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New DoD contest for a Wearable Power Supply

By James Allan Brady on Friday, Sep 14th 2007 No Comments

So, if you are in need of roughly a million dollars and have a high level understanding of energy storage, creation, and/or transmission, you might want to start looking for a team that is to be signing up for this competition. Sadly if you join a team you have to split the million dollars, but if you are some sort of freak who is exceptionally talented in all things energy, then feel free to enter on your own.

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Here is what you have to do, first you have to develop a portable power system for soldiers. Oh that sounds easy does it? Well then you have to make it so it can weigh a maximum of 8.8 pounds or 4 kilograms. Well if that sounds kind of easy too, lets go ahead and tack on the fact that it has to put out a minimum average of 20 watts for 4 days.

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Samsung Sentry Bot shoots first, asks questions later

By James Allan Brady on Thursday, Sep 6th 2007 2 Comments

So if you are a security minded individual with a similar shoot first mentality, Samsung has got you covered. No word yet on price, but it will probably be available in the war room at Best Buy sometime soon.
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I really can say that I have yet to see anything more badass in my life. Too bad it’s just a patent.

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Boeing A160T Hummingbird Being Outfitted For Special Ops

By James Allan Brady on Thursday, Aug 16th 2007 No Comments

The Hummingbird is pretty stealthy for a helicopter and can probably last as long as a special forces team member. So the U.S. Special Operations Command is considering putting it to work.

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What would such a small, yet precise unmanned helicopter do? Well other than direct action (a.k.a. blow stuff up) it could be used for precision resupply or extractions on the wrong side of the line.

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US Military Granted Access To Special Edition Halo 3 Zune

By James Allan Brady on Tuesday, Aug 7th 2007 1 Comment

I know not what the difference between the military edition and the civilian edition are, other than maybe serial numbers. The military edition Halo 3 Zunes are available this month and the first batch shipped out with a group of soldiers leaving from Baltimore Washington.

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The US Army is using 360 controllers for their SUGV’s

By Chris on Wednesday, Jun 6th 2007 No Comments

Is the Xbox 360 controller the best ever designed? It’s arguable, I still love my old N64 controller, but I do enjoy how the 360’s feels. Apparently the US Army also thinks that it’s a great design.

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