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Hull Bug: An Underwater Roomba for Barnacles
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Apparently, barnacles are a big problem for ships, which is why the Navy deployed their own version of an underwater Roomba to take care of the hulls of their ships. The Hull Bug is a robotic vacuum especially made for taking care of this problem.… |
October 11th, 2011
Dolphin Soldiers: Right Out of Cyberpunk
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For a moment, I thought this was a joke because I clearly remember dolphin soldiers from a few science-fiction settings (Johnny Mnemonic, Ghost in the Shell, etc), like Cyberpunk…, but it looks like that there actually are dolphin soldiers. Unsurprisingly, they work for the US Navy. |
June 4th, 2011
Navy Has Breakthrough in Laser Tech
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Sharks with friggin’ laser beams it ain’t, but the Navy is proudly boasting that its laser program for a laser defense system mounted on it ships is ahead of schedule. The Navy is hard at work on its shipboard laser system that will be used for several things including the… |
January 21st, 2011
Laser Tag, Navy Style: Us Navy Wants a 100 Kilowatt Laser Weapon for Its Warships
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The Office of Naval Research – not to be confused with the Office of Navel Research, a pet project of the previous president – recently awarded defense contractor Raytheon a year-long contract to develop laz0rb33mz. No seriously, the US Navy wants to have a 100-kilowatt Free Electron Laser as a… |
June 19th, 2009
