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January 10, 2014

Technology one step ahead of war laws
London, UK (SPX) Jan 07, 2014
Today's emerging military technologies-including unmanned aerial vehicles, directed-energy weapons, lethal autonomous robots, and cyber weapons like Stuxnet-raise the prospect of upheavals in military practices so fundamental that they challenge long-established laws of war. Weapons that make their own decisions about targeting and killing humans, for example, have ethical and legal implications obvious and frightening enough to have entered popular culture (for example, in the Terminator films). ... read more

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Wall-Crawling Gecko Robots Can Stick In Space Too Climbing robots that mimic the stickiness of gecko lizard feet could work in space as well as on Earth, ESA has shown, raising the prospect of hull-crawling automatons tending future spacecraft. ... more		Geckos in space: Novel robot takes a step to cosmos A wall-crawling robot inspired by the gecko has taken a small but important step towards a future in space, scientists said on Thursday. ... more		Eutelsat orders 340 new OneWeb LEO satellites from Airbus Planet secures multi year satellite contract with Swedish Armed Forces EU should consider forming combined military force: defence chief		After Impressive Demonstrations of Robot Skill, DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials Conclude On December 20-21, 2013, 16 teams were the main attraction at the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Trials, where they demonstrated their prototype robots' ability to perform a number of critical real- ... more
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Global Hawk Aids in Philippine Relief Efforts

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Ultra-flexible chip can be wrapped around a hair

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Czech environment minister cancels nuke waste repository site survey

Greenland and Denmark to agree on uranium in 2014: Danish PM

Japan scientists to create controlled nuclear meltdown

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Quantum world record smashed

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Artificial heart to pump human waste into future robots

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