by Robert Beckhusen | Apr 12, 2013 | Monitor
Here’s how serious the U.S. is about its African war on terror. The Pentagon is preparing to spend millions to create a privatized flying taxi service to fly its commandos everywhere from Libya to Congo.
by Robert Beckhusen | Apr 2, 2013 | Monitor
Tomorrow’s Navy could use 3-D printers on a vast scale, printing everything from food to spare parts, and building vast “biomining” ships that harvest resources — if the service listens to two of its lieutenants.
by Robert Beckhusen | Apr 1, 2013 | Monitor
Here’s what the Air Force is preparing to spend $49 million discovering: how directed energy weapons can “identify critical biochemical or molecular changes.” Which could make for better weapons.
by Robert Beckhusen | Mar 29, 2013 | Monitor
Finding people on Twitter who are into violent extremism is easy. But finding out who’s the most successful at spreading extremist ideologies online is a lot harder. Now two researchers think they’ve found a way.
by Robert Beckhusen | Mar 19, 2013 | Monitor
Swooping down like a bird of prey comes the latest nightmare fuel from robotics researchers at the University of Pennsylvania: a claw attached to a drone that can grab things and carry them away.