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U.S. Army Creates Two-Year Sandwich, Likely Discovers One-Year Heartburn
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Apparently the military industrial complex has never heard of the Twinkie…, so they have been looking into ways to make a soldiers food last forever. And now they have perfected a sandwich that lasts for two years. |
December 8th, 2011
This Insect Spies All: Miniature Surveillance Drones
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Ah, insect drones. They’ve been used so much in movies and televisions shows that it was bound to become a reality someday. I remember this particular scene in that old Richie Rich… movie (the one where Macaulay Culkin played Richie), when Professor Kean Bean was showing off his latest invention |
November 7th, 2011
US Army Orders a Bunch of Rolling Recon Scout XT Robots
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The military is quickly adopting all sorts of robots and unmanned hardware for the battlefield in an effort to protect soldiers as much as they can be protected while fighting. One of the things that the military is doing is adding more robots to the field to allow the soldiers… |
October 6th, 2011
U.S. Army to Deploy Individual Gunshot Detectors with Soldiers
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If you live in an area where people hunt during different times of the year, you know how hard it can be to tell which direction a gunshot comes from. If you are outside for a walk and hear a gunshot it might be nothing more than a curiosity for… |
March 17th, 2011
Ben Heck Ruggedized PS3 Is Ready to Go to War
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Out of all the things that he’s known for in the gadget world, modder Ben Heck is most famous for his unique specialty – making portable versions of current video game consoles. His latest portable console was made for a couple that’s currently serving in the US Army in Afghanistan,… |
December 23rd, 2010
Bulletproof Your Music With the Ammo Box iPod Dock
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This incredible ammo box iPod dock was created by Thomas Spaans. He turned the old metal box into a high-end portable iPod amplifier. It’s called the A-Box and it’s designed for docking an iPod or mp3 player, which can connect on the outside or the inside of this box. It’s… |
March 8th, 2010
1/4 Scale Rc Tank: is This Still a Toy?
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I had my fair share of toy weapons as a kid: laser rifles that spark and pop when you pull the trigger, swords of all shapes and sizes, a slingshot. Apparently kids these days have much higher standards. Mark – 1 Tanks recently unleashed a 1/4 scale of the Germans’… |
December 26th, 2008
Vestal Grenade Watch: Somebody Pulled the Pin!
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Maybe it’s just me, but I think it’s a bad idea to strap a live hand grenade to your wrist (or any part of your person, for that matter). I’d especially be wary of one that’s making a subtle ticking noise. But that’s exactly what the guys at Vestal would… |
June 30th, 2008
Us Army Remote Vehicles Using Xbox 360 Controller?
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Most video game enthusiasts will tell you that the Xbox 360′s joystick is one of the best designed gaming controllers of all time. Now it appears to have gotten the “thumbs up” from the U.S. Army. From the looks of these photos taken in article over at ZDNet, at least… |
June 5th, 2007
