to be improved.
This book about the Roman empire during the first years of Augustus Caesar s reign at the end of the Roman Republic describes the events following the bloody Battle of Actium in 31 BC
starting with its influential army of iphone users. obile payment is finally hitting that pivotal moment
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.
In July DARPA gave out $40 million in awards to try to develop brain implants that would help brain-injured soldiers recover lost memories
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.
#Motorized Pants to Help Soldiers and Stroke Victims A soft exoskeleton being developed by researchers at Harvard could let soldiers carry heavy backpacks over long distances or help stroke victims walk more steadily.
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.
and fitness tracking, helping to monitor the condition of soldiers and firefighters and changing the way we play video games. oul see games where your emotional state changes the character youe playing,
Because of its scratch-proof properties, it has long been used for making LEDS, sensors on missiles,
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.
Also, the technology could be used to create weapons that destroy agricultural crops or create super pests.
whose police forces are overextended already fighting eal-worldcrimes and who lack the resources and expertise to investigate online activity.
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
Stephen Farrell, a computer scientist at Trinity college in Dublin and a member of the Internet Engineering Task force, the group of engineers who maintain
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,
which is why the military is turning to neurological devices, says Justin Sanchez, manager of the DARPA program, known as Subnets,
But Delgado, also funded by the military, left the U s. after Congressional hearings in which he was accused of developing otalitarianmind-control devices.
The trucks were fitted with technology developed by a startup called Peloton Tech (elotonis The french word for platoon.
He adds that the technology could even allow competing companies to platoon together to get these savings.
A European project, called SARTRE (Safe Road trains for the Environment), has been exploring ways for vehicles to travel in platoons since 2009.
has been testing platoons made of three semi-automated or fully automated trucks since 2007. A U s. project, called PATH (Partners for Advanced Transportation technology
Three of the five patients involved in the U s. Department of defense-funded study were injured during military service;
Wong-Foy, a senior research engineer at SRI, has built an army of magnetically steered workers to test the idea that icrorobotscould be a better way to assemble electronics components,
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,
the Army general in charge of the NSA, described it as he greatest transfer of wealth in history.
The"extraordinary breakthrough"shows how'killer'CD8+T cells-the body's'army of hitmen'tasked with taking out new viruses-retain memories of virus strains they encounter.
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.
PTI That means Virscan not only identifies viral infections that the immune system is actively fighting, but also provides a history of an individual's past infections.
and fighting phantom pain will be unveiled by researchers in Vienna on Monday. The innovation is the result of a twofold process,
and fighting phantom pain will be unveiled by researchers in Vienna on Monday. The innovation is the result of a twofold process,
#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.
whose 8-year old boy was need in of a low-cost solution Titan Roboticsatlas 3d printer was named after the famous Greek god who was known for fighting alongside the Titans
says Jones. Although gathering the funding is an uphill battle for any startup or nonprofit,
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
and relationships with the Special Operations Command, Office of Naval Research and U s. Air force Research Laboratory to Raytheon and its customers.
It also provides training, technical and operational support to military, scientific and commercial sectors l
rocket from Cape canaveral Air force station, Fla. as part of the agency Cubesat Launch Initiative. The Atlas v sent the U s. Air force X-37b space plane on its fourth mission,
which also is carrying NASA Materials Exposure and Technology Innovation in Space (METIS) investigation that will expose about 100 different materials samples to the space environment for more than 200 days.
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.
It's like soldiers marching in formation: If one person falls dramatically out of time, it won't be long before the whole group falls apart.
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.
Youngbull envisions use of the device in homeland security, mass transit, public spaces, hospitals, schools, food production and combat theater analytics.
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,
where soldiers or police officers may be committing human rights abuses, 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.
It is designed specifically for war zones and places where human rights abuses are common, but I wondered
In the US, a number of videos have emerged in recent months of police officers shooting suspects,
"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.
chemical warfare agents, fraudulent paintings, environmental contaminants and more. he technology wee developing a universal substrate for SERS is a unique and, potentially, revolutionary feature.
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,
The Air force Office of Scientific research funded the mathematical modeling of gene circuitry in E coli, and the Virginia Tech Student Engineerscouncil has provided funding to move these models and resulting mobile robots into the classroom as teaching tools.
The findings resulted from research sponsored by the Air force Office of Scientific research (AFOSR) through the BIONIC center at Georgia Tech
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,
of the Air force Research Laboratory (AFRL. This research was supported by the Air force Office of Scientific research BIONIC Center through awards FA9550-09-1-0162 and FA9550-14-1-0269, AFOSR award FA-9550-14-1-0015,
and by Georgia Tech Renewable Bioproducts Institute Fellowship. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors
they commended the White house Pollinator Task force for issuing a strategy that has pronged a multi and coordinated approach to bolstering pollinator health.
