News & Articles By Edsel Cook
08/29/2018 / By Edsel Cook
U.S. Navy wants to create a new type of “omniphobic” coating, a material that is clear, durable, can repel water and reduce friction drag
The U.S. Navy wants a slick new material that can shed any liquid or semi-liquid that comes into contact with it. When applied as a coating to the hulls of ships and submarines, the “omniphobic” material will immensely reduce friction drag, allowing the sea-going craft to travel faster without using as much energy or fuel, […]
08/22/2018 / By Edsel Cook
This new cloaking material renders objects — and people — practically invisible
What do you think of a thin sheet that can trap almost all of the infrared light that hits it? Well, how about draping the sheet on things that need to be hidden from the heat-hunting electronic eyes of aerial drones? Wisconsin-based researchers reported creating a new material that can turn objects and people invisible […]
08/04/2018 / By Edsel Cook
The Russian military is building a giant online computing cloud that could disconnect entirely from the global internet during wartime
Electronic clouds of war are being drawn over Russia. The Eastern European country’s military is building a giant online cloud that will allow its important systems to keep running even if it loses its connection to the global internet through hacking – or because it decided to destroy the internet as part of the first […]
08/02/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Scientists create an electronic nose that can smell potential hazards such as spoiled food
Your smartphone may soon be able to catch a whiff of anything nasty in the air. German researchers have created a computer chip-sized electronic nose that can learn from the scents it encounters, an article in Alpha Galileo reported. The olfactory sensor is part of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)’s “smelldect” project. It can […]
07/29/2018 / By Edsel Cook
China develops a laser gun that can shoot down drones from 800 meters away
China is now offering a laser weapon that can clear the skies of those pesky flying drones, an article in The Asia Times stated. Developed by the country’s biggest state-owned arms dealer, it can swat down small unmanned aerial vehicles at distances of up to 800 meters. The new laser is called Silent Hunter. It […]
07/25/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Army engineers design a prototype mechanical arm to reduce the felt weight of carbines and machine guns
The U.S. military is testing the real-life version of the mechanical arm from the second Aliens movie, the one that helped Private Vasquez bear the burden of her massive machine gun. An article on Military.com explained that the “Third Arm” will likewise decrease the weight of a soldier’s weapon, making it easier to carry and […]
07/13/2018 / By Edsel Cook
U.S. military spending millions on missile-destroying lasers that can be mounted on drones
The Pentagon wants a fleet of animal-inspired flying drones armed with lasers that can destroy any potential threat to the U.S., including enemy missiles waiting to be launched from their pads, reported The Daily Mail. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has put in a budget request of $9.9 billion for 2019. Of that amount, $66 […]
07/10/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Atlas, the “world’s most dynamic humanoid”, is able to run, hop, bend, and move just like a real person
The mythical Atlas is a strong but stupid Titan who is forced to bear the weight of the world on his shoulders as punishment for fighting against the Greek gods. Boston Dynamics’ much more unnerving Atlas is a humanoid robot that can bend, hope, move, and run like a human being, a Live Science article stated. Built […]
07/05/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Russia has successfully tested a hypersonic weapon that will be ready for war by 2020
When 2020 comes, Russia will have a new weapon added to its war arsenal. In a CNBC article, the “hypersonic glide device” is described by sources to be unstoppable by current U.S. defenses. Claiming direct access to American intelligence reports, the anonymous sources say the weapon has already undergone two successful tests in 2016. The […]
06/06/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Legal experts now debating on the potential of wars happening in space; what rules would apply?
As space becomes increasingly important and militarized, countries are considering how to avoid coming into costly conflict with each other. They have dispatched legal experts to hash out an agreement on the rules that will govern space warfare, a Space.com article states. By establishing the consequences of a war in space, the international group of experts […]
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