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Prieto Teams Up with Intel to Advance a Rechargeable 3D Solid-state Battery

2015-11-09T20:07:15Z

Prieto Battery and Intel have announced a business collaboration to accelerate the introduction of Prieto’s 3D solid-state battery cell into the marketplace. Prieto, a spinoff company out of Colorado State University, has agreed to complete a series ...(read more)

The Next Big Thing in Police Technology: PredPol, the Predictive Policing Software

2015-11-03T19:20:46Z

PredPol maps this red box onto areas where heightened crime is predicted to occur. Also.. it's their logo. (via Predpol) With budget cuts and shortages of officers, police departments are feeling the pressure to become smarter about preventing c...(read more)

French League 1 Soccer Team uses Ingestible, Wireless Pill to Monitor Player Body Temperature During Matches

2015-11-02T14:12:28Z

BodyCap, a French start-up company that specializes in miniaturized wireless monitoring devices today announced it has tested its e-Celsius Performance connected pill for temperature monitoring on ten FC Nantes soccer platers during two French League...(read more)

Using Silicon Anodes in Li-Ion Batteries Could Boost Energy Density by 40-60 percent

2015-10-28T15:46:32Z

Schematic of electrode process design: (a) Components mixing under ultrasonic irradiation, (b) an optical image of the as-fabricated electrode made of SiNP, SG and PAN, (c) the electrode after SHT, (d) Schematic of the atomic scale structure of the e...(read more)

“Morphing” Escape Systems Being Studied for Hypersonic Transport Aircraft

2015-10-26T19:03:18Z

Future commercial hypersonic flight will require an orbiter stage which, after main engine cut-off, will enter a high-speed gliding flight phase and will be capable of attaining altitudes of 80 km and Mach numbers beyond Mach 20. This vehicle w...(read more)

Boeing, Lockheed join Military Research Program to Develop Faster, More Energy Efficient Undersea Vehicle

2015-10-22T14:17:20Z

Artist's impression of "Blue Wolf" The range of underwater vehicles is limited by the amount of energy available for propulsion and the power required for a given underwater speed. Underwater propulsive power varies roughly with the cube of spee...(read more)

Zero-emission, Four Passenger Fuel Cell Aircraft is Scheduled to Fly in 2016

2015-10-19T20:03:28Z

By announcing its HY4 four-seater aircraft, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is taking a big step towards making zero-emission commercial flying a reality. Powered solely by a hydrogen fuel cell batte...(read more)

Sixth-Generation Eye Tracking Platform Targets Consumer Devices, VR

2015-10-18T12:17:57Z

Powered by the Tobii EyeChip, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) developed specifically for eye tracking, the new Tobii IS4 eye tracking module provides OEMs and integrators with a lightweight platform featuring near-infrared sensors, ...(read more)

Laser Weapons Development is Heating Up

2015-10-12T16:31:45Z

In creating a laser weapon for military use the biggest challenges for researchers are: 1) creating a laser that can reach high enough power to partially destroy or disable a target; 2) tracking numerous target objects simultaneously and 3) pro...(read more)

Smart Munitions Technology Takes a Step Toward Naval Use

2015-10-07T21:08:00Z

Raytheon has successfully fired its new Excalibur N5 projectile during a recent live guided flight test at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz. It was fired from a 5-inch naval gun during testing (shown, top photo). Excalibur N5 (bottom photo) is a 5-inc...(read more)

IBM‘s Nanotube Contact Solution Could Enable 1.8nm Devices

2015-10-05T13:55:16Z

Silicon transistors have been made smaller year after year, but they are approaching a point of physical limitation. Continuing to shrink the size of the transistor – including the channels and contacts – without compromising performance has become a...(read more)

NASA Says Liquid, Flowing Water Exists Today on Mars

2015-09-28T16:31:06Z

Dark, narrow streaks on Martian slopes such as these at Hale Crater are believed to be formed by seasonal flow of water. The streaks are roughly the length of a football field. Photo courtesy of: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona.Scientists rep...(read more)

Look and Shoot: The F-35 Gen III Helmet-Mounted Display System

2015-09-24T16:47:55Z

If you wait around long enough sometimes reality gets closer to science fiction. In the 1982 film “Firefox” Clint Eastwood plays an American pilot assigned to steal a highly advanced Soviet fighter aircraft which, among other things, uses a hel...(read more)

Air Force Generals Expect Airborne Laser Weapon Demos by the End of the Decade

2015-09-21T21:18:45Z

C-130 Hercules carrying a tactical laser When three top Air Force officers speaking separately at the same conference all say they expect the service to demonstrate airborne laser weapons by the end of this decade it wouldn’t be wise to bet against ...(read more)

DARPA Initiative Seeks Affordable Wafer-scale Infrared Sensors and Cameras

2015-09-18T00:56:01Z

The low cost of digital imaging devices has allowed them to become popular consumer products. This low cost is made possible by leveraging a mature processing infrastructure and the ability to fabricate complete focal plane arrays (FPAs) at the...(read more)