BROAD STRATEGIC APPRAISALS: 3/1/11

Thursday, March 31, 2011

New energy-efficient memory could replace flash drives

Phoenix UAV can sense you breathing

GPS mortars make Army debut in Afghanistan

Why F-22s Did Not Come To Libya

Physicists put a new twist on graphene

Sukhoi Su-35BM vs Eurofighter Typhoon

Northrop Grumman joins Honeywell in DARPA program to develop precision micro-gyro sensor for smart munitions

Australian bionic eye now within sight

Spanish scientists search for fuel of the future

Micro Spy-Satellite Technology Evolving at RAFAEL

Syria tests internet freedom theory

Commentary: Saudi nukes in gulf

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Generator with superconductors

Plastic Made From Fruit Rivals Kevlar In Strength

Brain researchers investigate nervous system repair with worms and fish

New job for mainframes: Cloud platform

Scientists Developing Heart-Powered Nano-Batteries That Can Charge Your Gadgets

Military optical computing uses fast optical interconnects for small size, light weight, and RFI immunity

Curry spice could be used to detect explosives

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant lost

Scientist teams create cyborg electronics

From Crankcase to Gas Tank: New Microwave Method Converts Used Motor Oil Into Fuel

U.S. Military Looks At GPS Dependence

U.S. Military Looks At GPS Dependence

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New Pentagon Cyber Strategy Complete: Official

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Spinning the Sun's Rays Into Fuel

Future Navy lasers will 'burn incoming missiles,' blast through ominous vessels

Nuclear power to go underground?

Superconductivity from nowhere

Persistent surveillance on a non-satellite budget is goal of U.S. military airship development

Researchers developing biometric intent scanners

Atom-thick sheets hold the key to new technologies

Stanford researchers use river water and salty ocean water to generate electricity

First practical nanogenerator produces electricity with pinch of the fingers

Students Invent Breakthrough Brain-Controlled Prosthetic Arm

Foremay creates 64GB SSD the size of a quarter

Foremay creates 64GB SSD the size of a quarter

New pictures of Chinese Global Hawk clone

Monday, March 28, 2011

New laser technology prepares to revolutionize communications

German Electric Airplane Makes Successful Test Flights

Heavy metals open path to high temperature nanomagnets

Huge potential of nanocrystals in fuel cells

Huge potential of nanocrystals in fuel cells

DARPA sniper system to use optical data link from Cubic

LGS brings IPTV Video Technology to the U.S. Air Force under network-centric contract

Major advance in understanding how nanowires form

Silicine might be the new graphene, now that it's been physically constructed

Reconfigurable robot prototype for search-and-rescue operations

Scientists develop plastic chips

Scientists develop plastic chips

MIT engineers devise new way to inspect materials used in airplanes

Eye-Opening Visualization of RFID Fields

UK Aircraft Carrier for Sale on Internet

Marines Use Helium Balloons to Talk to Harrier Jump Jets Over Libya

Marines Use Helium Balloons to Talk to Harrier Jump Jets Over Libya

U.S. Army to Test Wearable PCs with Battle Command Network

Fight fire with ... a magic wand?

US Navy's wish-list for new UAV spy-bomber

Ballistic helmet offers tougher shield

Thursday, March 24, 2011

High-temperature superconductor spills secret: A new phase of matter

High-temperature superconductor spills secret: A new phase of matter

Seeing below the surface

Case Western Researchers Announce Low-Cost Fuel Cell Breakthrough

Tata & MIT Work on Breakthrough Way to Generate Power From Ordinary Water

Tesla Chief Bets on Capacitors Over Batteries for Future of Electric Vehicles

Remotely operated ground vehicle with counter-IED rollers to be developed by General Dynamics Robotics

What if there is a U.S.-China cyberwar in 2020?

What if there is a U.S.-China cyberwar in 2020?

Air Force to retest X-51 WaveRider hypersonic aircraft near Point Mugu

Eureqa-a software tool for detecting equations and hidden mathematical relationships in data

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Eureqa – Software to Replace Scientists

Diamond could store quantum information

Superconducting Niobium Chip Smashes Silicon Power Consumption Standards

Skunk Works P-791 airship revived as civil cargo-lifter

Artificially Intelligent Rockets Could Slash Launch Costs

Pentagon Killing JSF F136 Engine

Strategic Defence Intelligence Investigates Outcomes of Political Unrest

U.S. achieves the 'Holy Grail' of missile defense

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

US to Overtake China with Fastest Supercomputer

U.S. troops getting wearable gunshot detectors

Tageos Makes RFID Inlays on Paper, Eliminating Plastic Substrate

A New Wave Of Russian SSGNs

Wearable Scanner Opens New Frontier in Neuroscience

How Cruise Missiles Would Beat GPS Jammers in Libya

TSA looking for shoe scanning devices

Neurons grow into semiconductor tubes: future intelligent chips?

