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03/06/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Hackers could shut down satellites – or turn them into weapons

There are currently around 2,000 satellites orbiting the earth, each one beaming down signals which allow us to enjoy our favorite television shows, movies and even connect to the internet. Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. or SpaceX, which launched 242 satellites as of the end of January, plans to deploy about 42,000 more over […]

12/13/2019 / By Michael Alexander

Underwater espionage: Can fish be used for underwater surveillance?

If the Pentagon is going to get its way, then chances are, it’s Nemo who’ll soon do the finding for the U.S. military. According to a statement published in its website, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) – the Department of Defense‘s experimental research arm ?– says it is looking to recruit fish and other forms […]

06/17/2019 / By Ethan Huff

Creepy stalkers: Robots can now track moving objects with extreme accuracy

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have reportedly developed a new robot technology that uses tiny radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags to track moving objects in realtime with incredible accuracy. In a paper presented at the recent USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation, researchers revealed how this new-wave robotics technology is capable […]

04/25/2019 / By Vicki Batts

Microsoft colluding with communist Chinese military to build AI systems that will execute civilians who resist government rule

Microsoft has been working with a Chinese military-run university on researching artificial intelligence that could be used for censorship and surveillance, according to a shocking new report from Financial Times. A series of scientific studies were co-authored by researchers from Microsoft Research Asia and scientists associated with China’s National University of Defense Technology (NUDT). This […]

03/25/2019 / By Ethan Huff

Drone-on-drone combat about to become reality as Russia unveils shotgun-toting drone that seeks out and destroys other drones

New evidence has emerged to suggest that Russia is taking its advanced drone technology to a whole new level. A registration form for a novel unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with an actual shotgun embedded into its airframe appeared in the archives of the Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property on March 12, revealing that the […]

02/27/2019 / By Jose Lopez

New drone can retract its propeller arms in flight to make itself fit through narrow gaps and holes

More uses for drones are being discovered every day. From commercial photography, television news, pollution control, package delivery, to military surveillance, drone operators are finding more and more uses for drones. Search and rescue is an ideal application for the latter. Exploring tunnels and caves, inspecting damaged buildings, probing into nooks and crannies are some […]

11/20/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Unmanned airship fitted with a surveillance camera can spy on people from above

Look, up in the sky! Is it a bird or a plane or even Superman? No, it will probably be an unmanned airship that is silently spying on your every moment with a surveillance camera on a 24/7 basis. An article in The Daily Mail recently reported on this latest airborne menace from the U.K. […]

08/26/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Developers roll out new robo-bee: It can fly, swim, monitor environmental studies… AND people

When Harvard University first introduced RoboBee back in 2013, it could do little more than fly and cling to walls. Come 2018, the same research team has put out a new and improved RoboBee — one that can successfully dive into and burst out of water. The latest in a series of minuscule, flight-capable robots, […]

08/20/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Industry experts express concern for the lack of ethics rules in place to protect privacy, free will as brain enhancement technology grows

While technological advances in artificial intelligence aim to augment or even restore human capabilities, experts are worried that this can one day cause more harm than good, making a “call for ethics” necessary to protect our privacy. Now that artificial intelligence and brain-computer interfaces are merging, we might not have to wait too long until […]

06/13/2018 / By JD Heyes

Police surveillance on steroids: Drones and AI systems MERGING to create flying spy robots

We’re fans of local police and we know how difficult it is getting for the thin blue line in cities and towns all across America to maintain order in an increasingly chaotic society. But sometimes technology can turn good things — and good people — into things that aren’t so good. As they’ve gotten cheaper, […]

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