Monday, March 4, 2013 - 11:53am
Not since World War II has a U.S. Navy ship been painted in the classic camouflage pattern, but they're going retro with the USS Freedom.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 1:39pm
Bad news for BlackBerry. Starting next year, the U.S. Department of Defense will open its secure networks to Apple and Google devices.
Monday, February 4, 2013 - 11:28am
Iran has, or says it has, a brand new stealth fighter aircraft called the Qaher-313. We have a bunch of pics, some terrible video, and a huge helping of skepticism.
Monday, January 28, 2013 - 11:55am
Iran's official news agency has announced that the country has sent a monkey into space, but the nation's past may cause some to be skeptical.
Monday, January 7, 2013 - 2:00pm
Reality is mirroring fiction as a new project being developed in conjunction with the Pentagon is looking to bring airships back from their spotty past and into the future.
Friday, December 28, 2012 - 12:07pm
New devices that promise to enhance our telepresence experiences are nice, but what we really need, right now, is better telemedicine technology, particularly in emergency situations. A new solution called the LifeBot 5 offers the promise of exactly that.
Saturday, December 15, 2012 - 9:24am
A Canadian company called Hyperstealth says that it's developed a wearable cloak that uses "Quantum Stealth" technology to provides complete invisibility across the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet spectrum by bending light around objects. We're pretty sure that this is mostly or entirely not true, so stick with us while we explain why we're so skeptical.
Thursday, November 29, 2012 - 4:11pm
Computers are about to take humans out of the shooting equation with a scoped rifle that's far better at hitting far away targets than we are.
Monday, November 26, 2012 - 2:42pm
The EMP grenade, or electromagnetic pulse grenade, is a sci-fi gaming staple. Toss one of 'em at the nearest evil robot or uncooperative computer system, and it'll generate a power surge that fries all electronics within range. The military has realized that this would be a handy real-life capability, and the Pentagon is asking someone to go out and invent one.
Thursday, November 15, 2012 - 8:34pm
The U.S. Navy's Marine Mammal Program started back in the '60s, and the dolphins and sea lions in it help defend harbors, retrieve sunken equipment and, most dangerously, identify mines for deactivation. By 2017, the Navy wants robots to do all that, instead.
