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July 19, 2018

Army's new machine gun will blast like battle tanks

The Army’s new weapon will look like a light machine gun, but will put M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank-style blasting power literally at the fingertips of U.S. soldiers.

July 19, 2018

Iron Man suit goes on sale ꟷ but it'll cost $440G

You don't need to be Tony Stark to wear this suit, but you might need to be him to afford it.

July 19, 2018

Pentagon makes massive new AI push for tanks, ships, weapons, drones and networks

The Pentagon is making a massive push to accelerate the application of artificial intelligence to ships, tanks, aircraft, drones, weapons and large networks as part of a sweeping strategy to more quickly harness and integrate the latest innovations.

July 18, 2018

Navy's USS Ford set for upgraded ship-defense weapons

The Navy is now integrating and preparing weapons systems for its advanced Ford aircraft carrier during 12-month period called Post-Shakedown Availability (PSA)—one of several key final steps designed to prepare the ship for ocean warfare when the ship deploys in 2022.

July 17, 2018

Doctors slam sex robot 'family mode'

A sex robot with a "family mode" that dials down her dirty talk has been blasted as "profoundly damaging" for kids by academics.

July 17, 2018

CRISPR DNA editing could do some serious genetic damage, study says

Gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 has garnered significant amounts of positive press in recent months, as the promise of gene editing could help with medicine and alter DNA for the better. But a new study suggests that CRISPR isn't all it's cracked up to be.

July 16, 2018

Virtual reality developers aim to spark tech boom in the Deep South

Thousands of miles away from Silicon Valley in Clarksdale, Mississippi, in an old building that used to be a clothing shop, there’s a virtual reality academy that trains the next generation of game developers.

July 13, 2018

Navy pushes for more amphibious assault ships

Congressional decision-makers are working with the Navy to explore massively speeding up construction of its emerging fleet of new amphibious assault ships --- as part of an urgent push to expand the overall fleet faster and address an enormous deficit of available amphibs.

July 13, 2018

Innovative project harnesses Legos and smartphones in the fight against invisible, deadly weapons

Diabolical, invisible weapons lurking to strike innocent civilians can now be exposed and stopped with an ingenious device built from Legos, a smartphone and free software.

July 12, 2018

NC town battles opioid epidemic by using robots to test people’s poop

In 2016 more than 33,000 opioid related deaths occurred across the U.S., but the town of Cary, located on the outskirts of North Carolina’s capital, is the first to use a special device to test sewer water in an attempt to combat the opioid crisis.