The latest weapon in the battle to stop Somali pirates is this magnetic robot that can sneak up the side of a pirate ship, then send video images back to local ships.

The BP oil mess has brought out all kinds of wacky schemes for cleaning up that oil, but the Germans have been prepared for this type of thing for decades. Apparently designed by somebody who just finished an intense round of Pac Man, the Bottsand class oil recovery ship literally splits in two to scoop up the polluted water.

Stealth bombers are cool and all, but they've been flying for 20 years and are a little old hat. The world hungers for new stealth tech, and Sweden just served up tasty morsel: the world's first operational stealth warship. Scheduled...