BROAD STRATEGIC APPRAISALS: 9/1/10

Thursday, September 30, 2010

X3 concept – experimental compound helicopter

US Tries to Make it Easier to Wiretap the Internet

Congress clears private space taxis for lift-off

Tiny generators turn waste heat into power

Next-gen Wireless USB spec approved

Physicists Convert Information Into Energy

Printable solar cells within reach?

British UAV Flies Without Flaps or Control Surfaces

Anti-submarine exercises send deterrence message to North Korea

White House Sets IPv6 Transition Deadlines

Israeli cyber unit responsible for Iran computer worm – claim

New Look of NASA

BBC Broadcasts in Ultra High-Def, 16 Times Sharper Than HDTV

Stuxnet Under the Microscope

The Rise of the 3-D Printers

Pakistan Halts NATO Supplies to Afghanistan

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Darpa Moves a Step Closer to Its Flying Humvee

Painless Laser Tissue Analysis Could Replace X-Rays

Hitachi's 'Intelligent Carry' Autonomous Delivery-Bot

China's growing military clout and East Asia's future

Eliminating Passwords for Better Data Security

Cyber-Attack Turns Physical

NATO Unveils Early Version Of 21st Century Strategy

US-Japan ties in focus after boat row

1st Indo-Japanese Military Talks Begin in Tokyo

Monday, September 27, 2010

'Dry water' could make a big splash commercially

Electricity collected from the air could become the newest alternative energy source

IBM's Atomic Speed Gauge Could Mean Big Things for IT

Space exploration: The computers that power man's conquest of the stars

Solar cells thinner than wavelengths of light hold huge power potential

United Nations to Appoint Ambassador to Aliens?

Space junk tracker lifts off

Former Air Force officers discuss UFO sightings

Raytheon Global Broadcast Service Delivers Full-Motion Video

DARPA Funds Neurophotonics Center to Develop Fiber-Optic Link Between Brain and Prosthetics

Biometric Technologies are 'Inherently Fallible,' says U.S. Report

Piezoelectric Nanowires Enable Energy Generation through Sound

Goodbye Roll Call, Hello RFIDs

Iran says nuclear plant not damaged by Stuxnet

Unmanned airplanes coming to terminal near you

New Iron Man suit is faster, stronger than predecessor

Boeing, Raytheon win work on high power microwave missile

US seizes chance as China rattles Asia

Russia Defends Move to Ban Missile Sale to Iran

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Is Spent Nuclear Fuel a Waste or a Resource?

China Embargoes Rare Earth Elements to Japan

Flexible Solar Panels Could Make Solar Power Competitive

Stuxnet Suspicions Rise: Has a Cyberwar Started?

SpaceX Now Aims for November Launch of Dragon Space Capsule

U.S. Nuclear Weapons Have Been Compromised by Unidentified Aerial Objects (UFO)

Livermore lab nears launch of fusion quest

Fiber Optics Could 'Humanize' Future Prosthetic Limbs

Human-powered ornithopter becomes first ever to achieve sustained flight

Robot marching 300 miles from Tokyo to Kyoto

Solar Roads Fix The Grid And Crumbling Pavement

Mini Cell Phone Towers, Big Impact on the Future of Mobile Apps

Fuel from carbon dioxide?

Power to the Paper: Researchers Turn Paper into Flexible Lithium-Ion Battery

Graphene Ultracapacitor Could Shrink Systems

Missile-Killing Interceptors Eyed By Israel, U.S.

