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09/02/2018 / By Edsel Cook

DARPA’s new defense vehicle can seamlessly transition between a round wheel shape and a triangular track in just 2 seconds

The military has just reinvented the most ancient of all mobility devices: the wheel. In an eye-popping article in Tech Crunch, military researchers unveiled a new wheel-track that takes just a heartbeat or so to transform from the round shape of a traditional wheel to a triangular track like the ones that support a tank. […]

03/20/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Energy-absorbing plastic frame developed to protect troops from blasts that harm the brain

A joint study by two major Maryland universities have created a new shock absorbing device to protect the people inside military vehicles from traumatic brain injuries (TBI) during a landmine or IED blast, reported ScienceDaily. More than a quarter of a million members of the U.S. military have suffered TBI during the last two decades of strike in Afghanistan and […]

02/10/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

U.S. space secrets are almost impossible to keep: Too many hackers and trackers, warn senior military officials

The race towards space has reached an all-time high. With China throwing its hat into the ring, the U.S. is facing its stiffest competition yet. The interstellar efforts of our nation aren’t helped by the fact that technology has made it easier to keep an eye on our space capabilities. These aren’t the words of a […]

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