Researchers from NCCR Robotics consortium at the University of Zurich and microprocessor company Intel have collaborated to develop a quadcopter that can learn to fly acrobatics autonomously. Their novel algorithm enables the drone to fly […]
The Underwater Multi-Sensor (UMS) test pool at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) recently underwent renovations and upgrades. UMS is a 9-million gallon (~35,000,000 liter) freshwater test pool that provides an […]
The US Air Force recently held a Physiological Episodes Mitigation Technology Summit and Industry Day to discuss research and development of sensors that can gather physiological data from pilots before, during, and after flights to […]
Researchers at Tomsk State University’s Supercomputer Center in Russia have developed a method for the automated design of drones based on mathematical modeling using the computing power of the SKIF Cyberia supercomputer. The new approach […]
Researchers at Iowa State University and the University of California at Berkeley have developed new nanoscale sensing technology to image and measure the stresses and strains on materials under high pressures. Their paper, “imaging stress […]
Researchers at the University of Central Florida have received a $500,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to develop a portable detection system that could help firefighters and others accurately detect blazes and […]
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded separate $1.6 million contracts to Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. and Signature Science LLC for the development of new kinds of biological sensors that can detect […]
The US Army is seeking proposals for prototypes and experiments on the service’s first integrated signals intelligence, electronic warfare and cyber platform. ‘The Terrestrial Layer System’ will include the Tactical Electronic Warfare System (TEWS) – […]
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is currently investigating a number of aspects of electric vehicle (EV) technology. One area examines the requirements and feasibility of wireless electric vehicle (EV) charging that would aid in realizing […]
The Human Effectiveness Directorate of the US Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) 711th Human Performance Wing is researching human signatures for the purpose of developing technologies that can “sense and exploit human bio-signatures at both […]
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