New GE Engine Has Potential For Commercial Use

U.S. Military Takes Cloud Computing to Afghanistan

U.S. opens up unused TV signals for broadband

Russia bans supply of missiles, other arms to Iran

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Xcor completes primary supersonic wind tunnel tests for Lynx vehicle

Biofuels Could Be Cleared For Aircraft Use

World’s Fastest Civilian Aircraft

How Brain Sees Things

Second Generation Aegis BMD Capability Completes Formal Testing

Russia Plans to Spend $613 Billion on Arms

Russia Drops Plan To Supply Iran With S-300 Missiles

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

AT&T Satellite-Enabled Smart Phone

Boeing aims for space tours by 2015

Jorno transforms your smartphone into a laptop

Sensors Use Building's Electrical Wiring as Antenna

The hunt is on for gravitational waves

Stuxnet worm to attack Iran's nuclear program?

Panasonic's compact cameras get third dimension

Detectors use sound waves to irradiate IEDs

Inside Sikorsky's Speed-Record-Breaking Helicopter Technology

Autonomous Vehicle Driving from Italy to China

Spray-on tech could power consumer devices

Alternative to X-rays makes its first step

Biden: US-China ties must go through Tokyo

Purdue Part Of US Effort To Create New Bomb-Detecting Technologie

Japan FM Voices Concern On China Defense Spending

Monday, September 20, 2010

China Develops World’s First Solar Powered Air Conditioning Unit

Mechanical Transmission without Contact between Parts

Physicists find evidence of new state of matter in a simple oxide

Metal Smasher Makes Aluminum as Strong as Steel

The Future of the Smart Grid Is IP

Solar-powered, Low-cost, Open source Cellular Network

New Compass Uses Light Beams to Detect Magnetic Field

How Long Can Nuclear Reactors Last?

James Cameron Designs 3D Camera for Mars Rover

Metal Storm Set Focus on Non-Lethal Weapon

Chinese Missile Could Shift Pacific Power Balance

Air-Launched BMD Enjoys Renewed Popularity

Laser Tests Point To Non-Kinetic Weapons

Air Force launches suborbital ballistic missile in weapons test

Russia's Kazan Aircraft Plant To Build Next Gen Bomber

Japan suspects cyber attacks amid China row

Brazil Building Itself Into Regional Military Power

DARPA Works to Develop A Flying Humvee

Friday, September 17, 2010

Why China’s Navy is a Threat

Supercomputing on a cell phone

Wideband satellites transform battlefield communications

Chip could speed development of quantum computers

Northcom Eyes Light Attack For Interdiction

Darpa Vulture Goes To Boeing

747 Based Airborne Laser Shifts Back To Solid-Fuel Targets

Lockheed to develop fiber laser system

Ejection Seat Battle

Super-cars split $10 million in X Prize race

New laser hides aircraft from missiles

Water blade to disarm bombs

Nuke outlaw as Pak president?

P&W Pitches Engine For Long-Range Strike

U.S., Russian Defense Chiefs Promote Deeper Ties

Inmarsat to Demonstrate Space-Based BGAN Terminal

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

U.S. Army to Use Solar Backpacks In Afghanistan

Home's electrical wiring acts as antenna to receive low-power sensor data

Defense Information Systems Agency moves data closer to the front lines

Turning Exhaust Gas Into Fuel

License Plates Used for Public Messaging

Construction of French Fusion Reactor Underway

Luxottica to launch world's first 3D glasses

New supercomputer 'sees' well enough to drive a car someday

E-Quickie Car Draws Power From the Road

IT operations in a cloudy world

Boeing unveils plans to launch private citizens into orbit

3-D Printing Spurs a Manufacturing Revolution

Mind-Reading Devices to Help the Speechless Speak

Airborne Multi-Intelligence Lab Demonstrates Intelligence Integration

U.S. Urges NATO to Build 'Cyber Shield'

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Computer in wrapping-paper form

Power struggles: charging tomorrow's cars

Can fuel cells power the future?

