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Biomedical Informatics and Computational biology technologies require Supercomputers for projects like Covid-19 and Military
February 15, 2023
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…
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Synthetic diamond with nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center a unique material for quantum sensors including magnetic sensing
January 30, 2023
Quantum technology (QT) applies quantum mechanical properties such as quantum entanglement, quantum superposition, and No-cloning theorem to quantum systems such as atoms, ions, electrons, photons, or molecules. Quantum Sensing…
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Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS) manufacturing and material technologies
January 22, 2023
MEMS is a word used for miniaturized devices that are based on Silicon technology or traditional precision engineering, chemical or mechanical. MEMS stands for MicroElectroMechanical Systems denoting man-made mechanical elements,…
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Facial recognition is advancing to Emotion recognition
January 20, 2023
Facial recognition is a category of biometric software that maps an individual’s facial features mathematically and stores the data as a faceprint. The software uses deep learning algorithms to compare…
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Silicon qubits promise to become core of Quantum Revolution after Microelectronics
January 16, 2023
Quantum technology (QT) applies quantum mechanical properties such as quantum entanglement, quantum superposition, and No-cloning theorem to quantum systems such as atoms, ions, electrons, photons, or molecules. Quantum bit…
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Mars Robotic, human settlement and colonization Race
January 14, 2023
The idea of sending humans to Mars has been the subject of aerospace engineering and scientific studies since the late 1940s as part of the broader exploration of Mars. Scientists…
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Militaries deploying all terrain air-transportable light tanks with long-range, cyber-resilient, precision, direct-fire capability
January 3, 2023
Since the creation of the main battle tank during World War I, there has been a constant arms race between the development of anti-armor weapons and vehicle protection systems, however…
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Hyper-intelligent systems and Lethal Autonomous Weapons (LAWs) are gravest risk to mankind
December 23, 2022
Robotics has made significant progress, since its first deployment as an industrial robot more than 50 years ago. Robots are now days being used extensively in manufacturing, services, healthcare/medical, defense,…
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Raytheon’s AN/SPY-6(V) is and integrated air and missile defense naval radar that can track multiple ballistic and cruise missile targets.
December 8, 2022
Navies around the world are increasingly facing formidable strategic and threat environments in terms of complexity, lethality, range, sophistication and number of threats. Many of these threats, including long-range anti-ship…
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MIL-STD 461 EMI/EMC standards ensure safety and mission success of Military, Aeropace and Space vehicles
December 5, 2022
Modern computers operate in a “noisy” electronic environment. They are surrounded by powerful electromagnetic interference (EMI) generated by radios, radar, microwave transmitters, other computers, and a wide assortment of electronic…
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Dedicated launcher technology race for LEO microsatellites clusters
December 3, 2022
Global interest in nano and microsatellites (< 100kg) is increasing. The miniaturization of electronics, together with reliability and performance increase as well as reduction of cost, have allowed the use…
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US Military, the world’s largest polluter is implementing energy security strategy reducing future resource risk and increasing mission assurance
November 26, 2022
In the domain of defense, energy has the potential to be both an enabler of hard power but also, via denial, arguably itself to be a weapon of war. Energy…
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