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A four-year-old Virginian boy is being inhabited by the spirit of a deceased soldier tragically killed in a bombing. His mother states that he’s talking about things that a boy his age wouldn’t know anything about. In a moment straight out
Welcome to the future, kids. DARPA has just released video of its first actual test of EXACT (Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordinance) 50 caliber bullet. Big deal, right? Read that acronym again. Mainly the part that says ‘Tasked Ordinance’. EXAC
We all watch movies like National Treasure and secretly hope that something cool like that might actually be out there in the world or even better that it might, out of some cosmic chance, actually happen to us. David Martin of England had
The Mine Kafon (teaser) from Callum Cooper on Vimeo. Looking like a cross between a Transformer sea anemone robot and a giant 1960s-styled light fixture in some swank space-lounge of that era, this strange-looking object is set to save a lo
When you think of something called a torpedo, you generally think of something that looks like a missile…but in the water. The word torpedo has morphed over the years. During the Civil War most booby traps or incendiary devices were called
At zero degrees elevation, this thing went 7 kilometers downrange – AFTER punching a hole in a steel plate. [Gizmodo]
The Soviet 1K17 laser tank used 66-pound synthetic ruby rods to produce lasers designed for blinding pilots and enemy weapons systems. It doesn’t melt incoming missiles, but still, laser tank! [Gizmodo]
“Members of Britain’s Special Air Service (SAS) special forces have begun parachuting into enemy strongholds in Afghanistan with Taliban-seeking German shepherds strapped to their chests. Once on the ground, the dogs hunt for Taliban insurg
Not to be outdone by the Air Force and its Mind Warfare research, the Navy is pouring money into directed energy weapons. It is making breakthroughs with the Free Electron Laser which will melt incoming projectiles with 100 kilowatts of ene
Israeli researchers have discovered a way to assemble transparent nanospheres that unite to form the stiffest biological material the world has ever seen. This could lead to printable body armor, tougher steel and more bullet-proof bulletpr
You are not ready for this, the coolest battle between animals in the history of recorded civilization. Due to forest fires, Yetis have unnaturally migrated to a new area of Russia. The problem? Local bears haven’t taken to kindly to their