Russian next generation long range bomber PAK DA will use hypersonic missiles

Russia’s next generation long-range bomber PAK-DA will be armed with hypersonic weapons, a Defense Ministry source told RIA Novosti Friday. “PAK-DA will be equipped with all advanced types of precision guided weapons, including hypersonic,” the source said, adding that the bomber itself will be subsonic. Earlier this week, Boris Obnosov, general director of the Tactical …

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Global Economic Outlook to 2017 with a lot of risks according to leading rating agency

Dun and Bradstreet have a global economic outlook for the next 5 years. The recovery from the 2008-2009 recession is the slowest and most problematic of the past century, highlighted by changes in D and B’s country risk ratings: 56 of the 132 countries (42.4%) rate worse than in October 2009 when the recovery started, …

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DARPA flying car transforming into Large Carrier Drone

Lockheed is changing their DARPA robotic flying hummer into a large robotic drone that can carry car sized objects Besides carrying cars the carrier drone can also deliver 4000 or maybe even 6000 pound bombs. Two or three carrier drones appear able to work together to lift longer and heavier payloads like 12000 or 18000 …

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Bigelow Aerospace’s inflatable space stations and future plans

Bigelow Aerospace is a private company developing inflatable space stations. In 2007, Bigelow launched the Genesis II, which was their second experimental space habitat designed. Genesis II was identical in size to Genesis I. It is a one-third scale of the full-size BA 330 model, with on-orbit measurements of 4.4 metres (14.4 ft) in length …

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Quantum diamond nanosensors measure temperature in living cells and will be used for measuring magnetic and electric fields and for compact atomic clocks

How do you take the temperature of a cell? The familiar thermometer from a doctor’s office is slightly too big considering the average human skin cell is only 30 millionths of a meter wide. But the capability is significant; developing the right technology to gauge and control the internal temperatures of cells and other nanospaces …

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Metamaterials are set to migrate out of the laboratory and into the marketplace

Metamaterial applications such as cheaper satellite communications, thinner smartphones and ultrafast optical data processing are where metamaterials are poised to make a huge impact within a year or so. Kymeta of Redmond, Washington, a spin-off from Intellectual Ventures, hopes to market a compact antenna that would be one of the first consumer-oriented products based on …

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Japan has unveiled its helicopter aircraft carrier and continues an Aircraft carrier arms race in the Pacific

Japan on Tuesday unveiled its biggest warship since World War II, a huge flat-top destroyer that has raised eyebrows in China and elsewhere because it bears a strong resemblance to a conventional aircraft carrier. JDS Izumo (DDH-183) is a helicopter carrier (officially classified by Japan as a helicopter destroyer) and the lead ship in the …

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Samsung Galaxy Note III, Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8, Samsung Mega 6.3, HTC One Maxx

The Samsung Note III should be revealed in September, 2013. The Samsung Note III should see improvements across the board as far as specs are concerned. Where the Note II has a 5.5-inch 1280 x 800-pixel display, the Note III will have a 5.7-inch 1920 x 1080 full HD display. The Note III will come …

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Avengers 2- Age of Ultron, Agents of Shield and Batman versus Superman

1. At comic-con the title of the second Avengers movie was revealed as the Age of Ultron. Ultron is an evil robot that has been a primary enemy of the Avengers for decades. Age of Ultron was a ten issue series that just completed. There are too many differences between what characters and events have …

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China has limited ability to project power but still has increasing global influence

China has no overseas military bases. The United States has about 700 bases overseas with about 280,000 personnel at those bases. Russia has bases in 12 countries with about 30,000 personnel. Britain has about 8000 personnel in 6 countries. France also has bases in 5 countries with 7000 personnel. The Commonwealth of over 50 nations …

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