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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 […]

02/09/2020 / By JD Heyes

Next-gen warfare: DARPA tests “drone swarms” that will be operated by artificial intelligence, not human beings

In the 2019 film “Angel Has Fallen” starring Morgan Freeman as the U.S. leader and Gerard Butler as his trusted aid, the bad guys stage a rather unorthodox attack against the president and his Secret Service security detail. As the characters played by Freeman and Butler fish in the middle of a small lake one […]

12/29/2019 / By JD Heyes

New Russian hypersonic missile can achieve speeds of Mach 27 and will become operational in 2020

The development and deployment of intercontinental nuclear missiles in the 1950s was a military game changer that many experts believe actually prevented a third or even a fourth world war between the great powers. Though conventional war remained a threat, any large power with a nuclear arsenal would no doubt use it in order to […]

12/11/2019 / By Michael Alexander

Computer scientists design AI system with human-like vision, with possible applications for search-and-rescue missions (or building terminators)

Soon, computers and robots might be looking at the world with a slightly more human point of view. In a study published in Science Robotics, researchers successfully taught an artificial intelligence (AI) agent – a computer system with the ability to endow robots or other machines with intelligence – the human-like ability to infer its entire environment from just […]

11/15/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Thought-controlled weapons: DARPA funds 6 organizations in a bid to develop BRAIN-MACHINE interfaces for soldiers

One of the last things anyone should want is a machine-brain interface, even if it is a non-invasive type that doesn’t require brain surgery. However, the US military recently announced that it was throwing money at half a dozen organizations to come up with a system that lets its user control equipment with a thought. […]

08/19/2019 / By Rex Carter

Next-gen drones are massive robo-submarines that can hunt mines and gather intelligence

The next chapter in war at sea is almost here. The U.S. Navy has awarded a contract to Boeing for four Orca Extra-Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (XLUUVs). These vehicles, which are basically giant drone submarines, act as force multipliers in conflict hot spots. They cover roles ranging from scouting, clearing mines, sinking enemy ships or […]

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 […]

03/30/2019 / By Edsel Cook

NOT the movies: In the future, humankind will hurl spacecraft into asteroids in “self-defense”

NASA is preparing for its very first planetary defense mission in a couple of years’ time. Its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft will deliberately crash itself into a near-Earth asteroid. The purpose of the kamikaze is to determine whether or not spacecraft can change the direction of a much larger space rock. Planetary defense is the ability of […]

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 […]

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