Getting sensor information down to coalition forces at the lowest level is the operational imperative that is driving architecture development and is one of the most important C4ISR development efforts during the past year.
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Friday, November 13, 2009
Integrated sensor-derived data drives battlefield success
Getting sensor information down to coalition forces at the lowest level is the operational imperative that is driving architecture development and is one of the most important C4ISR development efforts during the past year.
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DOE Backs Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
A battery that could store three times more energy than lithium-ion batteries gets funded.
One of the most exciting battery chemistries for electric vehicles is lithium-sulfur--it has the potential to store three times more energy than the lithium-ion batteries currently used in electric car.
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One of the most exciting battery chemistries for electric vehicles is lithium-sulfur--it has the potential to store three times more energy than the lithium-ion batteries currently used in electric car.
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Start-up claims its DVDs last 1,000 years
Cranberry's DiamonDisc product holds a standard 4.7GB of data, which roughly amounts to 2,000 photos, or 1,200 songs, or three hours of video, but the media is unharmed by heat as high as 176 degrees Fahrenheit, ultraviolet rays or normal material deterioration, according to the company.
What's next for Wi-Fi?
The recent formal approval of the IEEE 802.11n wireless standard marks not the end but the start of a wave of Wi-Fi innovation. In the next three to five years, the Wi-Fi experience will be very different from today.
The huge 11n performance jump -- to 300Mbps data rate and roughly 100M to 150Mbps throughput -- will become the basis for unwiring work and life to a much greater extent than ever before.
The huge 11n performance jump -- to 300Mbps data rate and roughly 100M to 150Mbps throughput -- will become the basis for unwiring work and life to a much greater extent than ever before.
Army Testing XM-25 'Smart' High-Explosive Weapon for Soldiers
A Soldier successfully shoulder-fired a "smart" High Explosive Airburst, or HEAB, round for the first time Aug. 11 from the XM-25 weapon system at Aberdeen Test Center, Md.
Boeing Receives Contract to Develop Miniature Weapon Technology
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] received a $500,000 U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory contract on Sept. 30 for the first phase of a program to demonstrate miniature weapon technology for use on unmanned airborne vehicles (UAV).
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Nikon's Projector Cam Shines
Many of the camera's features — like the 11.044mm image sensor, 2.7-inch screen and 24mm wide-angle — look good on paper and proved decent.
In the S1000pj small, portable projector, picture is bright and clear while a slider on the top of the body lets you adjust the focus with ease.
3G Cellular Router integrates Wi-Fi, GPS, telemetry
Digi International (NASDAQ: DGII) today introduced the Digi TransPort WR44, an all-in-one enterprise-class cellular router with integrated Wi-Fi access point. The multi-function Digi TransPort WR44 provides high-speed connectivity to remote devices by combining a 3G cellular router, state-of-the-art security, advanced routing, an Ethernet switch, global positioning system (GPS), telemetry and Wi-Fi access point all in one device.
Interference-free radio
Cambridge Consultants has developed InCognito, a novel ‘spectral sensing’ cognitive radio technology that will allow any radio product to transmit without interference over the so-called ‘whitespace’ frequencies recently vacated by the US digital TV switchover.
Hot Spot Hot Rod: The Internet Invades the Automobile
A group of companies led by Alcatel-Lucent demonstrate the power of next-generation wireless broadband technologies by rolling out a Prius with 4G connectivity.
Carbon Nanotube Sponge Could Suck Up Oil Spills
A new carbon sponge can soak up 180 times its own weight in organic matter .
Chinese scientists have created carbon nanotube sponges that don't absorb water, leaving them plenty of room for absorbing oil or other icky organic goo.
Invisibility cloak is created--virtually
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Karlsruhe, Germany) have created a new visualization tool that can render a room containing such an object, showing the visual effects of such a cloaking mechanism and its imperfections.
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Microsoft, IBM Prime for RFID`s Next Wave
The hype around RFID solutions peaked around 2004 but has not come close to meeting lofty expectations -- much to the dismay of some invested solution providers. But IBM and Microsoft see a revival in the works, and are banking that a newly positioned RFID will finally make headway.
Bose-Einstein Condensates of Strontium Atoms Created for the First Time
Two independent teams have, for the first time, created Bose-Einstein condensates of strontium atoms. The ability to cool strontium to very low temperatures and control its motion could lead to increasingly precise clocks and may advance our progress toward quantum computers and novel experiments in ultracold chemistry.
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Boeing completes 787 wing fix install
Boeing today confirmed that installation of reinforcements within the side-of-body section on the 787 is complete.
The modification entails installing new fittings at 34 stringer locations within the join where the wing attaches to the fuselage.
