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New Generation of Ion Thrusters In The Works

The vast distances in the Universe constitute the main obstacles in devising and sending out space missions to other stars or planetary systems. Until mankind would have a permanent base on the Moon, from where to send out space explorers, we are doomed to have to launch all probes on rockets that burn massive amount...

12 November 2009
02:57 GMT

Reusable Military Spaceplane to Launch in August 2010

When civilian companies manage a breakthrough that allows their spacecraft to go to the Earth's orbit, and then come back to the ground unharmed, they are sure to let everyone know about it. This does not seem to be the case with the United State Air Force (USAF), which develops its X-37B project under the cover...

24 October 2009
02:17 GMT

Panel Wants NASA’s Institute for Advanced Concepts Reopened

NASA’s Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) was at its time one of the best places to be, if you were an expert concerned with resolving space-related problems. Originally thought of as a means of scientists working together towards innovating the way we look at space travel, over time, the center became a pl...

11 August 2009
02:42 GMT

Pentagon Invests Heavily in Telepathy Research

The Pentagon has lately taken a very active interest in telepathy research, and has started pumping millions of dollars in funding of “silent communication techniques.” The goal is to create soldiers that are able to better coordinate their actions, without having to go through the inconveniences of telec...

15 May 2009
09:46 GMT

The Pentagon Is on Cyberwar Alert

The Internet environment, as far as hacker attacks go, has come a long way since the early days, when a single individual would try to hack into a secure network just for the fun of the experience. Over the past few years, cyberattacks have become a very effective way of targeting an enemy nation, without actually ha...

16 March 2009
11:52 GMT

IBM Details Upon 300Gbps Optically-Connected Circuit Board

IBM described a new technological breakthrough in data transfer that is alleged to be world's first optically-connected circuit board during the Optical Fiber Communication Conference in San Diego. The company engineers have detailed upon the process and said that the 300-Gbits/sec optical interconnect has been...

28 February 2008
12:25 GMT

Plasma Engine Fits in the Palm of Your Hand!

Forget about small spying devices that fly around by flapping their wings like they are defective or something, scientists say it is practically impossible to develop micro unmanned aerial vehicles by using moving parts. Instead, they propose a more Earthly approach such as powering small airplane-like systems, with ...

22 January 2008
10:15 GMT

Why Robot Cars Are Closer To Reality!

During the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show, General Motors has demonstrated the Chevrolet Tahoe car, the same that used electronics to successfully "drive" itself through a 60-mile urban course, in November 2007. Its electronic revolutionary technology is so promising that it could lead to mass production vehicles tha...

11 January 2008
06:12 GMT

The American Silicon-based Rommel

The computer scientists and engineers from DARPA (The Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency), the Pentagon's technological and scientific organization has struck again (remember when they came up with the Internet concept?). It seems that the Pentagon decided to rain some cash over them in an attempt to buil...

20 July 2007
10:56 GMT

How to Find out if Your Woman Is Cheating on You and Where She Is at that Time

The spy panties may sound like something out of a bad spy movie, but it's actually as real as they come. You can now track your girlfriend/wife wherever she goes and even know if she's cheating on you, without her knowing about it.If you're the jealous type, or just paranoid, you can keep track of you...

3 July 2007
10:39 GMT

First Polymorphic Computer in the World

Raytheon Company has developed the first computer in the world that can adjust itself to the applications it processes. By adjustment I'm referring to its architecture. The name of this new technology is not the Terminator T1000, we haven't come that far, it's called MONARCH (Morphable Networked Micro-...

22 March 2007
09:58 GMT


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