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MQ-8 Fire Scout
Posted on March 25th, 2009 No commentsThe Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout is an unmanned autonomuous helicopter developed for use by the United States armed forces. Northrop Grumman is developing the Fire Scout to provide reconnaissance, situational awareness, and precision targeting support. The initial RQ-8A version was based on the Schweizer 330, while the enhanced MQ-8B is derived from the Schweizer 333.
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Cylon
Posted on March 18th, 2009 No commentsThe Cylons are a cybernetic civilization at war with the Twelve Colonies of humanity in the Battlestar Galactica science fiction franchise, in the original 1978 and 1980 series, as well as the 2003 reimagining.
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HRP-4C
Posted on March 18th, 2009 No comments
The HRP-4C is a humanoid robot created by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. It is capable of voice recognition and speech synthesis.
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Insitu Aerosonde
Posted on March 18th, 2009 No commentsThe Aerosonde is a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed to collect weather data, including temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, and wind measurements, over oceans and remote areas. On August 21, 1998 a Phase 1 Aerosonde completed a 2,031 mile (3,270 km) flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Read the rest of this entry »
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Aiko
Posted on February 25th, 2009 No commentsProject Aiko is Canada’s first functional female android and was developed by Le Trung, a chemist graduate from York University. The project is also headed by Le Trung, who has designed the software and the hardware for the android.
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