BROAD STRATEGIC APPRAISALS: 5/1/14

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Scientific computing’s future: Can any coding language top a 1950s behemoth?

Japan needs military options

Abe Blames China for Asian Tensions

China’s Monroe Doctrine

US Defense Dept. analyzing Bitcoin as potential terrorism threat

Did Putin blink on Ukraine?

Why May 9 will be a date to watch in Ukraine

US Space Defense Funding Drops From Previous Projections

How Ukraine Will Get Crimea Back

U.S. Army Sends Its Best Tanks to European War Game

Surface Navy: Survivability Is Not One of CNO’s Three Tenents

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Flying 3D printer could seal off nuclear waste

Fabrication of large-area metamaterials

Organic crystal demonstrates superelasticity

Humanized pig organs to revolutionize transplantation

Sparton Introduces GPS-Assisted Inertial Navigation System

DARPA is developing autonomous flying drones that will collaborate to survive

Water-Splitting Photocatalyst that is Abundant and Inexpensive with Low Toxicity Discovered

Alcohol-powered micro fuel cell

Ka-band represents the future of space communications

Graphene for real-world devices

Energy device for flexible electronics packs a lot of power

Getting more electricity out of solar cells

Boeing's commercial spaceliner takes cues from sci-fi

3D Printed Body Parts Are Almost Here!

Optical USB cables from Corning send data at 5 gigabits per second as far as 30 meters

D-Link's New Wi-Fi Smart Plug Allows You to Remotely Monitor, Control Devices

Wifi on the Fly: Drones to Deliver Mobile Hotspots

Hagel touts 'light footprint' strategy for US military amid Ukraine unrest

Ukraine on the brink of civil war

Vietnamese Navy Confronts Chinese Ships in Oil Rig Dispute

Philippines police capture Chinese fishing boat in South China Sea

Obama visit fails to strengthen US–Japan trust

ESTRANGED OVER A RISING CHINA

ISR role in Pacific grows

Bomber-Plane Budget by U.S. Air Force Projected to Double

Norway’s Lessons for NATO

Pilots and Tank Crews Hate This Missile Designer

How Not to Prepare for War

Our Drone Wars Are Just Beginning

Every Country Will Have Armed Drones Within Ten Years

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

How the Air Force Could Finally Give You a Decent Wi-Fi Connection

Symantec And Security Starlets Say Anti-Virus Is Dead

A Tractor Beam Made of Sound

An Ingenious Shock-Absorbing Wheel for Bikes and Wheelchairs

"Green" Jet Fuel From Sunlight Developed

HAL is my co-pilot: DOD tests “pilot-optional” aircraft

3D PRINTING ORGANS, BLOOD VESSELS AND ALL, TAKES A BIG STEP TOWARD REALITY

Team creates bioplastic made from shrimp shells

'Electronic blood' could power computers

New antibacterial fabric could revolutionise infection control

Electric impulses make this device a true touchscreen

Engineering better machines and buildings by understanding mechanics of materials at the atomic scale

From balloons to shrimp-filled shallows, the future is wireless

Magnetic Fields in Electric Cars Won't Kill You

Emergency Response Teams Combine Mobile Robots, Drones, and Dogs

First reversible glue bandage could save injured soldiers' vision

THz imaging with fewer sensors?

FAA: Data From U-2 Spy Plane Caused Computer Issue

Don’t Contain Russia, Push It East

NATO must invest in defense to counter Russia: US

PACAF Gen. Carlisle Warns China On New Air Defense Zones; Russians Pushing in Pacific Too

Pentagon tries to challenge unwritten code of silence among troops

Why Japan's Smaller Military Could Hold Its Own Against China

Ukraine Crisis: How Harmful Are U.S. Defense Cuts?