The modification entails installing new fittings at 34 stringer locations within the join where the wing attaches to the fuselage.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Nanotech in Space: Rensselaer Experiment To Weather the Trials of Orbit
Space Shuttle Atlantis will next week carry a new Rensselaer nanomaterials experiment to the International Space Station. Samples of novel nanocomposite materials, seen in the photo, will be mounted to the hull of the space station, and tested to see how they weather the perils of space.
Samsung Launches Open Mobile Platform: Samsung Bada
Samsung Electronics today announced it will launch its own open mobile platform, Samsung Bada [bada] in December. This new addition to Samsung’s mobile ecosystem enables developers to create applications for thousands of new Samsung mobile phones, and consumers to enjoy a fun and diverse mobile experience.
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Setting Sail Into Space, Propelled by Sunshine
About a year from now, if all goes well, a box about the size of a loaf of bread will pop out of a rocket some 500 miles above the Earth. There in the vacuum it will unfurl four triangular sails as shiny as moonlight and only barely more substantial. Then it will slowly rise on a sunbeam and move across the stars.
Smart Grid Companies Give WiMAX Smart Meters a Boost
General Electric (GE) and Grid Net will deploy the world's first smart meter that runs over a 4G broadband network (WiMAX) for SP AusNet, one of Australia's largest publicly-held electricity and gas providers. GE and Grid Net will deploy 700,000 of the meters for the utility, which is its first customer for the Smart Grid technology.
Google's SPDY protocol could ramp up Web speeds
For almost forever, HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) has been the standard that allows Web servers and computer browsers to understand each other, transforming the bits and bytes served up from a Web publisher into a Web page in your browser. But Google announced Thursday that it's working on project called SPDY (pronounced, of course, "speedy") that it feels could make everything faster than HTTP currently allows.
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Seeing Stars, Proba-2 Platform Passes its 1st Health Check
Into its second week in orbit, Proba-2's spacecraft platform has proven to be in excellent health. This leaves the way clear for commissioning the many new technology payloads aboard the mini-satellite, among the smallest ever flown by ESA.
Boeing Receives Study Contract for Submarine-Tracking UAS
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] on Sept. 28 received a $275,000 contract from the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) for a study of the magnetic noise associated with the heavy-fuel propulsion system on Boeing's MagEagle Compressed Carriage (MECC) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS).
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LM's JASSM-ER Missile Maintains Perfect Success Rate with Latest Flight Test
The Lockheed Martin Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM-ER) successfully completed its sixth flight demonstration in a recent test at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The JASSM-ER program is now six for six flight test successes.
Underwater Glider Hunts, Records Cryptic Whales
The mysterious beaked whale is the target of a new undersea glider trying to track the deep-diving mammals by their high-frequency clicks and squeals.
A Seaglider unmanned underwater vehicle with an underwater microphone began patrolling the coast of Hawaii on October 27 and will finish up its initial mission on November 17. By then, it will have collected half a terabyte of data.
A Seaglider unmanned underwater vehicle with an underwater microphone began patrolling the coast of Hawaii on October 27 and will finish up its initial mission on November 17. By then, it will have collected half a terabyte of data.
Real-time 3D modelling
A group of researchers at the Department of Engineering at Cambridge University have created a program that is able to build 3D models of textured objects in real time, using only a standard computer and webcam.
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Luxtera optical transceiver mounts on a computer motherboard
Luxtera (Carlsbad, CA) has launched a single-chip optical transceiver that can be mounted directly on a computer motherboard; the aim is for the 10 Gbit/s per channel device to dip below the one dollar per Gbit/s barrier.
Robotic Tightrope Walkers for High-Voltage Lines
High-voltage power-line inspection has always been a dangerous job for humans, so a handful of companies are sending in the robots. One such company, the Tokyo-based HiBot, is working with western Japan's Kansai Electric Power Co. to field a new robot next year that can inspect several power cables at once, a first for such daredevil bots.
Huge $10 billion collider resumes hunt for 'God particle'
Excitement and mysticism are building again around the $10 billion machine as the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) gears up to circulate a high-energy proton beam around the collider's 17-mile tunnel.
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Russian military to get 30 new ICBMs, 3 nuclear subs in 2010
Russia's Armed Forces are to receive 30 new ground and sea-launched ballistic missiles, three nuclear submarines, and an assortment of other weapons, the Russian president said on Thursday.
OEwaves Contributes To Advanced Missile System Technology RDECOM
OEwaves opto-electronic oscillator (OEO) capability was highlighted in a recent significant event by Army RDECOM: "The Research and Development Engineering Command (RDECOM) Aviation and Missile Research and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) in Huntsville, AL working in collaboration with Lockheed Martin is developing advanced technologies for future missile systems.
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