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DARPA Wants to Give Soldiers Robot Surrogates, Avatar Style - IEEE Spectrum

DARPA Wants to Give Soldiers Robot Surrogates, Avatar Style - IEEE Spectrum | Science News | Scoop.it
Soldiers controlling bipedal robot surrogates on the battlefield?
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Untethered tech: Wireless sensors monitor brain waves

Untethered tech: Wireless sensors monitor brain waves | Science News | Scoop.it
It used to be that electroencephalography required users to sit still for a computer to track the brain's impulses. New advances have made that technology wireless and mobile. Read this blog post by Scientific American on Cutting Edge.
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Thinking Underwear for Warriors : Discovery News

Thinking Underwear for Warriors : Discovery News | Science News | Scoop.it
Sensors in the fabric monitor respiration, heart rate, activity, body posture and skin temperature.
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The Army's Newest Surveillance Drone Can Shoot 80 Years' Worth of Video In a Day | Popular Science

The Army's Newest Surveillance Drone Can Shoot 80 Years' Worth of Video In a Day | Popular Science | Science News | Scoop.it

Sometimes the whole is more than the sum of its parts, and the U.S. Army is about to find out if they can create some amazing ISR synthesis by combining two pieces of bleeding-edge technology from its own stores: Boeing’s A160 Hummingbird unmanned helo and ARGUS--the Autonomous Real-time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance Imaging System. Together, the duo will reportedly be able to collect 80 years’ worth of HD video each and every day.

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Army Orders 1,100 Scout Robots

Army Orders 1,100 Scout Robots | Science News | Scoop.it
ReconRobotics reports it's making 1,100 of these Recon Scout XT bots for the military, the largest order the company has ever had. The bots weigh about one pound and have an infrared camera on board.
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Special Forces Get Social in New Psychological Operation Plan

Special Forces Get Social in New Psychological Operation Plan | Science News | Scoop.it
The elite forces of the U.S. military think they've found a new way to sway opinion in the Pentagon's preferred directions: a voice-based so...
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Air Force’s Top Brain Wants a ‘Social Radar’ to ‘See Into Hearts and Minds’

Air Force’s Top Brain Wants a ‘Social Radar’ to ‘See Into Hearts and Minds’ | Science News | Scoop.it

Chief Scientists of the Air Force usually spend their time trying to figure out how to make jets go insanely fast or build better satellites. Which makes Dr. Mark Maybury, today’s chief scientist, a bit of an outlier. He’d like to build a set of sensors that peer into people’s souls — and forecast wars before they erupt.

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Exposed: The Military’s Freakiest ‘Non-Lethal’ Weapon Ideas

Exposed: The Military’s Freakiest ‘Non-Lethal’ Weapon Ideas | Science News | Scoop.it
Tasers that elicit excruciating spasms in one person at a time? Foam pellets that send an entire crowd fleeing in agony? Pfft. So 2011. Wher...
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