Nano-electrodes may lead to phones that charge in seconds, electric cars in minutes

Lockheed Martin's Spybot Knows How Not to Be Seen

At the Speed of a Gas Fill-Up: Battery Advance to Allow Rapid EV Charging?

The Future of Nuclear Power

Tarian QuickShield Offres Ad-Hoc Armor Repair

Natural Gas Now Viewed as Safer Bet

Russian Military To Buy 36 ICBMs, 2 Missile Subs In 2011

Limitations Keep F-22 Raptor on Sidelines in Libya Campaign

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Hydrazine fuels hydrogen power hopes

NASA's Orion begins road to space travel

Getting Closer To Using Graphene For Electronics

Brain-computer interface allows paralyzed patients to play music

Single lens allows microscopes to capture 3D images

Princeton engineers make breakthrough in ultra-sensitive sensor technology

Can Japan Send In Robots To Fix Troubled Nuclear Reactors?

Radiation Hardening 101: How To Protect Nuclear Reactor Electronics

An End To Space Trash?

JSF Cost Predictions Rattle Foreign Customers

Brocade Unites IPv4 and IPv6

GPS jammers can wreak havoc, cover crimes

Second And Third Flights Of X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Completed

Israel arms tanks with new defense system

China 'Opposes Force' in Libya, Urges Ceasefire

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Physicists Develop Quantum Version of Public Key Encryption

Researchers Develop The First Permanent Anti-Fog Coating

NUCLEAR REACTOR MELTDOWN EXPLAINED

NEC develops technology to control devices with tap of an arm

'Pruned' microchips are faster, smaller, more energy-efficient

Is Teijin's cabon fibre technology the future of car production?

Large Hadron Collider could be world’s first time machine

Lockheed Martin GPS III Team Completes Key Flight Software Milestone

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Insulin-releasing switch discovered

Fundamental discovery could lead to better memory chips

New Switching Device Could Help Build Ultrafast Quantum Internet

'Cracking the Code' Wins Intel Science Talent Search for Math Whiz

Explainer: What Went Wrong in Japan's Nuclear Reactors

Chip-Scale Atomic Clock

Modified X-51A Waverider ready for next hypersonic test

Sizing Up Small Nukes

Laser eyed to remove space junk

Monday, March 14, 2011

Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System to expand to Navy, Air Force fixed-wing platforms

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Sensors detecting nuclear tests detect tsunamis, too

Army signs deal with ChemImage for explosive detection technology

New techniques set stage for ultra-fast nanophotography

Japan Quake Sparks Tech Supply Shortage Concerns

Nanocomposite for high-capacity hydrogen storage

Nanocomposite for high-capacity hydrogen storage

Low-power memory from nanotubes

Low-power memory from nanotubes

Space Team Improves GPS Capability for Warfighters

Nanotechnology Could Make Batteries in Mobile Devices Obsolete

Japan Earthquake: Internet "didn't even blink," says analyst

Japan's Nuclear Emergency and the Future of Nuclear Power

C-RAM Systems Become A Priority

China's Military Space Surge

Strategic Defence Intelligence Investigates 'Invisibility' Technology

Strategic Defence Intelligence Investigates the Shape of Future Robots

The Post-PC Era: Don’t Hold Your Breath

Electronics: Another casualty of Japan's disaster

IAI unveils tilt-rotor 'Ghost' UAV

IAI unveils tilt-rotor 'Ghost' UAV

F-35 Tests Suspended After Airborne Glitch

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Laser-Powered Tractor Beam Could Move Tiny Particles

Stem cells may provide treatment for brain injuries

Wi-Fi proven to interfere with aircraft

X-Ray Vision For The Infantry

Ultra high speed film

Electronic warfare approach to IED threat to be built by Sierra Nevada Corp.

NATO approves new Cyber Defense Concept

Fujitsu's cooling-free laser delivers 40Gbps

New Technique Allows for Single Atomic Layer Patterning of Graphene

Japan stealth jet prototype set to fly in 2014

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

DOE Exploring Superconducting Magnet Scheme for Grid Energy Storage

New molecular robot can be programmed to follow instructions

New microscope decodes complex eye circuitry

New study proves the brain has 3 layers of working memory

Shortwave Infrared Technology

AMD launches a dual-GPU, 350W monster card

New database critical to success of "See Something, Say Something"

New architecture for quantum computers

Ultra fast photodetectors out of carbon nanotubes

Student Innovator Uses Sound Waves, T-Rays for Safer Detection of Bombs and Other Dangerous Materials

Student Innovator Uses Sound Waves, T-Rays for Safer Detection of Bombs and Other Dangerous Materials

MRAM chip connection manages high speed data storage

MRAM chip connection manages high speed data storage

IBM builds smart cities

The race to make the world's strongest magnet

The race to make the world's strongest magnet

Russian Long-Range Air Defense Efforts Bloom

China refutes hacker accusation

Risk of IPv6 Brain Drain

Is there anything to the 'Theory of Everything'?