Putin Could Give U.S. Defense Contractors a Boost

Ukraine crisis: Russia rules out new Geneva talks

German foreign minister warns Ukraine is close to war

Drone Warfare: The Sky's the Limit

Democracy Lab How Putin Is Reinventing Warfare

Why the Death of the Tank Is Greatly Exaggerated

Monday, May 5, 2014

Minesweepers International Outdoor Robotic Competition on Humanitarian Demining

How to Prevent the next Heartbleed

Scientists Develop Coal-Killing Solar Cell Made From Tin

US Government Begins Rollout Of Its 'Driver's License For The Internet'

Research examines clues for superconductivity in an iron-based material

FLIR targets 'infrared everywhere'

11 reasons encryption is (almost) dead

Unisys unveils invisibility cloak for network traffic

Nanoengineers develop basis for electronics that stretch at the molecular level

Genetic approach helps design broadband metamaterial

US Army Testing Pilotless Black Hawk Helicopter

UAV Shipboard Landing with RTK

Identilock biometric tech unlocks a gun in under a second

AMD’s Project Skybridge: New ARM and x86 chips that are pin-compatible

Smaller microchips that keep their cool

High-strength materials from the pressure cooker

IBM's Watson supercomputer can help settle your debates

Tanks a Lot: Norway to Leverage Facebook's Oculus VR to Drive Armor

Mozilla: We have a fix for Net neutrality

MH370 Preliminary Report Short on Details

Unmanned vehicles for the carrier strike force

Putin's Asymmetrical War on the West

Heavy clashes reported as Ukrainian forces tackle pro-Russian separatists

Navy Looking for Fresh Thinking on Future Warships

CHINA: ENGAGEMENT VS. ESTRANGEMENT

Is NATO ready for Russia’s new-generation warfare?

Russian bombers, fighter jets 'seen over Crimea'

Pro-Ukraine Group Steps In to Defend City of Odessa

The U.S. Doesn't Need to Prove Itself in Ukraine

The Pentagon Just Got a New Ship That Can Track Satellites … And Help Destroy Them

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Nanomaterial smart beads detect and repair corrosion

IBM Security: Intelligence, integration, expertise

WHO’s first global report on antibiotic resistance

Intro to Internet neutrality

"Swerve Assist" Algorithm Uses Power Steering and Brakes to Avoid Collision

Innovation: Reducing the Jitters

US goverment wants to limit sale of high-powered lasers

In recognizing speech sounds, the brain does not work the way a computer does

Solving a mystery of thermoelectrics

Oxford makes computers learn faster

Navy orders 10 Virginia-class attack submarines

Sikorsky proceeds with sensor-in-the-loop autonomous flights

3D-printed ultrasound cast could save us costly surgeries

Raytheon developing the world's most advanced digital radar

Navy readies X-47B unmanned combat air vehicle for new sea tests

Navy advancing carrier-based drone program

Navy forms team to boost shipboard cybersecurity

Raytheon Tests New Guidance System for Tomahawk Cruise Missile

DARPA Sows Seeds of Technological Surprise, Director Says

Beijing should reconsider its South China Sea claims

Pentagon says it cannot replace imported Russian rocket engines

Japan Prepares to Enter the Arms Market

U.S. Asian Allies Wonder: Is U.S. Ready To Fight China Over Islets?

Ukraine crisis highlights NATO defense spending problem: Hagel

Putin threatens to send in tanks as Ukraine lurches towards all-out war

Putin’s plan to reclaim the old Russian empire

Ukraine PM says Russia waging 'real war' against Kiev

Amid continued defiance, Ukrainian official vows: 'We are not stopping'

Obama’s pivot to Asia: Rebalance and reassure

U-2 Spy Plane Wreaks Havoc, Shuts Down LAX

Saturday, May 3, 2014

WILL THE MILITARY GET A FLYING CAR BEFORE THE REST OF US?

Treat cyberspace like a battlefield

New material for flat semiconductors

MIT team wins Clean Energy Prize for solving solar’s shade problem

Rebooting Civilization: Survivors’ How-to Guide for Restoring Technology after the Apocalypse

Stephen Hawking Says A.I. Could Be Our 'Worst Mistake In History'

Building better atomic clocks

Nuclear power - All at sea

Project Ara module maker explores 'conductive ink' to create circuitry

Positronium gamma-ray laser is possible

Graphene’s negative environmental impacts

New material coating technology mimics Nature's Lotus Effect

How Self-Driving Cars Will Sneak Onto Our Roads

Scientists develop GPS for DNA

New revolutionary sensor links pressure to color change

Terahertz imaging on the cheap

Delving deep into the brain

Army orders UAV control for attack helicopters

The potential benefits of a laser-based interplanetary Internet

Congress Presses Pentagon For Details On Future Of Nuclear "Doomsday Plane"

Japan debates pacifist constitution as prime minister tries to give military greater role

US-Philippine defense deal revolves around China

Ethnic Russians: Pretext for Putin's Ukraine Invasion?

