News tagged with explosive devices
IAI’s military robot acts like barber in charity role
(PhysOrg.com) -- In robotics, three hands are better than one, in the form of a device that has been developed by Intelligent Automation Inc (IAI) for use as troop support. The Multi-Arm Unmanned Ground Vehicle ...
Mar 25, 2012 |
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Researchers seek ways to beef up military armor
It was a simple act, really, one that Ledjan Qato performed dozens of times in the corner of a spacious engineering lab at Villanova University.
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Engineers devise shoe sampling system for detecting trace amounts of explosives
The ability to efficiently and unobtrusively screen for trace amounts of explosives on airline passengers could improve travel safety – without invoking the ire of inconvenienced fliers. Toward that end, mechanical engineer ...
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Terrorists no part of wireless company's growth plan
Digi International Inc. produces an array of wireless devices that allow businesses to do all sorts of things by remote - from monitoring the temperature of a brewer's beer tanks to connecting police and fire departments ...
Nov 14, 2011 |
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CNT paper-based wireless sensor could help detect explosive devices
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a prototype wireless sensor capable of detecting trace amounts of a key ingredient found in many explosives.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 27, 2011 |
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Video: New forensic fingerprinting approach retrieves elusive prints
Forensics experts can't always retrieve fingerprints from objects, but a new coating process developed by Penn State professors may change that.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Aug 11, 2011 |
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A device enables the remote explosion of improvised land-mines
Composed of diverse elements, mostly of plastic, with little metal used, improvised explosive devices are very difficult to detect. In cooperation with two Colombian universities, scientists at EPFL's Electromagnetic Compatibility ...
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Israeli scientists develop nano explosive sniffer
Israeli scientists have developed a powerful explosives sensor more sensitive than a sniffer dog's nose, which they say would have made it easier to detect cargo bombs like those sent last week.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Nov 02, 2010 |
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Grad student researches improvised explosive devices by making his own
(PhysOrg.com) -- Phillip Mulligan is trying to make improvised explosive devices more powerful with the idea of eventually making them less deadly.
Jul 29, 2009 |
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New method for detecting explosives
A group of researchers in Tennessee and Denmark has discovered a way to sensitively detect explosives based on the physical properties of their vapors. Their technology, which is currently being developed into prototype devices ...
Mar 13, 2009 |
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