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  Chemical brain controls nanobots

  A tiny chemical "brain" which could one day act as a remote control for swarms of nano-machines has been invented.Original Source: Chemical brain...

  by John Durkin

• Technology

  

  Oops: The Drones Got Hacked

  This is a disturbing story. Those unmanned drones we've been using in Iraq and Afghanistan had some unforeseen security holes and got...

  by Andrew Price

• News

  

  Part 1: The ABCs of War Bots

  Technological developments have enabled the evolution of warfare from cavemen bludgeoning each other with blunt objects to career soldiers...

  by GOOD, Justin Fines, David Axe, Labour, Dean Fleischer-Camp, Rus Garofalo, Andrew Bouvé, Morgan Currie, Lindsay Utz

• Technology

  

  Part 2: Soldiers and Their Bots

  Unlike soldiers, robots can take the worst of a bomb blast and survive to see another battle. So when an explosive needs to be detonated, the...

  by GOOD, Andrew Bouvé, Labour, Rus Garofalo, Lindsay Utz, Dean Fleischer-Camp, Morgan Currie, Justin Fines, David Axe

• Technology

  

  Part 3: The Overcrowded Skies

  There's a problem brewing over the skies of Iraq, and it's not weather related. Thanks to a new generation of cheaper, smaller robots, Iraqi...

  by GOOD, Justin Fines, Labour, Morgan Currie, Dean Fleischer-Camp, Lindsay Utz, David Axe, Rus Garofalo, Andrew Bouvé

• Technology

  

  Part 4: Rescue Bots of the Future

  Not only are robots being used for military offensives, but they are also being deployed to rescue wounded soldiers. These robot medics can...

  by GOOD, Rus Garofalo, Andrew Bouvé, Justin Fines, Labour, Morgan Currie, Lindsay Utz, Dean Fleischer-Camp, David Axe

• Technology

  

  Part 5: Legs With Brains

  Robots are assisting soldiers both on the battlefield and off. Some 30,000 men and women have lost limbs over the course of the conflict in...

  by GOOD, Rus Garofalo, Lindsay Utz, Justin Fines, Morgan Currie, Labour, Dean Fleischer-Camp, David Axe, Andrew Bouvé

• Technology

  

  Part 6: A God's Eye View

  The capture of the U2 spy plane pilot Gary Powers was one of the tensest incidents of the Cold War. In modern warfare, high-flying surveillance...

  by GOOD, Rus Garofalo, Andrew Bouvé, Labour, Justin Fines, David Axe, Morgan Currie, Dean Fleischer-Camp, Lindsay Utz

• Technology

  

  Part 7: When War Becomes A Video Game

  We've learned about robots that spy, rescue, aid, survey, and defuse. In the final episode of our "Military Robots" series, we encounter robots...

  by GOOD, David Axe, Dean Fleischer-Camp, Rus Garofalo, Morgan Currie, Lindsay Utz, Labour, Andrew Bouvé, Justin Fines

• Environment

  

  Pollen Bots

  Seasonal allergy sufferers, rejoice! Japanese scientists have deployed an army of anthropomorphic pollen sensors across the country in an...

  by MacKenzie Fegan, MacKenzie Fegan, Danielle Flug, Erik Winkowski, Lindsay Utz, Morgan Currie, Michael Schaubach, Audio Dregs Recordings, Emily Taguchi