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iron man 2
Iron Man 2 First Photo Fires Up Our Rocket Boots
Here it is, the first official photo from Iron Man 2. Tony Stark is looking concerned because he ran out of bourbon while a wall of Iron Men look on. I can't wait. More »
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Comment by CarbonFiberFootprint: Am I the only person who thought the first movie was absolutely terrible? 22 Responses | Other threads
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seagate
Seagate's BlackArmor NAS 420/440 Can Securely Contain Up to 8TB of Encrypted Data for Small Businesses
What do the San Jose Sharks' new jerseys and Seagate's new hard drives have in common? They are both named BlackArmor, which are eponymous to Seagate's new 8TB network-attached storage (NAS) systems. More » -
Fish Armor
Futuristic Dinosaur Eel Fish Armor Would Protect Soldiers With Scales, Sans Smelly Odors
A team of MIT engineers is hoping to develop tomorrow's body armor today with a fish whose family tree stretches back 96 million years. Called the Polypterus senegalus, or "dinosaur eel" to layman schlubs like me, this primitive fish still thrives in the muddy rivers of Africa, and has retained a full-body suit of armored scales that was common on species of fish millions of years ago. For years scientists have known that the eel's interlocking, millimeters-thick scales were capable of stopping penetrating attacks, but couldn't figure out why. Now, thanks to nanotechnology and a grant from the U.S. Army (go Joe!), they've figured it out. More »
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By Jack LoftusComment by -Core-: @kadaj_sama: Hey, that's a good idea. more » | Other threads
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Army Gadgets
US Army Selects Top Inventions That Can Take, Or Save, Your Life
IEDs, or Improvised Explosive Devices, are a sad fact of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, so you'll see the influence of these deadly weapons in this list of the US Army's top inventions for 2007. Every year the Army selects the top refinements, outright new inventions, or streamlined weaponry, and pumps out a list. This year's list features several new types of Humvee armor, GPS-guided artillery rounds, and a wheeled contraption for vehicles called SPARK (above), which sniffs out IEDs before they have a chance to do any damage. More »
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By Jack LoftusComment by mullingitover: I feel dumber for having read these comments. Take your stupid politics crap to daily kos and freep, you losers.... more » | Other threads
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electronic hogu
Electronic Hogu Measures Just How Hard Your Foe Can Beat You Up
The final project of a team from Cornell University, this electronic hogu, modelled above by a lantern-jawed mannequin called Bob, uses piezoelectric sensors and a microcontroller to measure the kicks and punches between contestants in a Tae Kwan Do bout. Piezoelectric sensors and a microcontroller are implanted in the transmitter side, while the receiver side has wireless receiver circuitry, another microcontroller, and a monitor to display the score. As that great black belt of martial arts would say, "Haiiiii-YAAAAAAA!" Yes, I'm talking Miss Piggy. [Cornell via GEARFUSE and HacknMod] More »
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By AddyDugdaleComment by RustyO918: It's a Body Opponent Bag (B.O.B.), not Bob. more » | Other threads
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synthetic web
Glass Micromachine Makes Silk the Same Way Spiders Do
A team at the Technical University of Munich in Germany has designed a glass chip pierced with micro-sized tubes that act the same way as spider silk glands, and can be used to replicate the initial stages of natural silk production. It's an interesting development since production of artificial spider silk has proven difficult in industrial quantities and qualities, and its tensile strength to density ratio is five times that of steel, making it potentially very useful as armor and in medical applications. More »
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By Kit EatonComment by Persistence: The downside, as history has shown us, with all advancments in armor come advancements in weaponry. Whether a supersilk bullet-proof... more » | Other threads
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armor
Body Armor and Fashion Collide in the Urban Security Suit
Designer Tim Smit had a vision: somehow unite people's need for personal security with fashion. So he created the Urban Security suit concept, a neoprene outfit with carefully placed kevlar panels— the biggest over the heart area. The neoprene lets you move easily, the kevlar shields your internal organs, and there's a gasmask to protect you from airborne toxins. It looks pretty interesting, in a dystopian future, Bladerunner-ish kind of way, though we're not sure of its popular appeal. Maybe emo kids of tomorrow will be sporting something like it? ... as long as it comes in black. [Yanko] More » -
ouchies
D3O Armor Protects Shovel to Head
When our own Brian Lam beat up a blonde at Nextfest to test D3O soft body armor, we were...well, a little weirded out, but also impressed and a bit proud. But Brian, being the upstanding citizen that he is, refused to see the woman hit in the head. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by ColdAsIce: @Mark 2000: That's not the issue. The issue is that you could still get a concussion from this, since it... more » | Other threads
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nextfest07
Video of a Blonde Being Smashed by a Shovel (While, Thankfully, Wearing D3O Body Armor)
Here's a video of an attractive blonde woman being hit by a shovel wielded by another blonde. I swear, this is not merely lesbionic, but gadgety, too. She's wearing a knee brace reinforced with that D3O body armor gel/foam/flubber that gives her a +10 bonus against blunt weapons. No damage! [D3O via NextFest] -
