"The system, developed by scientists at SRI International, is known as Taurus, and it is a miniature robot that can allow a trained dismantler to remotely do the work that used to require getting up close and personal, often too close for comfort, to a bomb."
Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20060154-52.html#ixzz1OL7ZVSbR
Saturday
Military contractors show their wares at defence show
"Thousands advanced on Lansdowne Park Wednesday for the opening of the 11th annual CANSEC Defence and Security Trade Show.
Designed to showcase the latest and greatest in weapons and military technologies, the show includes more than 225 exhibitors who have brought gear ranging from helicopters to vision systems.
More: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Military+contractors+show+their+wares+defence+show/4878009/story.html#ixzz1OL6tgyHQ"SRI International Researchers Ajay Divakaran and Andreas Stolcke Honored as IEEE Fellows
"MENLO PARK, Calif.—Feb. 9, 2011—SRI International, an independent nonprofit research and development organization, announced today that Ajay Divakaran, Ph.D., technical manager,Vision Technologies, and Andreas Stolcke, Ph.D., senior researcher in SRI’s Speech Technology and Research (STAR) laboratory, have been named 2011 IEEE Fellows." More here.
Large Hadron Collider rumoured to have found God Particle
Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider are rumoured to have found the elusive so-called "God Particle". Article here.
Thursday
The Anti-Laser
"Scientists at Yale University claim to have developed an "anti-laser." While the term immediately calls to mind sci-fi scenarios of laser armor and deflector shields, the technology has more to do with next-generation computing than next-generation weapons." More here.
Sarnoff and HRL Laboratories to develop photonic integrated circuits to enable video-like phased-array LIDAR
"Military electro-optics scientists at two U.S. technology companies are trying to revolutionize scanning-laser sensors in the same way that phased-array technology transformed radar, by providing a compact, agile alternative to mechanically steered technology that will provide video frame rate beam steering speeds for applications like surveillance, 3D imaging, precision targeting, munitions guidance, navigation, and low-probability-of-intercept communications." More here.
Saturday
How Artificial Intelligence Redefines ‘Smart Cars
"Turns out antilock brakes are the gateway to full automation, computers are sometimes smarter than you are, and the secret to a good relationship with your car is the secret to any good relationship: communication." Article here from Wired Magazine.
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