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10/02/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Future weapons: DARPA seeking innovative designs for insect-sized robots to compete in a series of tactical competitions

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is keeping itself busy these days trying to develop an army of ultra-powerful robot “warriors” to do it’s totalitarian bidding on the world stage. According to new reports, the Department of Defense (DOD) agency has requested that developers present their best, bug-sized robots, purportedly for use in an […]

09/14/2018 / By Vicki Batts

Pentagon funds covert communications gear that attaches to your molar tooth and allows you to make cell phone calls from inside your own head

If you see someone talking to themselves, they might not be crazy: They might just be a secret agent. The Pentagon has just invested a staggering $10 million in a California company’s “Molar Mic” technology. The Molar Mic allows users to send and receive radio transmissions discretely with a device that attaches to the molar […]

07/25/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Army engineers design a prototype mechanical arm to reduce the felt weight of carbines and machine guns

The U.S. military is testing the real-life version of the mechanical arm from the second Aliens movie, the one that helped Private Vasquez bear the burden of her massive machine gun. An article on Military.com explained that the “Third Arm” will likewise decrease the weight of a soldier’s weapon, making it easier to carry and […]

04/12/2018 / By Edsel Cook

New portable treatment technique could save wounded combat soldiers from amputations

Thanks to a new portable medical kit devised by Scottish researchers, U.K. soldiers with badly injured limbs will have a much better chance at avoiding amputations, reported The National. The pioneering system traces its roots to a study conducted by Strathclyde University (Strathclyde) into injuries sustained by U.K. armed forces personnel from improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Armed with that […]

03/28/2018 / By David Williams

DARPA researching method to put injured soldiers into suspended animation to buy more time for help to arrive

Soldiers that are wounded in the battlefield often face terrifying ordeals that can quickly lead to their untimely deaths. For this reason, the military is constantly looking for ways to improve the way they respond to calls for help whenever any members get injured in the line of duty. Now the actual U.S. agency that’s […]

11/24/2017 / By Jayson Veley

Powered armor for soldiers rapidly approaching

Imagine an army full of super soldiers, each equipped with powered armor that allows them to run faster, jump higher, and reap the benefits of enhanced strength and mobility. It goes without saying that such technology would quite literally change the ways wars are fought, and if the United States military became the first to […]

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