Target Detection? The British manufacturer BAE Systems has just signed a 42-million dollar deal with the US Ministry of Defense, to supply the US Army with a laser-based target detection system, which also works thanks to GPS technology. How target detection can be done with GPS? This system, which thanks
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Large technology research sector, in which various technical and scientific disciplines are involved, which studies the application and use of everything that can be functional to the solution of practical problems.
How to understand if a mobile phone is bugged
Bugged Mobile Phone? For those running a business where information is vital and it is also vital that the information stays confidential, the risk of being intercepted is always present. Modern technology offers a wide range of possibility to prying ears wishing to secretly listen to someone else’s conversations. How
Find your way back home safely, thanks to your cellphone
A safety application is your very best friend. If you find yourself in a city that you don’t know, you may happen to take a wrong turn and, along with losing your way, you might end up on the wrong side of town, where you could have unpleasant encounters and
Smell Rats? Get the Trap
Smell Rats? Just six months into marriage and Amit had a change of job. The corporate firm was offering a better package and he accepted the offer. This move surprised his wife Neeta. Amit always weighed job satisfaction more than money. He was happy with his current job profile. So,
Protection from interception, a modern need
Protection from Interception? On Italian newspapers today, wide coverage was given to the news that Carlo De Benedetti, editor of the centre-left newspaper La Repubblica, since long taking a stance on opposite positions compared to the Prime Minister Berlusconi, has found out that some hidden bugs had been planted on
Flexible antennas, a future solution for telecommunications?
Flexible Antennas? Since years, our mobile phones are no longer sporting those ugly extendable antennas, that needed to be spread out each time you answered the phone, and that had a hard (and often short) life. Nowadays, antennas are concealed within the casing of our phones, and soon we might
Invisible earpieces, for the secret agent in each one of us
Invisible Earpieces? Micro earpieces equipped with Bluetooth are now so small that they can easily be placed in their users’ ear canal, in order to guarantee invisible communication through any Bluetooth mobile phone or a radio. A spy earphone is a passive type of magnet, which receives the audio signal
Listen to the Caller before answering the call
Can a Caller ID system save lives? Yes it can “Come on. We are actually giving them supply order at much lower rate. Actually market rate is too high… no firm is ready to supply at these prices. But then, who cares! Once we stuck a deal with them, let
A robot to inspect gas and water pipes
Leak inspection Robot used to inspect. Too often, small accidents at home or at work turn into real disasters, with a catastrophic outcome, because of water or gas pipes that are too old, damaged or worn out, which may have leaks invisible even to the most accurate of inspections. This
Hydrogen fuel cell UAV breaks endurance record
Hydrogen Fuel Cell drone is the future? The US Navy Naval Research Laboratory has just completed the test of a new kind of UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) which, thanks to a battery powered by hydrogen, has been able to fly for 26 full hours without any interruption, while carrying a