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DARPA sets aside $7 million for 'Avatar' robot pals in battle

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced this week that it will be setting aside $7 million out of its $2 billion budget to work on a next-step robotics program called ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Feb 18, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 12 | with audio podcast report

Scientists work up a crab-powered computer

(Phys.org) -- A team of scientists from Japan and England have hit the high mark in exploring and testing unconventional forms of computation. They have built and tested a computer using crabs. This is a computer ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 14, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 12 | with audio podcast weblog

New INL gunsight technology should improve accuracy for target shooters, hunters, soldiers

Go down to the rifle range and fire a few rounds at a target 100 meters out. Chances are you won't hit the bull's-eye. Even if you read the wind right and don't twitch as you're squeezing the trigger, you ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 05, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (18) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover first-ever bee 'soldier'

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Sussex scientists working with researchers in Brazil have identified the first example of a 'soldier' bee.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

SRNL research paves way for portable power systems

Developments by hydrogen researchers at the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) are paving the way for the successful development of portable power systems with capacities that far exceed the best batteries ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Company develops conductive yarn for soldier uniforms

(PhysOrg.com) -- Modern military uniforms for servicemen from some countries such as those that serve Great Britain have evolved to the point that batteries and cables are needed for electronic devices that are carried; the ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 10 | with audio podcast weblog

Thrips soldiers found able to ward off fungus

(Phys.org) -- Researchers studying the tiny bugs known as thrips have made two discoveries concerning one species: Kladothrips intermedius. The first is that though such thrips soldiers have big forearms, they d ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

The real 'Iron Man' exoskeleton does the work of two to three soldiers (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new version of what some refer to as the "Iron Man" suit was unveiled Monday by Raytheon at the company's research facility in Salt Lake City.

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 29, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (26) | comments 25 | with audio podcast weblog

Gene Tells Soldier Ants to Beat Swords into Ploughshares

(PhysOrg.com) -- While science has yet to discover what makes that little ol' ant think he'll move that rubber tree plant, researchers at the University of Toronto Mississauga have identified an enzyme in ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Army to test XM25 'smart' grenade launcher rifle (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The US Army has recently announced plans to test the high-tech XM25 airburst grenade launcher this summer in Afghanistan, unleashing a weapon that veterans predict could be a game-changing ...

Technology / Other

created May 09, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (32) | comments 61 | with audio podcast weblog

Archaeologist Uncovers Evidence of Ancient Chemical Warfare

(PhysOrg.com) -- A researcher from the University of Leicester has identified what looks to be the oldest archaeological evidence for chemical warfare--from Roman times.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Heavy metal hardens battle

The French may have had a better chance at the Battle of Agincourt had they not been weighed down by heavy body armour, say researchers.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Blind British soldier 'sees' with his tongue

A British soldier left blind by a grenade in Iraq has told how his life has been transformed by ground-breaking technology that enables him to "see" with his tongue.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 9

Joysticks transform US warfare in Afghanistan

In battle they take out Taliban fighters with joystick-controlled weapons, while back at base American soldiers hook up their Xboxes and kill their way through video games.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 09, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 9

ORNL technology could mean improved prosthesis fitting, design

(PhysOrg.com) -- Soldiers returning from war who have lost a leg could lead a more active lifestyle with the help of a technology being developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers.

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1