by Benjamin Plackett | Oct 4, 2012 | Monitor
The pentagon wants to use video games to keep tabs on soldiers’ mental health Photo:Remy Free/Flickr To do their job and to stay alive, troops need to be in shape. They need have the right equipment. And they also need to be psychologically sound. The problem is...
by Benjamin Plackett | Oct 3, 2012 | Monitor
<< Previous | Next >> A demostration of the Thermite firefighting robot. All photos: courtesy of Howe and Howe Technologies Inc.<< Previous | Next >>View all Imagine if you saw a pimped-up and remote-controlled mini tank zooming to extinguish a...
by Benjamin Plackett | Sep 21, 2012 | Monitor
A Manhattan fallout shelter from the Cold War. Photo: Flickr/Kate Haskell It turns out that China’s been mixing its nuclear missiles in with its conventional ones at the same military bases. Not really, uh, advisable: that makes it really hard for other...
by Benjamin Plackett | Sep 21, 2012 | Monitor
The world of tomorrow is going to be a dark and sinister place, according to a group of Air Force futurists. One reason why it’ll be so scary: Facebook. In an foreboding web video entitled “Welcome to 2035…the Age of Surprise,” produced by the U.S....
by Benjamin Plackett | Sep 7, 2012 | Monitor
A close up of a bee’s all seeing eye USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Laboratory /Flickr The Air Force wants its new spy sensors to work like a bee’s eye. Here’s why: Most of the military’s optical sensors, which convert an image into an...