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Putting new boots on the ground
June 17, 2013 12:00 am | by U.S. Army | CommentsWhat it all comes down to is keeping Soldiers' minds on their missions in Afghanistan, rather than on their feet. That's how Ben Cooper views the development of the Hot Weather Mountain Combat Boot at Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, which began in spring 2011....
Individual Carbine competition concludes with no winner
June 17, 2013 12:00 am | by U.S. Army | CommentsSoldiers will continue to use the M4 carbine or improved M4A1 carbine as their issued weapon, as the Army has concluded the Improved Carbine competition without having selected a winner....
Smaller satellite terminal solution being fielded following Network Integration Evaluations
June 17, 2013 12:00 am | by U.S. Army | CommentsThe Army is fielding to its first unit a new, smaller ground satellite terminal referred to as "SNAP Lite."...
Microsoft: more user surveillance information
June 15, 2013 3:19 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsA top Microsoft Corp. lawyer says the company has secured permission from federal officials to say more about the volume of law enforcement and national security orders it has received to turn over customer information. The disclosure came in a statement Friday from Vice President and Deputy...
Creating a low-carbon, non-nuclear economy: The case of Taiwan
June 14, 2013 5:10 pm | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | CommentsAfter the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, energy experts and policymakers around the world began to reassess the future of nuclear power. Countries, including Japan and Germany, have since scaled back or plan to shut down their nuclear power — sparking a global debate on how nations will replace nuclear.
Microsoft brings Office to iPhone, but not tablets
June 14, 2013 2:24 pm | by ANICK JESDANUN - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | CommentsEven as a pared-down version of Microsoft's Office software package arrived on the iPhone, the company is holding out on extending that to the iPad and Android devices as it tries to boost sales of tablet computers running its own Windows system. Microsoft also isn't selling Office Mobile for...
NYSE stocks posting largest percentage increases
June 14, 2013 1:28 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsA look at the 10 biggest percentage gainers on New York Stock Exchange at 1 p.m.: Restoration Hardware Holdings Inc. rose 18.8 percent to $70.07. InvenSense Inc. rose 9.9 percent to $14.94. Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc. rose 7.0 percent to $9.04. Spectra Energy Ptrs rose 4.8 percent to...
New array measures vibrations across skin may help engineers design tactile displays
June 14, 2013 11:46 am | by EurekAlert! | CommentsIn the near future, a buzz in your belt or a pulse from your jacket may give you instructions on how to navigate your surroundings. Think of it as tactile Morse code: vibrations from a wearable, GPS-linked device that tell you to turn right or left, or stop, depending on the pattern of pulses you feel.
Autonomous energy-scavenging micro devices will test water quality, monitor bridges, more
June 14, 2013 11:39 am | by SPIE | CommentsOut in the wilds or anywhere off the grid, sophisticated instruments small enough to fit in a shirt pocket will one day scavenge power from sunlight, body heat, or other sources to monitor water quality or bridge safety, enabling analysis in the field rather than bringing samples and data back to the lab.
Unzipped nanotubes unlock potential for batteries
June 14, 2013 11:09 am | by Rice University | CommentsResearchers at Rice University have come up with a new way to boost the efficiency of the ubiquitous lithium ion battery by employing ribbons of graphene that start as carbon nanotubes. Proof-of-concept anodes showed an initial capacity better than the theoretical capacity of tin oxide alone, according to Rice chemist James Tour.
Obama to take advantage of advances in wireless
June 14, 2013 11:08 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsThe White House says President Barack Obama is taking advantage of new advances in the wireless industry to help create jobs. Obama is expected to announce Friday that he's directing federal agencies to be more efficient in their use of radio spectrum and to make more capacity available to satisfy the growing demand for broadband Internet.
China's Shenzhou 10 ship docks with space lab
June 14, 2013 10:59 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsChina's latest manned space capsule docked with an orbiting space station Thursday, and the three astronauts climbed aboard what will be their home for the next week, state media reported. Automated controls guided the Shenzhou-10's docking with the space lab, the Xinhua News Agency said.
US prosecutors want smartphone 'kill switch'
June 14, 2013 10:57 am | by MEGHAN BARR, Associated Press | CommentsU.S. law enforcement officials are demanding the creation of a "kill switch" that would render smartphones inoperable after they are stolen, New York's top prosecutor said in a clear warning to the world's smartphone manufacturers. Citing statistics showing that 1 in 3 robberies nationwide involve the theft of a mobile phone...
Fast-acting virus targets melanoma in mice
June 14, 2013 8:31 am | by Yale UniversityYale University | CommentsYale researchers eradicated most melanoma tumors by exposing them to a fast-acting virus, they report in the June 15 edition of the Journal Virology....
Exec at NY trial: Apple didn't fix e-book prices
June 13, 2013 4:27 pm | by TOM HAYS - Associated Press - Associated Press | CommentsA top Apple Inc. executive described as Steve Jobs' right-hand man took the witness stand at a Manhattan price-fixing trial and denied scheming with major book publishers to drive up the cost of electronic books. Eddy Cue was questioned about meetings he had in 2009 with chief executives of...
