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01.12.11

Military Recruits are Smarter, Fitter, More Motivated than Peers Defense | (0)
Via StrategyPage.com: Some 57 percent of potential recruits are lost because they do not score high enough on the aptitude test the military uses to see if people have enough education and mental skills to handle military life. Most of these are those who never even managed to graduate from high school. Thus many of those who score too low do so because they did not do well at school. A lot of these folks have high IQs, but low motivation. Most of the remainder are not eligible for physical reasons. But get this, the most common physical disqualifier is being ...
04.09.10

Scientists Discover How to Turn Ordinary T-Shirts Into Body Armor Defense, Science | (0)
Via Boing Boing via Ecouterre via USC: A simple cotton T-shirt may one day be converted into tougher, more comfortable body armor for soldiers or police officers. Researchers at the University of South Carolina, collaborating with others from China and Switzerland, drastically increased the toughness of a T-shirt by combining the carbon in the shirt’s cotton with boron – the third hardest material on earth. The result is a lightweight shirt reinforced with boron carbide, the same material used to protect tanks... The scientists started with plain, white T-shirts that were cut into thin strips and dipped into a boron solution. The strips ...
03.05.10

DARPA Puts $32M Toward Quadruped Robots Defense, Robot | (0)
Via Gizmag: Walking quadrupeds are being cast to play a major role in the rapidly unfolding age of robotics. The platform promises versatility far beyond that of wheeled-vehicles and will undoubtedly find applications in a wide variety of fields. Not surprisingly, the development of quadrupeds is being driven by the military and DARPA has recently boosted its efforts by awarding Boston Dynamics $32 million for the prototype phase of its Legged Squad Support System (LS3) program. Link
02.12.10

It’s A Boeing 747 With A Frickin’ Laser On It! Defense | (6)
Via Engadget.com: Last night at 8:44pm Cali time, the Airborne Laser Testbed (ALTB) successfully "destroyed" a liquid-fueled ballistic missile from an airborne platform, according to the Missile Defense Agency. A first for the directed energy weapon that we've been following since 2006. The dirty work was achieve by a modified Boeing 747-400F airframe fitted with a Northrop Grumman higher-energy laser and Lockheed Martin beam and fire control system. After an at-sea launch, the ALTB used a low-energy laser to track the target. A second, low-energy laser was used to measure and compensate for atmospheric disturbances before the megawatt-class laser was fired, ...
02.11.10

KYB-170-OEM Wrist Keypad: Text Like You Mean It Defense | (0)
Via FashionablyGeek: The iKey KYB-170-OEM wrist keypad is an updated version of the iKey AK-39 keypad. Both meet military specifications and can be integrated to control computers worn on your wrist. The KYB-170-OEM features a 17 button keypad, an integrated micro Force Sensing Resistor (FSR) pointing device and can be manufactured with any available color of LED lighting for use in dark environments Link. Product page link.

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