Libya no-fly zone looms as fighting rages

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Fibre-optic connections created using surface-emitting lasers

See-through camera can image invisible objects

Excalibur: Turning artillery cannon into a sniper rifle

The north pole is migrating to Russia

Quantum engineers clear a roadblock in developing new technologies

Diodes Built Inside Fiber

Intelligence Analysts Need Not Fear ‘Watson’

The Multicore Future

Samsung Unveils Solar-Powered Zero Energy Transparent TV

Ultrafast laser ‘scribing’ technique to cut cost, hike efficiency of solar cells

Air Force surveys industry on quick-turnaround electronic warfare capability to defeat enemy communications

The ray gun is back in style for military armored combat vehicles

Samsung fit 1TB on a single hard drive platter

Armies of Expensive Lawyers, Replaced by Cheaper Software

New Compass Tracking Shows Higher Signal Strength than GPS

Extremely fast MRAM data storage within reach

TaxiBot Brings Autonomy to Aircraft Taxiing

F-22s Could Be Assigned To Libyan Operation

Hacker group vows 'cyberwar' on US government, business

UFO Reports: Any Truth to Britain's Real X-Files?

'Spectacular' cyber attack hits French government

Transmitting Data And Power Wirelessly Through Submarine Hulls

U.S. Navy Keeping Watch on Libya

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Stretchy solar cells to power e-skin

Stretchy solar cells to power e-skin

Rice University researchers create single-atom lithography in graphene

Memristor Processor Solves Mazes

Is the Navy Trying to Start the Robot Apocalypse?

Is the Navy Trying to Start the Robot Apocalypse?

Serbian soldier modded ancient radar to detect, shoot down stealth F-117

New Camera Makes Seeing The ‘Invisible’ Possible

China to bring in location detection for mobile phones

Troubles at Iran's Bushehr Reactor

A Flash Memory That Doubles as DRAM

Clinton confirms plans for missile base in Poland

X-37B Space Plane Scheduled for 2nd Flight

Philippines sends warplanes near disputed islands

Mini-Weapons Add Punch To Small UAVs

26 Exabytes of Data Traffic in 2010

Avatar Knows If You Are Lying

New update on Russia's next generation bomber

Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract To Provide Cyberspace Operations Solutions To The US Navy

NATO Allies Debate Libya Military Option

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Microscope with 50-nanometre resolution demonstrated

To take advantage of multicore chips, programmers will need fundamentally new software

Diamonds are a radar's best friend

Diamond's cousin proposed

How brains guesstimate

Nanofabrication tools may make silicon optical chips more accessible

New MIT developments in quantum computing

Secure, miniature GPS designed by Rockwell Collins for radios, gun scopes, small UAVs

How To Turn A Laser Into A Tractor Beam

Stronger Than Steel, Novel Metals Are Moldable as Plastic

Nanostructured Material Promises to Double Li-ion Battery Capacity

New sense and avoid system for UAVs emerges from the shadows

Remote IT Lets Docs Care for ICU Patients From a Distance

First peek at Raytheon's next air dominance missile

First peek at Raytheon's next air dominance missile

Conventional ICBM Still an Option: Schwartz

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

New kind of optical fiber developed

US military requests 'Taser grenade'

New 'Frozen Smoke' May Improve Robotic Surgery, Energy Storage

New 'Frozen Smoke' May Improve Robotic Surgery, Energy Storage

The Gates Doctrine: Avoid Big Land Wars

Urban Field: Piezoelectric Trees Harvest Rainwater and Generate Energy

Scientists unravel the mysterious mechanics of spider silk

Pentagon Turns Eyes Toward Asia

Cyberspace Wars

Boston Dynamics set to build robot cheetah for US Department of Defence

Researchers Convert Algae to Butanol; Fuel Can be Used in Automobiles

Positioning Protocol for Next-Gen Cell Phones

Positioning Protocol for Next-Gen Cell Phones

Human stem cells from fat tissue fuse with rat heart cells and beat

Everything You Need to Know About Near Field Communication

Hydrogen Fuel Cells for Automobiles Look More Feasible with Nanostructured Storage Material

Hydrogen Fuel Cells for Automobiles Look More Feasible with Nanostructured Storage Material

Murderous Microwaves

Merkava 4 Equipped with Trophy Defeats RPG

Details Emerge On Darpa Anti-Ship Missile

Intel Unveils Fast Next-Gen SATA 3.0 SSDs

Follow the Money: Tiny Transistors Track Cash

India re-imagines the F-35?

Japan, China agree to patch up ties

Student Innovation Holds Key To Safer Remote Detection Of Dangerous Materials

Prompt Global Strike Won't Use ICBMs