NATO, Russia, and China have been engaged in a new arms race for quite a while. The top prizes now include hypersonics, railguns, and lasers. After years of study and development, not to mention billions of dollars spent, the three technologies are now finally starting [...]
Poor air quality is a tell-tale sign of the widespread air pollution that has blanketed our country for several years. With rising concerns about air pollution, federal authorities are now turning to science and technology to develop advanced air quality monitoring systems. […]
Rapid explosive detection is vital to protecting lives as well as significant damage to the property. In the past, there have been a number of methods to identify explosives and prohibit them from being transported across the U.S. borders; for example, imaging and chemical identification. [...]
Tens of thousands of international travelers cross secure U.S. borders on a day to day basis, with just about every one of them carrying some sort of hand baggage. It is the duty of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) to thoroughly check the [...]
Governments all over the world are joining forces to address the issue of climate change. With the increase in global warming driven by human greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns, space agencies have also entered the fight to heal the Earth’s climate. […]
The military is, beyond the shadow of a doubt, the most vital asset of any country. A capable military represents a strong nation. As a result, most of the hi-tech innovations are devised while keeping military applications in mind. Unmanned robots are no exception. They, [...]
It is not every day that businesses deal with the problem of receiving counterfeit currency. Be that as it may, this act of forgery — despite its infrequency — cannot be overlooked. It goes without saying that this deliberate attempt to defraud the receiver is fraudulent, and that makes it [...]
Night vision was first used in the military in the 1930s on German tanks. These devices provided much better vision than the naked eye but the original version was expensive and heavy. […]
Las ideas nuevas y en expansión de cómo miramos las cosas están creciendo casi a un ritmo exponencial. Ingenieros, científicos y diseñadores siempre están buscando maneras de ver cosas que nunca habíamos visto antes. Una pieza de esta tecnología emergente es lo que se conoce como cámaras de tiempo de [...]
Estudios recientes han demostrado que existe una amplia variedad de estos contaminantes a concentraciones traza en todos los suministros de agua y en el aire. La irradiación germicida ultravioleta (UVGI) es un método de desinfección que utiliza luz ultravioleta de longitud de onda corta (UV-C) [...]
