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Futuristic Weapons

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This series looks at devices and concepts we may see in future conflicts, and we will look at both hypothetical technologies and those limitations placed on us by fighting in space, for instance, rather than on the ground.

Alien Mineral Harder Than Diamond was recently Found In Israel

The discovery of a completely new mineral this week by the precious stone mining company Shefa Yamim in northern Israel has both geologists and the general public in awe.

Carmeltazite, often known as “Carmel Sapphire,” may be advertised as a mineral more precious than diamonds.

The mineral was discovered encrusted with sapphire during mining in volcanic rock in northern Israel’s Zevulun Valley near Mt. Carmel, and it was aptly named “carmeltazite” after its discovery site. During density tests, it was determined to be harder than diamond.

In pictures: These spider excavators came straight out of the Transformers movie

These walking spider excavators are among the ‘greatest sandpit toys in history.’

These spider excavators have stunned many tech aficionados; the obscure machines undoubtedly rate among “the greatest sandpit toys in history.”

Walking excavators are not new. Not by a long way.


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The articulating, extending legs, stabilizers, tilting wheels, and buckets of the walking spider excavators provide an astonishing range of powers to the machine, according to an article published on Thursday by the technology publication New Atlas.

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