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The U.S. Army researchers are working to test a new robot, designed by Vecna Robotics, which would be used to recover and rescue wounded soldiers during combat. The robot, called BEAR (Battlefield Extraction Assist Robot), can spot a soldier in trouble thanks to its sensors and its cameras. BEAR is controlled remotely via a special [...]
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For leisure, for business and not only: digital micro recorders
November 24th, 2010 
admin Until a few years ago, the only ones to use a miniature audio recorder, of the kind with micro cassette tapes, were journalists, and many times we happened to see one only on television during an interview with a politician, a celebrity or a sportsman. Nowadays, not only audio cassettes, but also compact discs, are [...]
Tags: A new helmet to protect U.S. soldiers’ faces
November 24th, 2010 admin For U.S. soldiers deployed on the frontline in war zones, danger is always around the corner, in the form of an IED (Improvised Explosive Device), an ambush or a sniper. The most common effect of these threats is represented by the injuries sustained by soldiers, and of all wounds, the most dangerous ones are those [...]
Defense from telephone harassment, with a voice changer
November 22nd, 2010 admin Stalking is a phenomenon that we often happens to read about on papers, when we see reports about of annoying fans of actresses, singers and celebrities who follow them everywhere, harassing them by phone and in some cases even reaching extreme consequences, with attacks such as the one that claimed the life of John Lennon [...]
Looking around corners thanks to a laser beam
November 22nd, 2010 admin To many of you, the term femto-photography will sound quite strange and meaningless, and to be honest, even your humble blogger had never heard it before, or at least, before an article appeared on the BBC defining it as a form of photography that uses the speed of light to create so-called “light echoes” and [...]
It looks like a phone outlet, but it is a bug
November 20th, 2010 admin As we have seen in dozens of spy movies, when a secret agent or a police officer wants to intercept phone calls of a suspect or an enemy spy, one of the most common tricks is to pose as a telephone company worker, or an electrician, and sneak into their target’s apartment or lobby for [...]
No annoying cell phones, thanks to a handkerchief
November 20th, 2010 admin For once, since it’s Friday and the weekend is coming, we want to allow us a little “light” diversion, talking about an item which, more than having a true utility function, has a “diplomatic” one, so to speak. It is called Phone Kerchief, and it basically is, yes, a handkerchief that you can use to [...]
Laser microphone for remote listening
November 18th, 2010 admin As we have seen in a recent article, law enforcement officers working on investigation activities do not always have the chance to come close to their suspects to gather information, install miniature cameras or bugs to eavesdrop on conversations and so forth, to avoid putting their own safety at risk, or jeopardizing the whole operation. [...]
Robot snake, kill it and it will multiply
November 18th, 2010 admin When we were kids, in the countryside, we all played with earthworms, amused at how killing them by cutting them in two would have no success, and it would actually end up creating two of them. Apparently, the Israeli military researchers seem to have been inspired by earthworms to create their snake robot. In fact, [...]
A watch to spy on those around you
November 17th, 2010 admin Often the best way to hide something is to keep it right in front of others, or if it is a very small object, to hide it in a visible place, where nobody could ever think about looking for it, because it would be too obvious. This principle is applied very often when we talk [...]
