Posts Tagged technology

Iran unveils their new bomb: the “Ritard”

“Lots of dictatorships love to parade their military might once a year. But this year’s Iranian “Sacred Defense Week 2010 Military Parade” hosted some of the weirdest-looking weaponry outside of a bad 60’s spy movie. Honestly, when you wheel a bomb marked “Ritard” past the reviewing stand, you’re pretty much guaranteed to be the laughing stock of the rest of the civilized world.”

http://photofind.com/featured-photo/ritard-bomb-from-iran

I would not want to be the Iranian guy who recommended this name.

“Everybody salute, here comes the Ritard.”

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Action gamers make better drivers, soldiers, surgeons

Stateside brain experts say that their latest research indicates that playing action video games makes people more able to make correct decisions quickly under time pressure – potentially turning them into superior drivers, soldiers or surgeons.

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Navy SEALs to deploy armoured dogs in Afghanistan

K9 Storm specialises in the production of tactical gear for dogs, including ballistic body armour and - of course - the "aerial insertion vest" for "dogs of war" needing to deploy into their operational area by helicopter or freefall parachute jump

Elite, bulletproof commando canines go to war

By Lewis Page

Latest from the Wars On Stuff: The Register has learned that top-secret, super-elite US Navy SEAL special forces are to deploy heavily armoured bulletproof dogs equipped with infrared nightsight cameras and an “intruder communication system” able to penetrate concrete walls.

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Cyber Security Summit

4th Cyber Security Summit

September 20 – 22, 2010, Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner Hotel, Vienna, VA

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Boeing Laser Weapon

Prototype of new Boeing airborne laser

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