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DARPA L2M program exploring new approaches to enable lifelong learning for AI systems and making them smarter, safer, and more reliable
September 12, 2019
Machine learning (ML) methods have demonstrated outstanding recent progress and, as a result, artificial intelligence (AI) systems can now be found in myriad applications, including autonomous vehicles, industrial applications, search…
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Metamaterial based Analog computers can provide extremely high computational power with low energy consumption
September 6, 2019
High speed Supercomputers enable advanced computational modeling and data analytics applicable to all areas of science and engineering. They are being widely used in applications like Astrophysics, to understand stellar…
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DARPA SHRIMP developed microrobots for search and rescue, disaster relief, infrastructure inspection, and equipment maintenance
September 4, 2019
Imagine a natural disaster scenario, such as an earthquake, that inflicts widespread damage to buildings and structures, critical utilities and infrastructure, and threatens human safety. Having the ability to navigate…
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Resistive RAM (RRAM), a Non-volatile memory (NVM) technology, key to support artificial intelligence on the Internet of Things, or “edge AI”.
August 24, 2019
Ever-growing data generation driven by mobile devices, the cloud, the IoT , and big data, as well as novel AI applications, all part of the megatrends, requires continuous advancements in…
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China’s Missile Arsenal of hypersonic, long range land-attack, air to air , and carrier killer missiles has propelled China as a major military power
August 5, 2019
“The greatest military threat to U.S. vital interests in Asia may be one that has received somewhat less attention: the growing capability of China’s missile forces to threaten U.S. bases…
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Rising threat of Mine Warfare with development of stealthy, smart, maneuverable and networked sea mines
July 31, 2019
Traditional navies as well as maritime terrorists can and have used mines and underwater improvised explosive devices (UWIEDs) to challenge military and commercial uses of the seas. Mines have been…
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Next Robot revolution is achieving Human-Like dexterous manipulation for home, Industry and Security
June 30, 2019
Robots have already become an indispensable part of our lives. However currently, most robots are relatively rigid machines which make unnatural movements. In contrast, humans seem to be able to…
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Active and Passive Millimeter Wave imaging systems employed for security screening at the airports and finding landmines
June 28, 2019
Electromagnetic waves in the millimeter-wave band (with frequencies between 30 and 300 GHz, or wavelengths between 10 and 1.0 mm) have attractive characteristics. One of their features is the wider usable frequency band…
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Laser beam combining technologies are enabling High power Laser directed energy weapons on Trucks, Warships and Airplanes
June 27, 2019
Among the uses of Laser directed energy weapons (DEW) systems are providing very short-range air defense capability, close-in protection for naval vessels, counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and protecting friendly forces…
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Russia deployed family of killer robots, for combat and demining in Syria and for counter terrorism operations
June 26, 2019
Countries like US, Russia and china are racing to deploy combat robots and drones on the battlefield and are investing in their research and development to have a military edge…
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Gas turbines favorite propulsion for Warships, China makes turbine blade breakthrough for Type 055 guided-missile destroyers
June 20, 2019
Marine propulsion is the mechanism or system used to generate thrust to move a ship or boat across water. While paddles and sails are still used on some smaller boats,…
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Generative adversarial networks or dueling Neural Networks can bestow AI systems with “imagination” and also poison AI defences
June 19, 2019
Most AI advances and applications are based on a type of algorithm known as machine learning that finds and reapplies patterns in data. Deep learning, a powerful subset of machine learning,…
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