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Kojiro humanoid goes musculoskeletal in a big way
We just found a new friend.
DoD eases ban on thumb drive use for US military, our enemies rejoice
Betcha didn’t know that USB flash drives weren’t allowed in the US military. Or maybe you did — you know, considering that one with Japan-US troop deployment maps went missing in mid-2008. Oops
Cisco successfully tests orbital IP router, Pirate Bay ‘very interested’
It’s been almost three years since Cisco and the DoD announced the IRIS project. Short for Internet Routing in Space, the idea is to route IP traffic between satellites instead of bouncing it on and off ground stations.
Raytheon’s iPhone app will track enemy combatants in real time
Raytheon, known more often than not in these parts for its ability to zap people at a distance with microwaves, has just announced a little something called One Force Tracker. Essentially an iPhone app, it leverages recent developments in location awareness and social networking to keep tabs on both friends and enemies in the field, displaying positions on maps in real time — all the while enabling secure communications between soldiers. “If there is a building with known terrorist activities, it could automatically be pushed to the phone when the soldiers get near that area,” said Raytheon CTO J
Raytheon’s iPhone app will track enemy combatants in real time
Raytheon, known more often than not in these parts for its ability to zap people at a distance with microwaves, has just announced a little something called One Force Tracker. Essentially an iPhone app, it leverages recent developments in location awareness and social networking to keep tabs on both friends and enemies in the field, displaying positions on maps in real time — all the while enabling secure communications between soldiers. “If there is a building with known terrorist activities, it could automatically be pushed to the phone when the soldiers get near that area,” said Raytheon CTO J
MIT’s Copenhagen Wheel turns your bike into a hybrid, personal trainer
You really can’t fault MIT’s branding strategy here. Debuting at the biggest climate change conference since Kyoto, its Copenhagen Wheel is a mixture of established technologies with the ambition to make us all a little bit greener and a little bit more smartphone-dependent. On the one hand, it turns your bike into a hybrid — with energy being collected from regenerative braking and distributed when you need a boost — but on the other, it also allows you to track usage data with your iPhone, turning the trusty old bike into a nagging personal trainer