ORNL scientists reveal battery behavior at the nanoscale

NASA looks at horizontal, railgun-like rocket launcher

Seagate's self-encrypting laptop hard drive wins key government certification

LM Continues To Meet And Exceed F-22 Production And Delivery Schedule

Mind-Reading Tools Go Commercial

How NASA Will Get the Astronauts into Orbit: Tech Overview

This Next Gen Camera Is Flash-Free, With or Without Light

US plans massive arms sale to Saudi to counter Iran threat

U.S. Needs New Long-Range Bomber: Analyst

Monday, September 13, 2010

Memristor Inside

Many roads lead to superconductivity

MIT researchers develop a way to funnel solar energy

How to Implement RFID Successfully

Artificial "skin" materials can sense pressure

Manipulating objects with a beam of light

Intel lifts wraps on new PC chip that could replace rivals

Air Force Invests in 'Batman' Technologies for Soldiers

Microsoft Launches Massive Wireless Hotspot

LLNL zinc air fuel cell technology licensed to Montana company

Lockheed: No decision yet on F-35 delivery

U.S. Army Selects Raytheon for Next-Generation Excalibur Ib Program

With China Clamping Down on Rare-Earth Metals, Japanese Manufacturers Devise Clever Alternatives

Boeing's Stealthy Fighter Moves

X-48B transforming into X-48C

Japan defence paper points at China's growing military reach

USAF Secretary: New Bomber Critical for the U.S.

Friday, September 10, 2010

China’s Enigmatic Military

Sharp to introduce industry-first LED ceiling lights

US navy seeks 'safer' bomb

Superconductors face the future

Printing in Three Dimensions

Prof Says Brainwaves Can Catch Terrorists

DIY Jet Ready to Resume Testing

Israel ponders a nuclear Iran

DARPA Wants to Install Transcranial Ultrasonic Mind Control Devices in Soldiers' Helmets

Is Telepresence the Next Big Thing in Robotics?

Computers as Invisible as the Air

Hydrogen-powered high flier could replace satellites

No carrier sharing between UK and France

Castro regrets moves in 1962 missile crisis

A 2010 Saudi Shopping Spree?

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Robot Birds: Designing Micro Spy Vehicles

New CCTV technology helps prevent terror attacks

Philips shows mains OLED lighting

IED Campaign Defeated In Afghanistan

Solar Cells Made From Bioluminescent Jellyfish

6-Legged NASA Rover Takes Desert Drive

Iran Shows New Jet Bomber Drone

Researchers translate brain signals using microelectrodes

Quantum Light Switch: Single Atom Acts as a Transistor for Photons

DARPA-Funded Device Adjusts the Speed of Light With the Twist of a Knob

Airborne Laser Weapon Fails to Take Down Dummy Nuke in Critical 100-Mile Test Shot

Boeing, Raytheon Test Joint Air-To-Ground Missile

Obama Plan Would Boost NextGen

People’s Daily: China needs powerful "carrier killer"

Agency to Test Airborne Laser

Destructive F-16 test makes strides toward new drone's development

What Info Can Uncle Sam Dig Up About You?

F-35 suddenly gets cheaper

Russia to get high-tech Israeli arms

Russia Has Deployed S-300 Missiles In South Ossetia

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Orbital Pushes ‘Cheap’ Taurus Rocket

New material may reveal inner workings of hi-temp superconductors

IBM Describes Fastest Microprocessor Ever

A cheaper way to extract hydrogen fuel from water

Four-engine all-electric aerobatic plane

How the BP Oil Rig Blowout Happened

Tiny, Five-Nanometer Silicon Oxide Switches Could Create Single Chips With Terabyte Storage

Diamonds are a supercomputer's best friend

UCLA Builds Fastest Graphene Transistor Yet

F-35 2nd Quarter Update

A 64-GB Hard Drive the Size of a Stamp

NASA Tests Engine With an Uncertain Future

Virus-Built Wearable Batteries Could Power Military

World must prepare for Iran military option: Blair

India Developing Laser-Based Anti-Missile Systems

China Intensifies Build-Up Against Taiwan: Reports

U.S. to Shun Military Drills in Turkey

Raytheon’s GBU-53 Small Diameter Bomb II