Assorted human interest posts.
August 14, 2012
Technical AlphaDog, artificial muscle, Attack resistant, bbc, bbc news, business, Earthworm, gaming, IEEE/ASE Transactions on Mechatronics., Meshworm, Meshworm project, Meshworm reconnaissance robot, micro-aircraft looks like humming bird, Mit, news technology, Pentagon, Pentagon's Darpa research, research, Robot, robot that mimics a worm's movements, robotic "cheetah", Robotic Earthworm, Robotics, Science, Science News, soft materials, technology, tight spaces, transportation, Video, Worm, www bbc co uk Leave a comment
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Engineers have created a robot that mimics a worm’s movements – crawling along surfaces by contracting segments of its body. The technique allows the machine to be made of soft materials so it can squeeze through tight spaces and mould its shape to rough terrain.
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May 28, 2012
Technical Air Force, Augmented reality, bbc, cars, compact head, Darpa, Dual-focus contact lens, gadgets, head-up display (HUD), HUDs, Innovega, iOptik system's developer, Motion sickness, Multifocal, Ophthalmology., Pentagon, Project Glass demo, pupil's rim, retina, technology, transportation, two different filters, US Army, www bbc co uk Leave a comment
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The Pentagon has put in an order for prototype contact lenses that give users a much wider field of vision.
The lenses are designed to be paired with compact head-up display (HUD) units – glasses that allow images to be projected onto their lenses.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17692256
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May 5, 2012
Crime 9 11 attacks, 9/11, 9/11 "mastermind", 9/11 plotters, amp, Arabic, bbc, conspiracy, Guantanamo, hijacking, human-rights, islam, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, middle-east, military tribunal, Murder, New York, news world, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Pentagon, politics, Ramzi Binalshibh, religion, Saudi Arabia, Shanksville, Terrorism, Uk News, US military tribunal, Waleed bin Attash, Washington, waterboarding, www bbc co uk Leave a comment
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks have appeare before a US military tribunal at Guantanamo to be charged.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17966362
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