Having just received a $38-billion contract from the Army Research Lab, BAE Systems will lead the "Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology project to develop the technology." Video after the break. Click here for one more picture.
The intention is that the consortium led by BAE will perform research into developing an "autonomous, multifunctional collection of miniature intelligence-gathering robots" which will operate in places "too inaccessible or dangerous for humans."
[via Gizmodo]
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That's right, college student Will Foster built a fully-operational, half-scale Tiger tank, complete with "live air cannon for firing packs of paint ball rounds." Video after the break.
Sure, they're not live fire shells, but it'll do the trick. Will Foster, we salute you for raising the bar higher than we saw it lifted in Flint in quite some time, and we're assuming you no longer worry about the minor issues that troubled us during our time spent in these ivy-covered halls
[via Jalopnik]
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The US Army has partnered with researchers at the University of Michigan to develop the Spy-Bat, a robotic bat that features "stereo cameras, miniaturized radar, ultra-sensitive self-guidance, "energy scavenging" recharging capability and a radio to send data back to troops in urban combat zones." Click here for one more picture.
For energy recovery, UMich will work to develop "quantum dot solar cells," making current solar cells twice as nice. The bat's autonomous navi system will be 1,000 times smaller than current systems, and that much more energy efficient too
[via Gizmodo]

If nothing else, the FMG-9 concept from Magpul is commendable for being one of the first weapons that can "switch from a simple flashlight to a Glock-style submachine gun in one easy flick of the wrist." Video after the break.
Designed by Magpul, the FMG-9 is currently in prototype phase, and there's no guarantee whether it will be released or not, but I guess it's one for the personal protection peeps
[via Gizmodo]
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In this 60 Minutes segment, "David Martin gets zapped by a ray gun - a non-lethal weapon that could be used to disperse crowds and could save many lives in war zones." Video after the break.
[source CBS]
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