Rajesh Uppal
February 20, 2023 Comm. & Networking, Critical & Emerging Technologies, Geopolitics, Strategy & Technological Rivalries
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With every generation of communications technology, the focus of the network changes. The 2G and 3G eras centered on human-to-human communication through voice and text. 4G heralded a fundamental shift to the massive consumption of data, while the 5G era has turned its focus on connecting the Internet of Things …
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Rajesh Uppal
February 20, 2023 Biotech & Synthetic Biology, Cyber & IW
186
Throughout much of the world, food and beverage safety and security is a high priority. Concomitantly, the economics, societal robustness, and security implications of agriculture, foodstuffs and beverages are massive. Extensive quality measures are in place to prevent and mitigate threats from manifesting; outbreak and contamination detection and response systems …
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Rajesh Uppal
February 19, 2023 Security & Threat Management, Weapons & Munitions
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A high-payoff target, also known as an HPT, is a high-value target whose loss to the enemy will significantly contribute to the success of a friendly course of action. Also called HVT, the loss of high-value targets would be expected to seriously degrade important enemy functions throughout the friendly commander’s area of interest. The term has been widely used in the news media for Osama Bin Laden and …
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Rajesh Uppal
February 19, 2023 Electronics & EW, Manufacturing
1,037
The advances in space demand next generation of space data and signal processing requirements High speed computers enable on-board image processing capability reduce the amount of bandwidth required to downlink the enormous images associated with emerging sensor developments. Onboard processing allows a complete image to be down linked directly to …
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Rajesh Uppal
February 18, 2023 Biotech & Synthetic Biology, Human & Soldier Systems
639
Biosensors, that is sensors that can detect parameters in a living being, are becoming more and more effective in several respects: detecting more and more parameters, becoming more and more sensitive, being able to co-exist for long period of time with the hosting organism to the point of becoming an …
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Rajesh Uppal
February 17, 2023 Thermal, Propulsion & Energy, Weapons & Munitions
449
One of the major lessons from Ukraine’s artillery war is that the side that can shoot farthest dominates the battlefield. According to the report, Russian howitzers are expending 20,000 shells daily on average, compared to 6,000 fired by Ukraine. The ratio for rocket artillery and ballistic-missile launches is even worse. …
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Rajesh Uppal
February 17, 2023 Nanotech, Photonics
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Driven by technology advances in solid-state optoelectronics, light-emitting diode (LED) lighting has been expanded to a wide range of applications in consumer electronics, automotive, architectural, and healthcare settings. Recently, there has been a drive to make lighting “smart” by incorporating internet of things (IoT) connectivity and machine learning-based artificial intelligence …
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Rajesh Uppal
February 16, 2023 Unmanned & Autonomous Systems
516
Drones have become an essential platform for any military and they have changed the shape of recent conflicts. Their slow speed and small radar cross-section have created a lot of challenges for conventional sensors and weapons to detect and engage them. Many technologies have been developed for their detection and …
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Rajesh Uppal
February 15, 2023 Electronics & EW, Thermal, Propulsion & Energy
225
The control of electric currents in solids is at the origin of modern electronics which has revolutionised our daily life. The diode and the transistor introduced by Braun and Bardeen and Brattain are undoubtedly the corner stones of modern information technologies. Such devices allow for rectifying, switching, modulating, and even …
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Rajesh Uppal
February 15, 2023 AI & IT, Biotech & Synthetic Biology, Defense & Military
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Computational biology is a branch of biology that aims to better understand and model biological structures and processes by utilizing computers and computer science. It entails the application of computer methods (such as algorithms) to the representation and simulation of biological systems and the large-scale analysis of experimental data. …
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