Month: May 2019

A South Korean approach to mitigate their “lack” of military personnel

In order to mitigate the effects of their continuing decline in recruitment South Korea envisions to deploy BioBots by 2024

South Korea developing military robots that mimic animals
South Korea developing military robots that mimic animals

South Korea is developing next-generation military robots that will mimic the movements and capabilities of birds, snakes, marine creatures and even insects on the battlefields of the future.
The Telegraph The Telegraph

DAPA (Defence Acquisition Programme Administration ) plans to deploy robots inspired by humans and insects by 2024, after which it will look towards biobots that draw inspiration from birds, snakes, and various marine creatures.

Because everybody needs a Ninja Bomb

According to the Wall Street Journal, the US Military and CIA claim to have developed a precision bomb that will cause virtually no collateral damage… Rather than exploding, the R9X missile can smash its way through anything in its path “as if a speeding anvil fell from the sky.” To give things a more dramatic feel six blades deploy out of the sides of the Ninja Bomb just as it hits in order to maximize its destruction…

Secret U.S. Missile Aims to Kill Only Terrorists, Not Nearby Civilians
Secret U.S. Missile Aims to Kill Only Terrorists, Not Nearby Civilians

The U.S. has developed a specially designed, secret missile for pinpoint airstrikes that kill terrorist leaders with no explosion, drastically reducing damage and minimizing the chances of civilian casualties, multiple current and former U.S. officials said.
WSJ WSJ

Is this the contact lens to augment troops’ visual capabilities in the field?

The first stand-alone contact lens with a flexible micro battery
The first stand-alone contact lens with a flexible micro battery

The Optics Department at IMT Atlantique is headed by Professor Jean-Louis de Bougrenet de la Tocnaye and the Flexible Electronics Department at the Centre Microélectronique de Provence Georges Charpak (Mines Saint Etienne) is headed by Professor Thierry Djenizian. The two departments are currently working together to design an oculometer embedded in a scleral contact lens.…
IMT Atlantique IMT Atlantique

Drones for organ transport

A drone has been used to deliver a donor kidney for the first time
A drone has been used to deliver a donor kidney for the first time

Drones could get donor organs to recipients more quickly than traditional transport methods, increasing the likelihood that the organs will still be “viable” by the time they reach their destination. The test: On April 19 a drone delivered a donor kidney to surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center, ferrying it from a hospital…
MIT Technology Review MIT Technology Review