Next-generation Sky Warrior's maiden flight a success

June 18, 2007 Resurrecting a great name from the 1950s, General Atomics have completed the maiden flight of their Sky Warrior Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). While the original, built by Douglas, was known for being the largest and heaviest "whale" of a bomber to take-off and land on aircraft carriers, ...

Removable Laser Countermeasure System successfully thwarts heat-seeking missiles

June 19, 2007 We?ve all seen the scenario many times in films ? a heat-seeking missile is launched towards a helicopter and relentlessly pursues its prey to destruction. Now it appears that there?s a removable laser Directional Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) System which can defeat such threats. The ...

LANdroids - self-organizing, self-healing communications network for urban warfare

June 25, 2007 Modern warfare is increasingly urban - when you're fighting small groups of anonymous guerrilla insurgents there's no pitched battlefields and American forces are finding that their radio communications are suffering in these Non-Line-Of-Sight environments. The solution? Squadrons of smart ...

Advanced Gun Systems for U.S. Navy's futuristic new destroyers

June 21, 2007 The role of the Navy has changed with the U.S. "War on Terror" - it is seldom involved in direct naval battles and much more often relegated to support of invading (liberating?) land and air forces. Thus, munitions are being designed to suit. BAE Systems' Advanced Gun Systems (AGS) are ...

UK STEPS UP ALERT ON INVESTING IN RUSSIA...

Drobo now available

Filed under: Peripherals, StorageJust in case you hadn't yet caught wind, the Data Robotics Drobo external drive appliance went on sale today (for $500 US). We're not usually the type to tell people whether or not they should buy gadgets, but if you're at all curious you can check out our Drobo review ...

[Video] Crazy World

This mother gets her young daughter airbrushed so that she can "look like Lindsay Lohan".

GENETIC SECRETS BRING HOPE OF CURE FOR SEVEN MAJOR DISEASES...

Iran Caught Red-Handed Shipping Arms to Taliban...

FROM ARTHRITIS TO DIABETES...

'Humiliated' New York businessman sues over 'BORAT' appearance...

Hive Mind: Ask MetaFilter Roundup

Any advice for a Mac-to-Windows switcher? What's a good career for someone with a strong memory? What are some upbeat songs I can listen to while cleaning to make it more bearable? How can I get surround sound from my Macbook? What's a good major for someone who doesn't want a desk job and loves technology?

Coolest Workspace Contest: A vote for organization

Our home-integrated and multi-monitor workspaces have their winners, and it looks like yesterday's top workspace is Jake Arakelian's Contrasting Colors workspace. Today it's time to pick a winner from our Battle of the organizers—a theme very near and dear to our hearts. Hit the jump to check ...

Call Me: Live call-in radio show with Lifehacker today

I couldn't be more excited to join Boing Boing's Mark Frauenfelder on his live call-in BlogTalkRadio show, Rule the Web, today at 4PM Pacific Time. Listen to the show live from the homepage and give us a ring at the dial-in number provided to ask us your burning questions about life on the web in general, ...

Web As Desktop: Remember the Milk gets Gears

The popular online todo list Remember the Milk has paired up with the spanking new Google Gears to offer a seamless online/offline experience for RTM. Remember the Milk's Google Gears integration is really impressive, offering the entire RTM experience in offline mode—meaning that you can view ...

Hack Attack: Automate proximity and location-based computer actions

The sci-fi dork future has long promised a world of computer interaction and automation in which, the moment you walk into your office, your computer says, "Good morning," shakes your hand, and offers you a cup of coffee. While we haven't yet reached this glorious morning, there's actually a surprising ...

Itronix's semi-rugged GoBook VR-2 gets a day job

Filed under: Laptops General Dynamics Itronix certainly has the rugged computer gig down pat, but the GoBook VR-2 scales things back a bit and only gets the "semi-rugged" treatment. Don't think this bad boy's not a workhorse, however, as this machine was reportedly designed to "meet the demanding needs ...

Paper Four initiative developing talking paper

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Interactive billboards and advertisements have been (trying) to catch our eyes for some time now, but a team of Swedes are apparently hoping that adding speech abilities might convince you to take an even closer look. The Paper Four project has reportedly developed a prototype ...

World's smallest (7-inch) HDTV on display at Computex

Filed under: Displays, HDTV var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/World_s_smallest_HDTV_only_7_inches'; We don't know why, but in a game where numbers are king we bring you the world's smallest HDTV. Measuring in at just 7-inches, Xceive's "Breckenridge" reference design is currently on display ...

Kansei makes a comeback with reactive facial expressions

Filed under: Robots Quite a lot has transpired in the android universe in the past two years, and it's fairly safe to say that Kansei has made a few solid strides during that time as well. A Japanese research team has purportedly crafted a working prototype that can "pull up to 36 different facial expressions ...