Category Archives: Military Technology

Contract warfare

Posted on 17 December 2009 by dlhitzeman

The internet is awash in a story originating from the Wall Street Journal about how Iranian-backed insurgents in Iraq have “hacked” raw feeds from Predator drones in service there using cheap, commercially available software. While this development is troubling, it … Continue reading →

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The audacity of… wonder?

Posted on 6 December 2009 by dlhitzeman

Over the weekend, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) conducted an interesting crowd-sourcing exercise wherein it challenged people to locate ten red balloons scattered across the United States and report their locations back to DARPA. A team led by … Continue reading →

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Battlebots

Posted on 19 February 2009 by dlhitzeman

The US Navy’s Office of Naval Research released an omnibus report on the potential pitfalls of autonomous combat systems slated to be delpoyed by the US and other militaries in the coming decades. Among the report’s warnings is that future civilization could be threatened by an uprising of military robots against us all. […] Continue reading →

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Deducing a needle in a haystack?

Posted on 17 February 2009 by dlhitzeman

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A group of UCLA geographers believe that they have discovered the location of Osama bin Laden through the use of deductive reasoning and advanced satellite imagery. […] Continue reading →

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Next, a jedi training droid

Posted on 11 December 2008 by dlhitzeman

Worldview Tech Item of the Day FoxNews has an article on Lockheed’s Multiple Kill Vehicle test conducted at Edwards AFB in California at the beginning of December. Explained simply, the MKV is a warhead designed to be attached to a … Continue reading →

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