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Jul 15, 2017
Here’s the Future of Warfare Tech. Warning: it’s Not Pretty
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: military, robotics/AI, virtual reality
Warfare and technology make the perfect partners of destruction. Military innovations from wooden catapults to nuclear bombs have been transforming the way war is waged since prehistoric humans carved arrows from stones some 10,000 years ago.
The visions of futurists don’t always match the experiences of military personnel, but the battlefields of the future will bear little resemblance to the war zones of today.
The future of technology in warfare: From AI robots to VR torture.
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Jul 15, 2017
Very small modular nuclear fission reactors for military and space
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: military, space travel
Transportable very small modular nuclear fission reactors for military and other applications.
Jul 15, 2017
Biosensors could give soldiers superhuman fighting abilities
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: computing, genetics, military, neuroscience
According to the report, the US Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy and other special forces are looking to improve troops’ performance by looking at their bodies at a genetic level (stock)
Earlier this year the AirForce successfully tested a helmet that can monitor brain activity and tell if the pilot is feeling stressed or panicked.
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Jul 15, 2017
Prototype exoskeleton suit would improve Soldiers’ physical, mental performance
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: cyborgs, military, neuroscience
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — Thanks to a new “suit” being developed by the DOD-funded Warrior Web program, future Soldiers will be able to march longer, carry heavier gear and improve mental sharpness.
The suit has pulleys and gears designed to prevent and reduce musculoskeletal injuries caused by the dynamic events typically experienced in the Warfighter’s environment.
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Jul 14, 2017
US military reveals ‘Matrix’ projects to plug brains into a computer
Posted by Carse Peel in categories: computing, military, neuroscience
US military reveals $65m funding for ‘Matrix’ projects to plug human brains directly into a computer…
The US military has revealed $65 of funding for a programme to develop a ‘brain chip’ allowing humans to simply plug into a computer.
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Jul 8, 2017
Breakthrough high temperature ceramic for hypersonic vehicles and more
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: energy, military, space
Breakthrough high temperature ceramic for hypersonic vehicles, space, energy and military applications.
Jul 6, 2017
Long Range Wireless Power Transfer
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: biotech/medical, military
Wi-Charge products offer wireless power for the wide range of consumer, industrial, medical and military applications. Wi-Charge’s products are unique in their ability to deliver useful wireless power and seamlessly over long distances efficiently and safely.
Jun 30, 2017
Hypersonic and anti-hypersonic arms race
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: military, robotics/AI
Lockheed Martin is using turbine rocket combined cycle (TRCC) to build a mach 6–10 hypersonic plane. The TRCC is an engine that switches between turbofan, ramjet and scramjets for subsonic, supersonic, and hypersonic flight. The TRCC engine will be tested on a fighter-sized flight testbed by 2020. They would then try to develop a Mach 6, unmanned spyplane by 2030 that would perform the same role as the old SR-71 Blackbird. The hypersonic spyplane would enter highly contested and defended airspace at altitudes of 18 and 62 miles, using its speed to outrun enemy defenses. Hypersonic planes could fire hypersonic missiles. It would join the B-21 stealth bomber in the US air force future global strike arsenal.
Raytheon is also developing anti-hypersonic missile defenses.
Air-breathing hypersonic weapons and boost glide weapons are very difficult to engage, as both fly depressed trajectories that dispense with the high, arc-like, and most importantly predictable trajectories of traditional ballistic missiles.
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Jun 30, 2017
Russian military lab unveils prototype of Star Wars-like combat suit (VIDEO)
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: cyborgs, military
A major hi-tech Russian military research center has unveiled what appears to be a prototype of a next-generation combat suit. The stunning gear, resembling Star Wars outfits, will be worn by Russian soldiers on future battlefields.
The prototype features a helmet covering the soldier’s face and cutting-edge body armor.
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