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Militaries employing Micro and Nano air vehicles to support Soldiers in tactical operations on battlefield
May 23, 2023
Large UAVs, such as Global Hawk, General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, and predecessor MQ-1 Predator have already become indispensable to modern militaries in providing intelligence, near-real-time reconnaissance and surveillance to commanders,…
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Smart Microrobots can self-reconfigure, merge, split, and heal themselves
May 22, 2023
We are on the verge of new transitions that will transform robotics. One is already underway—the miniaturization of robots, to the point where invisible, microscopic robots could be around us…
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New materials for Soft Actuators or Artificial muscles enabling life like Soft Robots and augment Soldiers performance
May 21, 2023
The emerging field of soft robotics aims to improve robot/human interactivity promising to bring robots into all aspects our daily lives, including wearable robotics, surgical robots, micromanipulation, search and rescue,…
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Hybrid-Electric Propulsion for Military aircraft to power radars to laser weapons payloads
April 18, 2023
The civil global aviation market has experienced considerable economic growth in recent years and will keep increasing. It is estimated that around 1300 new international airports will be required, and…
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Growing India Australia strategic partnership Amid China threat
April 17, 2023
The aggressive China policy, growing PLA Navy presence from the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean have led to a greater understanding and formation of Quad among the…
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China controls internet to curb dissent , employs widespread surveillance for ‘anti-terror’ measures and for repression of people
April 12, 2023
With President Xi Jinping at the helm, the Chinese government doubled down on repression inside and outside the country in 2021, says world report 2022 on human rights. Its “zero-tolerance”…
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IBM Quantum roadmap to 2025 ushering in the age of the Quantum-centric supercomputer
April 5, 2023
The quest for quantum computing supremacy is a geopolitical priority for Europe, China, Canada, Australia and the United States. The quantum computing market was valued at $472m earlier in 2021…
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DARPA GREMLIN developed Flying Aircraft Carrier with launch and retrieval system of swarming UAVs to defeat A2/AD environments
March 22, 2023
US military is facing increasingly Anti-access /Area denial environment, a set of overlapping military capabilities and operations designed to slow the deployment of U.S. forces to a region, reduce the…
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Smart, Multifunctional and Programmable materials require noval fabrication and 3D printing technologies
March 14, 2023
Smart materials or Active materials or Functional materials are designed materials that have diverse, dynamic features that enable them to adapt to the environment. They have one or more properties…
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Wi-Fi technologies migrating from Wi-Fi 5 to Wi-Fi 6
February 27, 2023
Bluetooth, developed in the late 1990s, is a technology designed to enable short-range wireless communication between electronic devices, such as between a laptop and a smartphone or between a computer…
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Facial recognition widely employed in commercial, Security and Military applications
February 22, 2023
Facial recognition is a way of using software to determine the similarity between two face images in order to evaluate a claim. The technology is used for a variety of…
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After 5G, now 6G research race to satisfy Military’s growing requirements to gather, analyze, and share information rapidly
February 20, 2023
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…
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