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Lab-on-Chip devices allow faster and cheaper DNA sequencing and biochemical detection to chemical synthesis
July 5, 2021
Lab-on-chip is an integrated miniaturized device that allows researchers to perform all the operations from sample collection to final analysis onto the same chip. Theoretically, LOC technology has the potential…
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Tungsten, the wonder military material used in armor-piercers, armored tanks, to Hypervelocity projectiles is controlled by China
July 3, 2021
Tungsten is one of the hardest metals on the earth, and many scientists compare it to diamond. Tungsten is a dull silver-colored metal with the highest melting point of any…
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US Army Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) programme to replace its M-2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV)
June 25, 2021
The M-2 Bradley is an Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) used to transport infantry on the battlefield and provide fire support to dismounted troops and suppress or destroy enemy fighting vehicles.…
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Next generation Military Communications technologies enabling high-throughput mobile, secure, survivable, seamless, in congested and contested environments
June 23, 2021
Communications is vital for War fighters to exchange voice and data, command and control and situational awareness data and video. The vision of Communications area is to provide reliable communication…
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Future Digital soldiers capabilities: Invisibility, Mind controlled Exoskeletons, Targeting lasers, Smart glasses, Wearable Biosensors, UAV equipped
June 22, 2021
In an era where technology is the key driver enhancing capabilities across the military, the soldier remains as crucial as ever for achieving mission success. Some of the missions the…
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Countries developing autonomous, Networked Swarms of Munitions or collaborative weapons
June 22, 2021
Current weapons generally fly a pre-designated mission. If the enemy does something unexpected, preprogrammed weapons are ineffective, and additional weapons may be required to complete the mission. Autonomous, Networked, and …
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Photoacoustic Imaging enable Seeing Through Solids, hackproof Biometrics and Image Underwater Objects
June 14, 2021
Alexander Graham Bell discovered photoacoustics by accident when he was working on the development of the photophone, a followup to his recently developed telephone that operated via modulated sunlight instead…
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GaN on Diamond for next gen Power Devices and High-Power RF applications
June 13, 2021
Gallium nitride (GaN) is hot. Even hotter is a race to integrate GaN with other materials to boost GaN’s performance further. The power electronics industry has seen the theoretical…
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Nuclear Risk has increased because of Emerging technologies
June 12, 2021
Although nuclear weapons have not been used in conflict for decades, the risk of their use persists. Around the world, countries are still building and modernizing nuclear arsenals. Russia, US…
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The rise of Silicon Valley’s worldwide in many countries including UK, Japan, Israel, China and India
June 1, 2021
Silicon Valley is the world’s top tech hub today. With a $128,308 per capita in the annual gross domestic product (GDP-PPP), if Silicon Valley were a country, it would be…
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“Smart” technologies transforming shipping industry and ports by improving quality, increasing productivity and lowering costs
May 30, 2021
Shipping is the lynchpin of a global economy between exporters and importers. Today, about 90% of the world’s goods are transported by water connecting with various land transfer systems, such…
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Militaries designing Next Generation Urban Assault Combat Vehicles effective in megacities for urban warfare
May 28, 2021
Current Ground combat vehicles, especially main battle tanks (MBT) and infantry fighting vehicles (IFV), are the mainstay of technologically superior armies. The combination of firepower, mobility and survivability allows such…
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