Falcon chasing crows

Published 10 years ago in Animals. Submitted by Xionbox

When peregrine falcons hunt prey birds like crows, they rely on a simple technique to ensure they intercept their victims.
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Unstoppable Robot Eats Landmines for Breakfast

Published 10 years ago in Vehicles. Submitted by Xionbox

An operator commands this beast from a safe distance using a remote control unit. The hull of the robot is made up of hardened steel plates in a "V" shape to help limit any damage from antitank mines and unexploded shells of sizes up to 81mm, and the D-3 has been able t…
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Flying Robot Dance

Published 10 years ago in Awesome. Submitted by Xionbox

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Adaptive thermal camouflage for vehicle

Published 10 years ago in Other. Submitted by Xionbox

BAE System's ADAPTIV works by using lightweight hexagonal pixels which are electrically powered by the vehicles systems. The pixels are individually heated and cooled using commercially available semi-conducting technology. The hand-sized pixels are made of metal, so that they ca…
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IBM Research WatsonPaths: helping medical staff in decision making

Published 11 years ago in Technology. Submitted by Xionbox

WatsonPaths is a new cognitive computing project that enables more natural interaction between physicians, data and electronic medical records. This is surely the future of medical decision making.

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