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WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF After almost forty years of research speech recognition systems are now as good as humans.   Microsoft have announced that they have…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Cyber attacks are on the rise but there’s one code no hackers have been able to crack.   An autonomous helicopter gunship…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Blockchains immutability could be the key to keeping the US military’s assets and nuclear arsenals secure.   The number of…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As our skies increasingly fill up with swarming drones we need ways to monitor and manage our airspaces.   Amid…

Advanced warfare platforms are increasingly using unused spectrum, now the Pentagon needs a system to cripple it The US military is cultivating new electronic warfare…

  WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Mother drones that can control and coordinate swarms of drones could have applications in the military and civilian sectors,…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF DARPA’S Cyber Grand Challenge is over but the winner is still no match for humans.   The Heartbleed security bug…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The US Navy’s trials of their first autonomous warship platform have been wildly successful.   The US Navy’s new unarmed…

It’s getting harder and harder to hide these days thanks to sensors, such as those from Camero Tech’s line of Xaver tactical radars, that can see…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Noone will be sad to see the back of animal testing.   Before a new drug or medical treatment can…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Humans can no longer keep up with the tusnami of cyber threats but the robo-hackers can.   Could you invent…

The race for hypersonic speed has never been hotter In August 2011 a superfast unmanned military drone, the Falcon HTV-2 (Force Application and Launch from the Continental US…