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As foreseen by many observers, not only the armies of Western countries have access to drones or UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), to be used either for reconnaissance purposes and, with the necessary modifications and adaptations, also to release bombs at a maximum distance of approximately 100 kilometers from the launching point. In fact, Iran too, [...]
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Defense from wiretapping? You don’t need a law
August 22nd, 2010 
admin Protection against telephone interception, that the Italian government would like to delegate to what looks more like a way to prevent police forces and judiciary from using it in investigation, does not need a legislative shortcut, but with a bit of salt and a relatively low expense, can be simply done by anyone of us. [...]
Tags: Recording conversations around you from your mobile? Now you can
August 20th, 2010 admin If in Italy a great controversy arose from environmental recordings made by a call girl during her encounters with the Prime Minister, which Berlusconi’s press firepower immediately deemed as illegal, in the US, and more specifically in New York State, a Court of Appeal has just ruled that recording private conversations using a mobile phone [...]
An almost invisible Bluetooth hearing aid
August 20th, 2010 admin When you need to resort to a hearing aid to improve your hearing conditions, often the biggest problem for those who use it is of a psychological nature, as it may be revealing its wearer’s conditions to the people around them, with unpleasant consequences. To provide assistance to people with hearing loss problems wishing to [...]
An almost human prosthesis for those who lost a leg
August 20th, 2010 admin According to a report recently published on the New York Times, war veterans who have lost a limb due to wounds, or patients who suffered an amputation after an illness such as diabetes, might soon be able to come back to an almost normal life. This would happen thanks to a prosthetic knee, called X2, [...]
A video camera to see discreetly at night
August 19th, 2010 admin When you find yourselves in absolute darkness, and at the same time in need of providing documentation of whatever happens around you, for example during a police operation, using a normal video system or an ordinary digital video camera, no matter how advanced and professional, might not provide the desired results. In situations of this [...]
NASA bidding for a night-operating lunar rover
August 19th, 2010 admin As we all know, on the Moon temperatures can change dramatically between day and night, and they may go as low as 200 degrees below zero. Extremely low temperatures have therefore contributed, at least so far, to making a complete exploration of our satellite in all conditions more difficult. To be able to explore it [...]
Silk and gold for an implantable biosensor
August 19th, 2010 admin Silk and gold are two valuable materials that one hardly associates with the idea of medical care, as they rather bring to mind images of wealth and luxury, at least for those who are not aware of results of a research project going on at the Tufts University. In fact, a team of researchers from [...]
A motor boat, a submarine or…. a shark?
August 19th, 2010 admin Underwater surveillance is generally performed with the most advanced and diverse technological tools, from remotely controlled micro submersibles to others driven by a human, with or without sonar, GPS receivers and so on. Instead, in the personal submersibles field, the latest novelty comes from Innespace, and it is called Seabreacher X. It si a vehicle [...]
Is your home totally protected during holidays?
August 18th, 2010 admin We are in the middle of the holiday season, when most of us have their mind completely focused on sea for some, mountains for others, countryside or monuments to visit, but certainly, not on office, work or on their home. But still, there are some people who certainly are very interested in homes of those [...]