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
More than just helping combat disease Prakash also hopes his"frugal science"movement will make science education and research accessible across the globe.
So, for now, instead of a battle of attrition, it's simply becoming a more crowded marketplace.
developed by maritime risk management specialist Rightship and Carbon War Room. That a 450-percent increase in the past 2. 5 years,
Building such confidence in emerging technologies is the integral focus of Carbon War Room and University college London Shipping Innovation Fast-Tracker (SHIFT), in
chair of the board of Rocky mountain Institute and Carbon War Room. In addition, by incorporating these successful technologies into new builds and existing vessels
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,
The X-37b space plane, a secretive, experimental program run by the Air force, is capable of remaining in space for almost two years.
The mini military space plane is poised for liftoff Wednesday on another long orbital test flight. The three previous missions also began with rocket launches from Cape canaveral Air force station.
The mystery test vehicle essentially a technology test bed is designed to orbit the Earth and then land like one of NASA's old shuttles.
Although largely mum about this X-37b flight, the Air force has acknowledged a thruster experiment involving electric propulsion.
Air force researchers want to check design modifications to ion thrusters already flying on some advanced military communication satellites.
an Air force spokesman, told Space. com.'The Air force Rapid Capabilities Office will also host a number of advance materials onboard the X-37b for Nasa to study the durability of various materials in the space environment,'Hoyler added.
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.
and post traumatic stress disorder in soldiers returning from combat zones.''We know that high pressure inside the skull resulting from injuries
'Although the researchers are already working closely with Nasa and developing relations with the UK military,
And the innovations could soon benefit the military, astronauts and even everyday consumers. Scroll down for videos A glimpse into this world of extraordinary gloves,
Another suit, designed by the US ARMY, features a high-pressure hydraulic system to enhance a soldier strength, agility and endurance.
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 protect soldiers from shrapnel and bullets using Kevlar and nanotechnology. The suit would also give people Superman-like powers,
such as being bulletproof and this is expected to build on work by an MIT professor who is currently developing'liquid armour'.
'Professor Gareth Mckinley has been working on his technology for 12 years, which is focused on the flow of unusual materials.
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.
It would also be able to monitor a soldier's heart rate, hydration levels and core temperature.
#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,
#Air force bosses reveal plans for hypersonic planes that could fly from New york to London in an HOUR by 2023 By Mark Prigg For Dailymail. com Published:
20:46 GMT, 2 june 2015 Air force bosses have revealed they hope to have a hypersonic plane capable of crossing countries in minutes by 2023.
Air force Chief Scientist Mica Endsley told Military. com that the Air force and DARPA, the Pentagon's research entity, plan to have a new and improved hypersonic air vehicle by 2023.
Previously bosses had said only they hoped that missile systems would be available for testing in 2020.'
'Our goal is to make sure the Air force has the knowledge in 2020 or over the next five years to be able to make acquisition decisions using this technology,'Kenneth Davidson,
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.'
'You could then attack defensive targets, those heavily defended or the time-critical targets in a very timely manner--if it's a moving target,
Experimental unmanned aircraft developed for the U s. Air force have gone already hypersonic during tests off the Southern California coast,
The Air force said Friday the X-51a Waverider flew for more than three minutes under power from its exotic scramjet engine and hit a speed of Mach 5. 1 last year.
The test marked the fourth and final flight of an X-51a by the Air force
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.
'We are the Air force. What do we want to do with this technology? We want to weaponize it,'Ryan Helbach,
an official with the Air force Research Laboratory, said last week during an exhibition at the Pentagon to showcase various military research projects.'
'The follow-on program to this is the High speed strike weapon effort. It's taking a lot of the lessons learned and the technology and moving to a weapons acquisition.'
'The technology is also the subject of an arms race between the US, Russia and China.'
'Certainly, the U s. is not the only country involved in developing hypersonic weapons,'Mica Endsley,
the Air force's chief scientist, said in a recent interview with Military. com'They (China) are showing a lot of capability in this area.
With a hypersonic weapon, you could do that same thing in about 30 minutes. You can go great distances at great speeds.'
'program manager Charlie Brink of the Air force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air force base said in a statement.
The sleek, missile-shaped Waverider was released from A b-52 bomber 50,000 feet above the Pacific
While the Air force did not have immediate plans for a successor to the X-51a,
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