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Bear-faced robot developed for rescuing wounded troops, first responders
Extracting wounded soldiers from a battlefield — or wounded first responders from a disaster scene — may be dangerous, and a Maryland company is developing a robot to that just that
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EU regulation may limit use of MRI technology
To protect employees in the electricity and mobile-phone industries, the EU formulated regulations limiting exposure to radiation — regulation which may have unintended consequences
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World military spending reaches $1.2 trillion in 2006
SIPRI report says 2006 military spending rose 3.5% over 2005; U.S. spent $529 billion
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New technology to detect common but difficult to detect explosives
MIT researchers synthesized a molecule based on zinc to allow the detection not only of RDX, but of RDX vapors, which are about 1,000 times more difficult to detect than TNT vapors
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U.S. recommends commercial technologies for communication interoperability
While the debate on emergency communication interoperability continues, the U.S. Commerce Department recommends that the federal, state, and local public safety community consider using commercial technologies
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Affordable, downloadable navigation applications are coming
If millions of phones were to be equipped with cameras and navigation applications and E911, we would have an army of millions of forward spotters
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ATDC at 25: Looking Back with Satisfaction
Companies graduating from Georgia Tech’s science and technology incubator attract more than $1 billion in venture funding
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TraceGuard files for additional patents relating to its detection technology
The company’s propietary Automated Trace Extraction (ATE) uses air jetting, pressurization, and at times even vibration and heating to enhance detection
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Navy to use OPT's buoys in Deep Water
New Jersey-based bouy specialist makes stand-alone buoys which harness wave power to generate energy; the Navy wants to use them for its ocean-based, far-flung vessel tracking project
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Superconductivity at room temperature a step closer
Transporting energy without any loss: Scientists have been dreaming about the possibility — and its benefits — for decades, and CNRS rsearchers have made an important breakthrough toward making this dream a reality
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Siemens, Catalyst partner on communication interoperability
The two companies’ strategic collaboration aims to strengthen interoperable communications for first responders and the military
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Secret weapon targeting system stolen from defense contractor
Burglars break into a Lockheed Martin facility in Orlando and steal the display and controls for an Apache helicopter weapons-targeting system
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Marine Corps. contracts Israeli armor specialist for IED protection
IEDs now cause most of the U.S. casualties in Iraq; DHS officials say that it is only a matter of time before IEDs are used by terrorists on American soil; the search for a solution spans the globe
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Growing deal-making activity in the alternative energy sector
With the battle over wind turbine maker Repower over, and the battle over Nordex may begin — both offering evidence for rich deal making in alternative energy
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S&T Directorate announces new opportunities
Biometrics, interoperable communications, document validatiion, and blast mitigation top the agency’s wish list
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The long view
Autonomous Vehicle Technology Vulnerable to Road Object Spoofing and Vanishing Attacks
Researchers have demonstrated the potentially hazardous vulnerabilities associated with the technology called LiDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging, many autonomous vehicles use to navigate streets, roads and highways. The researchers have shown how to use lasers to fool LiDAR into “seeing” objects that are not present and missing those that are – deficiencies that can cause unwarranted and unsafe braking or collisions.
Tantalizing Method to Study Cyberdeterrence
Tantalus is unlike most war games because it is experimental instead of experiential — the immersive game differs by overlapping scientific rigor and quantitative assessment methods with the experimental sciences, and experimental war gaming provides insightful data for real-world cyberattacks.
Prototype Self-Service Screening System Unveiled
TSA and DHS S&T unveiled a prototype checkpoint technology, the self-service screening system, at Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas, NV. The aim is to provide a near self-sufficient passenger screening process while enabling passengers to directly receive on-person alarm information and allow for the passenger self-resolution of those alarms.
Falling Space Debris: How High Is the Risk I'll Get Hit?
An International Space Station battery fell back to Earth and, luckily, splashed down harmlessly in the Atlantic. Should we have worried? Space debris reenters our atmosphere every week.
Testing Cutting-Edge Counter-Drone Technology
Drones have many positive applications, bad actors can use them for nefarious purposes. Two recent field demonstrations brought government, academia, and industry together to evaluate innovative counter-unmanned aircraft systems.
Strengthening the Grid’s ‘Backbone’ with Hydropower
Argonne-led studies investigate how hydropower could help add more clean energy to the grid, how it generates value as grids add more renewable energy, and how liner technology can improve hydropower efficiency.