i'm batman
Batman's New Suit Kicks Even More Ass
Even more than than James Bond or Jack Bauer, Batman's the epitome of a guy using gadgets to the fullest. That's why we love him, and that's why we love the most recent Batman movie. Just for you, here's a sneak peek at Batman's redesigned suit from the upcoming 2008 sequel. More »
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By Jason ChenComment by Jon47: SHERVYN and HELP DESK TECH are right: Batman looked like just a guy in tights in the comic book but... more » | Other threads
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we're gonna pump you up
Toughen Up Your Mac Mini With VictorSystems
There are some great Mac Mini setups out there, but none of them would hold up to military conditions. Enter VictorSystems. They took your typical pint-sized Mac and covered it in aluminum armor, wrought plates and finned heat sinks. Now the Mini is combat ready. More » -
pcs
Quad FX-ready Towers Keep Your CPUs Chilled
System builders listen up. If you've been eyeing AMD's 4x4 platform, the company has teamed up with Thermaltake to create two Quad FX-ready towers, the Armor Extreme Edition and the Kandalf Extreme Edition. The towers use a Dual-Channel Air Guide to pump cool air from outside directly to the two CPUs inside. Both towers also come with dual 120mm and 90mm fans to keep the rest of your components cool. Pricing hasn't been set, but if you're dying to build a quad-core AMD system, these towers should guide you in the right direction. More »
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Comment by dtn: Sorry, but I think that AMD really screwed the pooch on the Quad. Personally, I think they're scrambling to... more » | Other threads
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announcements
High Tech Suit To Storm into Battle
The Land Warrior suit is on the cusp of revolutionizing how our soldiers do battle. A high-tech collection of electronics, the suit includes a helmet-mounted monocle that gives soldiers sniper-like vision thanks to its 12x zoom and built-in night vision. The suit also has its own PAN (Personal Area Network) that distributes power and data. A built-in GPS lets soldiers know where they stand at any given moment and the suit's 12 pound weight is a huge improvement over previous incarnations that have tipped the scales at 40 pounds (or the weight of two XPS M2010 laptops). Shocking as it may sound, a lot of today's ground soldiers don't even have radios, so this is an excellent upgrade for our folks overseas. More »
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Comment by Spaceboy: I hope it includes some body armor....that should be the first item to go in the field. Plus, information overload would... more » | Other threads
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digital cameras
Camera Armor, Get that DSLR Ready for Battle
Made will be launching a line of DSLR cases, or "armor" as they like to put it. They are elastometric cases that protect the camera from all of the bad stuff the earth has to throw at you. The camera armor will also come with Made's palm strap and ergonomic shoulder strap. Sounds like worthy investment if you like to take that big, bad DSLR out in the nature where it can easily get its ass kicked. No word on what models will be supported, but expect all of the popular models (like the pictured Canon 30D) to be supported. More » -
gadgets
Liquid Body Armor By End Of 2007
The company Armor Holdings is developing a liquid-type of body armor to either replace or enhance the current tough fiber and polymer armor that's in use today. The liquid can be smeared on a person, or a person's clothing, and stiffens when hit by an object. More »
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By Jason ChenComment by junyo: This stuff "...stiffens when hit by an object..." Hell, my groin does that now. more » | Other threads
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gadgets
Vibrating Combat Attire
Creepy. This is some sort of vibrating haptic combat vest that will alert you to the state of your comrades in battle and might even be able to sense incoming enemies.
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Troops Prefer More Trendy Armor
Soldiers are giving mixed reviews to their latest high-tech body suits, saying the suits are "goofy" and look like "alien spacesuits." Their design is based on the suits that bomb squads wear. They are worn by Humvee gunners to reduce the spiraling number of casualties. Soldiers must not realize that having high-tech clothing isn't always the trendiest, unless of course you happen to be Master Chief—he always looks bad-ass in armor. More »
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Comment by RG_Shrike: @cmm: Yeah exactly! You could paint it pink, as long as it stops bullets I'd wear then go tea-bag the... more » | Other threads
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gadgets
New Flexible Ski 'Armor' Hardens On Impact
This came out a while back but this is the first time we've seen it in the wild. The US and Canadian ski teams are sporting a new garb that they now supposedly refuse to ski without: a lightweight material in their body suits that hardens in less than a thousandth of a second, then instantly flexes again. The mesh, called d3o, comes in perforated sheets shaped into pads for different parts of the body.
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Comment by joMbe: The flexible ski armor sounds remarkably like the Armorgel in Neal Stephanson's book 'Snow Crash'. I googled and found the following... more » | Other threads
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armor
Armored iPod
This iPod has more armor than most of our troops in Iraq. Since the page is in Japanese—and appears to have been published back in 2004—I have no idea whether it saw the front lines or was simply a one-off casemod for a tin-can robot. All I want to know is, where can I get an armband to go jogging with this thing? More »
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