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November 15, 2019

Bionic hand produced with 3D printer in 10 hours

A team of designers and engineers has successfully 3D printed a made-to-measure ‘bionic hand’ in just 10 hours.

November 15, 2019

Soldier-controlled autonomous robots call for fire in test, attack targets

Armed Army robot vehicles conducted reconnaissance, called for indirect fire and then, when directed by human decision-makers, attacked and destroyed enemy targets in a recent experiment designed to assess the technical maturity and readiness of autonomous ground drones.

November 8, 2019

Air Force tests plasma reactor to destroy 'forever chemicals' in contaminated groundwater

The Air Force is testing a plasma reactor to destroy harmful chemical compounds in contaminated groundwater.

November 6, 2019

7 fitness gadgets to get you in shape for winter

There’s a chill in the air, at least in some parts of the country. That can mean only one thing -- it is time to think about gadgets to help with home workouts.

November 6, 2019

Air Force maps path to 100 new B-21 bombers

The B-52 will be armed with long-range, nuclear cruise missiles… the B-2 will elude the most modern air defenses and the B-1B bomber will fire hypersonic weapons -- if the Air Force’s plan for the next several decades comes to fruition.

November 4, 2019

Army plans 'lase-off' competition to incinerate targets with lasers fired from Strykers

Army is preparing to incinerate enemy weapons “targets” in an upcoming in a “lase-off” firing of its emerging Stryker-armed 50-kilowatt laser weapon designed to destroy drones, helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and incoming enemy missiles.

November 1, 2019

Army eyes groups of autonomous 'morphing' robots for 2040

What if a small army of forward operating robots were able to detect an upcoming river gap and then ... without requiring human intervention -- autonomously mesh together into a bridge-like structure enabling manned combat units to advance?

October 31, 2019

Would you let a robot mow your lawn?

From factories to living rooms, robots are being deployed to perform a bewildering array of different tasks. But would you let one mow your lawn?

October 31, 2019

Mysterious hidden 'witches’ marks' revealed

Perfectly timed for Halloween, researchers are set to reveal mysterious “witches’ marks” from a cave in the English countryside in an ambitious 3D project.

October 28, 2019

How ISIS leader al-Baghdadi’s headless body was ID’d minutes after death

After years of intelligence gathering, U.S. Special Operation Forces could have no doubts that the mutilated body of a man killed during Saturday night’s daring raid in Syria was the long-sought Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, employing new technology and DNA testing to positively identify his headless remains almost immediately.