by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | Jul 19, 2012 | Monitor
The University of Texas Radionavigation Laboratory drone, an Adaptive Flight Hornet Mini. Photo: Courtesy Todd Humphreys UPDATED 7/20/12, 11.30AM On June 19, when University of Texas researchers successfully hijacked a drone by “spoofing” it — giving...
by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | Jul 18, 2012 | Monitor
Computerized model of the ParaFoil, a propeller-driven drone that could transport up to 3,000 pounds of goods to disaster-stricken areas. The U.S. military wants to help out during a humanitarian crisis. And it wants paraglider drones and robotic cranes to do it....
by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | Jul 10, 2012 | Monitor
U.S. Marines zap one another in stun guns during a training session. Photo: USMC Imagine a stun gun that doesn’t just drop you to the floor, but renders you unconscious for several minutes. This tech is called a “nano-second electrical pulse,” and...
by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | Jul 6, 2012 | Monitor
The University of Texas Radionavigation Laboratory drone, an Adaptive Flight Hornet Mini. Photo: Courtesy Todd Humphreys On the evening of June 19, a group of researchers from the University of Texas successfully hijacked a civilian drone at the White Sands Missile...
by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | Jul 2, 2012 | Monitor
Bone Cement for Traumatic Wound Repair. Photo: Pulse Lavage With better medical care and equipment, one in every four troops who died of their wounds in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars could have been saved, according to an unpublished study from the U.S. Army Institute...