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Dec 18, 2020

US Army see self-adjusting turbine blades powering new supersonic VTOLs

Posted by in categories: innovation, transportation

US Army researchers believe they have found a novel way to articulate the position of turbine blades in the hot section of jet engines. They say the innovation could significantly improve efficiency and power of jet engines – and also enable a new, wider range of performance needed for futuristic …

Dec 17, 2020

Mobile Protected Firepower: The U.S. Army’s New Light Tank

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, innovation

In a press release, the U.S. Army announced that initial Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) prototypes arrived at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The preproduction MPF vehicles will be put through their paces by paratroopers from the Army’s 82 Airborne.

“We are incredibly excited to see the MPF platform entering into this phase,” an Army Ground Combat Systems official stated, explaining that the “MPF represents an innovative and aggressive approach to system acquisition. The beginning of our SVA (soldier vehicle assessment) in January illustrates how hard the teams are working to keep the major events of this program on schedule,” despite the ongoing pandemic.

The Army awarded two initial prototyping contracts to both BAE Systems and General Dynamics back in 2018. The contracts, worth $376 million each, covered a total of 504 final production Mobile Protected Firepower vehicles, with initial deliveries scheduled for 2025.

Dec 13, 2020

Solar-based Electronic Skin Generates Its Own Power

Posted by in categories: energy, innovation

Scientists demonstrate a innovative e-skin with touch and proximity-sensing capabilities without using dedicated touch sensors.

Dec 11, 2020

Future batteries, coming soon: Charge in seconds, last months and power over the air

Posted by in categories: energy, innovation

Energy capture, storage and generation remains a vibrant area of research. Here we examine show of the research breakthrough in future battery tech.

Dec 3, 2020

How Salt Water Could Fuel a Mars Mission

Posted by in categories: innovation, space travel

A new invention that may speed up a human mission to Mars.


A new invention might speed up human exploration of the Red Planet.

Nov 28, 2020

How designers are fighting the rise of facial recognition technology

Posted by in categories: innovation, robotics/AI

From LED-equipped visors to transparent masks, these inventions aim to thwart facial recognition cameras.

Nov 27, 2020

The November 26th

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, innovation

2020 episode of the CIUT program “Innovation Nation on Career Buzz” where I discussed the state of the Canadian aerospace industry is now online at the link below.

The last few minutes discusses the impact of Covid-19 on the aerospace industry. It’s not good although the interview is.

http://amgimanagement.com/chuck-black-in-27-nov-2020/

Nov 19, 2020

Scientists make insta-bling at room temperature

Posted by in category: innovation

An international team of scientists has defied nature to make diamonds in minutes in a laboratory at room temperature—a process that normally requires billions of years, huge amounts of pressure and super-hot temperatures.

The team, led by The Australian National University (ANU) and RMIT University, made two types of diamonds: the kind found on an engagement ring and another type of diamond called Lonsdaleite, which is found in nature at the site of meteorite impacts such as Canyon Diablo in the US.

One of the lead researchers, ANU Professor Jodie Bradby, said their breakthrough shows that Superman may have had a similar trick up his sleeve when he crushed coal into diamond, without using his heat ray.

Nov 16, 2020

AI hailed ‘conscious’ by top scientist in bombshell tech breakthrough

Posted by in categories: innovation, robotics/AI

Machine-learning system GPT-3 has drawn plaudits from around the world for its remarkable ability to generate text with minimal human input. One scientist even believes it is showing signs of consciousness dailystar.

Nov 14, 2020

Ransomware Gang Devises Innovative Extortion Tactic

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, innovation

The gang behind the Ragnar Locker ransomware posted an ad on Facebook in an attempt to publicly shame a victim so it would pay a ransom. Security experts say the innovative tactic is indicative of things to come.

See Also: Palo Alto Networks Ignite 20: Discover the Future of Cybersecurity, Today

Earlier this week, the cyber gang hacked into a random company’s Facebook advertising account and then used it to buy an ad containing a press release stating Ragnar Locker had breached the Italian liquor company Campari and demanded it pay the ransom or see its data released. The security firm Emsisoft provided an image of the ad to Information Security Media Group.