Category Archives: Technology

Army-Technology.com posted their list of the top 5 military robots, and its definitely worth the read. Here are the five military robots that they feature: PackBot 510 by iRobot Developed in 1997 and having prototypes in use in Afghanistan since 2002, this battlefield robot that includes a EOD Bomb Disposal Kit, a first repsonder kit and a HazMat Detection Kit.  This was also the first robot to enter the Fukushima nuclear power plant after the … Continue reading →

The US Navy is currently testing a new railgun prototype from BAE Systems that will eventually be mounted on ships. The EM Railgun launcher is a long-range weapon that fires projectiles using electricity instead of chemical propellants. Magnetic fields created by high electrical currents accelerate a sliding metal conductor, or armature, between two rails to launch projectiles at 4,500 mph to 5,600 mph. With its increased velocity and extended range, the EM Railgun will give … Continue reading →

Researchers in China are working on a new armor based on the yellow fat-tail scorpion’s armor.  The scorpion’s armor has a natural set of grooves that causes the air to flow over them in a way that minimizes it’s contact with sand.  By scanning the scorpion’s armor to study and replicate this pattern, they were able to create surfaces that limit the erosion and damage caused by sand during windy conditions. Hopefully this technology can … Continue reading →

Sandia Labs is working on a new bullet that uses a laser to guide itself from over a mile away. Unlike rifled bullets that spin as they they fly, their bullet uses a set of fins and flies more like a dart.  It then uses a laser tracking optical sensor in it’s nose, along with a small microprocessor to adjust the bullet’s fins up to 30 times a second as it flies towards a laser … Continue reading →