Technology
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

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A joint exercise now being conducted between thousands of Israeli troops and the U.S. European Command represents a final test before Israel begins to deploy one of the most sophisticated missile defense systems in the world.

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When it is complete, Israel's multibillion-dollar rocket and missile air defense system will be far superior to anything in the Middle East and will likely rival, and in some ways surpass, in speed and targeting, air defenses deployed by Europe and the United States, its developers say.The United States has provided more than $3.3 billion over the past 10 years to support the defensive system, which will be able to knock down not only ballistic missiles but also orbiting satellites.

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Elbit Systems unveiled on February 8, 2016 a new, autonomous unmanned surface vehicle that can wage antisubmarine missions by firing small torpedoes, as well as detect and blow up submerged mines by sending robots and interceptors deep underwater.

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The Seagull autonomous multi-mission USV is a two-vessel system that has been developed over the past three years, Elbit officials said at Haifa Port, where the platform carried out some maneuvers on the water. Ofer Ben-Dov, vice president of the Naval Systems Business Line, Unmanned Aircraft Systems at Elbit's ISTAR Division, described the platform as a "revolution." "We are witnessing the proliferation of submarines, both conventional and nuclear, and sea mines. The cost and risk of dealing with these threats is high," he said.

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Dare you cross the 180-metre-high Haohan Qiao? Translation: 'brave men's bridge'?

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A shimmering white line cuts across a valley in Shiniuzhai national geological park. This vertigo-inducing, glass-bottomed suspension bridge has just opened to the public.  Too much for one visitor, the 180 meters high, 300 meters long bridge brings visitors to their knees.   Known as Haohan Qiao, the name translates as brave men's bridge.

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NETSLANG - BOOTYFUL  CYW  SCRIMS   Do you know these words? If not, you soon might. They are some of the fastest growing words from online niches around the world, as identified by new software that charts the rise of language online.

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Bootyful, an alternative spelling for beautiful, has had a dramatic rise in usage on Twitter in South Wales. Cyw (coming your way) has become popular in the north of the country. Scrims comes from gaming forums, where it refers to practice sessions before competitive games. 

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'Tech Tattoos' Could Replace Wearable Fitness Trackers.  The biometric tattoos combine a micro-controller, LED lights and conductive inks to create a circuit board on the surface of the wearer's skin.

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Chaotic Moon, a start-up known for conjuring fun projects like a shark-punching virtual game, has a wide range of applications in mind for the temporary tattoo technology it's developing. Called "Tech Tats," they're quite literally stick-on tattoos that look a bit embossed against the skin, since they contain electronic components, including a microcontroller and LED lights.