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joshbyard: DARPA Funds Military “Smart-Suit” Wearable Tech...

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:22:16 -0400

DARPA Funds Military “Smart-Suit” Wearable Tech Research

The suit, which is expected to include sensors and its own energy source, will be designed to delay the onset of fatigue, enabling soldiers to travel further in the field, while also supporting the body and protecting it from injuries when the soldier is carrying heavy loads.

A team of bioengineers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard will work on the project.

The suit is designed to be lightweight, efficient and nonrestrictive… It will be made from soft, wearable devices that will be connected to stretchable sensors for monitoring the body’s biomechanics.

Another technology that is expected to be part of the suit will produce low-level vibrations that should increase the body’s sensory functions and should give the wearer a better sense of balance.

(via Harvard scientists to build Iron Man-like suit for military | KurzweilAI)

Google reveals 'terrorism video' removals

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 22:31:01 -0400

Google reveals 'terrorism video' removals

arstechnica: A federal judge estimates that his fellow federal...

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:08:57 -0400

arstechnica:

A federal judge estimates that his fellow federal judges issue a total of 30,000 secret electronic surveillance orders each year—and the number is probably growing. Though such orders have judicial oversight, few emerge from any sort of adversarial proceeding and many are never unsealed at all. Those innocent of any crime are unlikely to know they have ever been the target of an electronic search. Full story

(Image via surrogateself)

Spanish Government Deploys Robotic Fish to Monitor Maritime...

Mon, 28 May 2012 09:27:26 -0400

Spanish Government Deploys Robotic Fish to Monitor Maritime Pollution

The robots are battery powered and capable of running for 8 hours between charges. At the moment the researchers have to recover them by boat, but their plan is that the fish will return to a charging station by themselves.

Working in a group, the fish can cover a 1 kilometre-square region of water, down to a depth of 30 metres. They communicate with each other and a nearby base-station using very low-frequency sound waves, which can penetrate the water more easily than radio waves. However, this means the fish have a low data transmission rate and can only send short, predefined messages. “It’s a good solution, but it requires thinking carefully about what data to transmit and how to use that data,” says Kristi Morgansen, a roboticist at the University of Washington, who was not involved in the research.

Robotic fish shoal sniffs out pollution in harbours

Iranian anti-censorship software ‘Simurgh’ circulated with malicious backdoor

Sun, 27 May 2012 07:54:51 -0400

Iranian anti-censorship software ‘Simurgh’ circulated with malicious backdoor

Russian space agency confirms plans for Moon base

Thu, 24 May 2012 05:28:38 -0400

Russian space agency confirms plans for Moon base

FBI forms secretive Net-surveillance unit

Thu, 24 May 2012 05:20:40 -0400

FBI forms secretive Net-surveillance unit

Pentagon establishes Defense Clandestine Service, new espionage unit

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:00:45 -0400

Pentagon establishes Defense Clandestine Service, new espionage unit:

The new service will seek to “make sure officers are in the right locations to pursue those requirements,” said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the “realignment” of the military’s classified human espionage efforts.

Drone Use Takes Off on the Home Front

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:07:10 -0400

Drone Use Takes Off on the Home Front:

Dozens of universities and law-enforcement agencies have been given approval to use drones, according to documents obtained via FOIA requests by EFF.

More than 50 institutions received approval to operate drones including DHS, the police departments in North Little Rock, Ark., and Ogden, Utah, as well the University of North Dakota and Nicholls State University in Louisiana.

The FAA declined to comment.

House Intelligence Committee Aide Blasts Electronic Frontier Foundation For a Campaign of "False" Information | TechPresident

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 08:21:26 -0400

House Intelligence Committee Aide Blasts Electronic Frontier Foundation For a Campaign of "False" Information | TechPresident

theanimalblog: A U.S. Army soldier with the 10th Special Forces...

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 07:25:01 -0400

theanimalblog:

A U.S. Army soldier with the 10th Special Forces Group and his military working dog jump off the ramp of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment during water training over the Gulf of Mexico as part of exercise Emerald Warrior 2011 in this U.S. military handout image from March 1, 2011.
REUTERS/Manuel J. Martinez

NSA expert James Bamford discusses Utah data center on C-Span

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:01:18 -0400

NSA expert James Bamford discusses Utah data center on C-Span

The arms spending map of the world | The Guardian

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:43:14 -0400

The arms spending map of the world | The Guardian:

How much do countries spend on their militaries? This data from the Stockholm International Peace research Institute shows the world in arms spending - both in dollars over time and as a percentage of GDP.

Are video games just propaganda and training tools for the...

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:00:05 -0400

Are video games just propaganda and training tools for the military?

FBI names, arrests Anon who infiltrated its secret conference...

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:29:02 -0500

FBI names, arrests Anon who infiltrated its secret conference call

Darpa and ‘Battlefield Illusions’

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:41:13 -0500

In its new budget, unveiled on Monday, Darpa introduced a new $4 million investigation into technologies that will “manage the adversary’s sensory perception” in order to “confuse, delay, inhibit, or misdirect [his] actions.” Darpa calls the project “Battlefield Illusion.” If researchers can better understand “how humans use their brains to process sensory inputs,” the military should be able to develop “auditory and visual” hallucinations that will “provide tactical advantage for our forces.”

Source: Wired

Crypto crack makes satellite phones vulnerable to eavesdropping

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:02:05 -0500

Crypto crack makes satellite phones vulnerable to eavesdropping

This Swarm of Flying Robots Will Terrify and Amaze You

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:26:57 -0500

This Swarm of Flying Robots Will Terrify and Amaze You

The Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 ($300), the new version of the...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:08:27 -0500

The Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 ($300), the new version of the smartphone-controlled quadricopter, adds a new high-def camera, video recording (1280 x 720 res), flight data sharing, a new piloting mode, and increased stability.

via Gear | Uncrate

Cyber Attacks Take Down Two Israeli Websites

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:55:17 -0500

Cyber Attacks Take Down Two Israeli Websites:

A hacker who identified himself as oxOmar contacted Ynet overnight warning that a group called Nightmare planned to bring down the sites. oxOmar was responsible for posting the details of over 20,000 Israeli credit cards earlier.