MAP: How Ukraine and Russia are moving toward war

Ukraine Presses Assault on Rebels With Warning of ‘War’

Russia’s buildup on the Ukraine border

HOME>U.S. Security Council Holds Emergency Ukraine Meeting

Why We Should Give Putin a Chance

Russia Can Lose Territory, Too. It Should Worry.

The Pentagon Literally Tossed Millions of Dollars Into the Trash

Friday, May 2, 2014

Researchers Develop 3D Printer Capable Of Making Fabrics, Stuffed Animals

The Brain Waves For Knowing What You Know

The touchy-feely robot coming soon

Quantum telescope could make giant mirrors obsolete

It's electrifying: the paint that becomes conductive when it dries

The Internet of Things likely to drive an upheaval for security

Human Brain Microchip Is 9,000 Times Faster Than a PC

Harnessing Magnetic Vortices for Making Nanoscale Antennas

Thumbles: a Touchscreen Interface Based on Little Mobile Robots

New 2D material could self-assemble into a transistor

NASA announces futuristic spacesuit design picked by online vote

Physics students produce a workable model for real-life deflector shields

Breaking up water: Controlling molecular vibrations to produce hydrogen

Welcome to the nano age

How test-tube meat could be the future of food

‘Solar’ jet fuel made out of thin air

Future of Air Navigation: Resilience to Vulnerability

Russia may launch crippling cyberattacks on U.S. in retaliation for Ukraine sanctions

Pentagon’s rapid plan for maintaining air superiority

Hagel: Idea of permanent peace in Europe is gone

Lockheed completes development of three new unmanned technologies

Pacific Pathways: Army prepares new tack for deploying forces in Pacific

Philippines to give U.S. forces access to up to five military bases

So Far, U.S. Sanctions Over Ukraine May Be Inflicting Only Limited Pain on Russia

Ukraine Launches Offensive to Regain Slovyansk

Cold War Against Russia—Without Debate

A Bad Move: Further NATO Expansion

The Real Tragedy of NATO

D.C.‘Insiders’ Are Wrong, NATO Could Beat Russia

The Perils of International Idealism

Thursday, May 1, 2014

High-Tech Balloons Can Do So Much More

Droplet lens turns a smartphone into a 160X microscope

The Crash-Proof Car

Resource Effective BioIdentification System

Toyota is creating a combustion engine that directly generates electricity

SanDisk unveils a monster 4TB SSD

New rapid synthesis developed for bilayer graphene and high-performance transistors

Meet the 21st-century bomb sniffers

See the U.S. military's stealth dirt bike

Electrospun superglue stops bleeding

NATO Expansion: The Source of Russia's Anger?

French 'flying car' undergoes testing for special forces

EU firms help power China's military rise

DARPA eyes artificial limbs with sense of touch

Producing more oil by capturing carbon

‘Apps on a map’ link the command post, mounted, dismounted Soldiers

Boeing Showcases Future Commercial Spacecraft Interior

Hagel Emphasizes NATO’s Importance to World Security

Dismounting China from the South China Sea

US may meet South China Sea ADIZ with robust response

Pentagon report: Long sequestration would threaten F-35 program

Japan to conduct island defense drill amid tension with China

Putin Clamps Down: A Chilling Report From Moscow

Too Bad Ukraine Didn't Keep Its 2,000 Nuclear Weapons

Ukraine's government has lost control of east, says acting president

Replacing Russian Rocket Engine Isn’t Easy, Pentagon Says

As the World Warms, Navy Strategists Plan for an Arctic Rush

The Philippines-China-U.S. Triangle: A Precarious Relationship

F-35 is Liaoning's worst nightmare, says Global Times

B-1s Really Do CAS!