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8 futuristic technologies that will help keep soldiers safe

Evan Ackerman
Monday, May 30, 2011 - 11:38am
 
Today is Memorial Day, and lots of people are are having to celebrate the holiday in dangerous places far away from home. Luckily, modern technology is doing its level best to keep soldiers as safe as possible, and future technology promises to do an even better job. Here are eight up-and-coming battlefield systems that will, we hope, start keeping our troops even safer in the not too distant future.

Gallery: Maker Faire 2011

Evan Ackerman
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 7:28am
 
Maker Faire took place in San Mateo, CA this weekend. If you're not familiar with Maker Faire, it's a place where people who make cool stuff come to show it off. "Cool stuff" is a fairly broad category, and you'll find all kinds of weird and wild stuff at Maker Faire. Most of it isn't for sale, and some of it has no practical purpose at all, but who cares! Here's a gallery of a bunch of the best stuff that we saw over the weekend.

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