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Iran says captures two U.S.-made miniature surveillance drones
Iran has captured two miniature U.S.-made surveillance drones over the past 17 months, Iranian media reported on Wednesday. Several drone incidents over the past year have highlighted tension in the Gulf as Iran and the
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Iran arms all surface, sub-surface units with electronic warfare systems: Cmdr.
Senior Iranian commander Rear Admiral Amir Rastegari says all the surface and sub-surface units of Iran’s Navy are equipped with electronic warfare systems. “The Navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran has equipped all of
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Iran Releases Video of Captured US Drone
Almost a year to the day when Iran shocked the world by downing an advanced U.S. drone over its airspace, Iran announced the capture of another U.S. drone. This drone, a Boeing ScanEagle, was
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Iran says it captures drone; U.S. denies losing one
Iran said on Tuesday it had captured a U.S. intelligence ScanEagle drone in its airspace over the Gulf in the last few days, but the United States said there was no evidence to support
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Invisible Soldier Caught On Video
A video released by Iraqi insurgents capture a U.S. Soldier who appears out of thin air!!! ran through a couple of different filters…
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Iran unveils ‘indigenous’ drone with 2,000km range
Iran has unveiled what it says is a new "indigenous" long-range unmanned drone capable of flying over most of the Middle East, state media report. The Shahed (Witness) 129 had a range of 2,000km (1,240
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Video: Invisibility Cloaking No Longer Science Fiction
Invisibility cloaking no longer seems to be relegated to the realm of science fiction. It's happening right now in a basement laboratory at The University of Texas at Austin. There are currently several different
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Rise of the Machines: Meet Bina48, the robot who can tell jokes, recite poetry and mimic humans with startling ease
Almost every house in America has a microwave, toaster, refrigerator, TV and maybe a car, but someday, everyone may have their own personal robot. It may sound too Jetsons to be true, but the Terasem
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How a team of students HIJACKED a drone in midair – all for a $1,000 bet with U.S. government
One thousand dollars may not seem like a lot of money, but it was enough for a team of researchers from a Texas college to hack into and hijack a drone on a dare
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Israel Unveils New Butterfly-Shaped Drone
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is developing a new Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in the shape of a tiny butterfly. IAI hopes the vehicle can be used to reach remote locations and gather information. The
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Nano Drones, Ethical Algorithms: Inside Israel’s Secret Plan for Its Future Air Force
Nano drones that an infantryman can pull out of his pocket; helicopters piloted by robots who extract wounded soldiers from the battlefield; micro satellites on demand; large spy balloons in the upper reaches of
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5 Ways Robots Are Outsourcing Humans in the Workforce
The outsourcing of human jobs as a side effect of globalization has arguably contributed to the current unemployment crisis. However, a growing trend sees humans done away with altogether, even in the low-wage countries
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Iran ‘building copy of captured US drone’ RQ-170 Sentinel
Iran has begun building a copy of the US surveillance drone it captured last year, after breaking its encryption codes, Iranian officials say. "The Americans should be aware to what extent we have infiltrated the
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Woman or Machine? Sophisticated Japanese She-Bot Blurs the Line
Imagine a world where robots conduct traffic, work in factories, make sushi and vacuum office floors. It may not be far away. In Japan, robots are already common fixtures, and the latest prototypes come
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Russian Mogul Plans to Transplant Human Brains to Robot Bodies
Do you want to live forever in a robotic body? If Russian entrepreneur Dmitry Itskov is to be believed he already has plans that will allow humans to inhabit robots in the next ten
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Engineers use LEDs and a camera to create an ‘invisible’ Mercedes (but they might need to work on the wheels)
Everyone from Harry Potter to Frodo Baggins has already got an invisibility cloak. But scientists have now figured out how to make an entire car disappear. Using optical camouflage technology boffins at Mercedes Benz created the
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5 Creepy Ways They’re Replacing Humans with Robots
I've covered the aberrant, appalling, amoral abominations that are robots many, many times before. And yet science still keeps making them. This forces me to conclude one of two things: Either I'm mistaken about
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