Machine gun-toting robots may soon back up U.S. soldiers

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	Machine gun-toting robots may soon back up U.S. soldiers A weaponized robot acting as a member of a squad of U.S. soldiers fighting on the battlefield is no longer science fiction. They may not be two-legged, humanoid robots yet, but they are able to follow troops through a wide range of terrain and back them up in battle. Read More   WHITE PAPER: SAS Gaining Insights from Social Media on Product Quality Descriptive statistics, text analytics and social network analysis provide a way for to determine how customers purchasing decisions are affected by what they see on the Internet. This paper describes how analytics can be applied to social media for monitoring and addressing perceptual quality. View Now In this Issue European Space Agency to begin printing 3D parts for space flight Consumers would prefer to buy a self-driving car from Google over Ford MIT's 'Kinect of the future' uses x-ray-like vision to look through walls U.S. flips switch on massive solar power array that also stores electricity Scientists create 3D-printed bacteria zoos to study infections U.S. military gets fired up over weaponized robots European Space Agency to begin printing 3D parts for space flight The space agency is showcasing complex printed parts made of metal that can withstand temperatures at 1000 degrees Celsius fit for space and the most demanding applications on Earth. Read More   Consumers would prefer to buy a self-driving car from Google over Ford A new study released by KPMG shows that consumers trust tech companies more than auto companies for purchasing a self-driving car. Read More   MIT's 'Kinect of the future' uses x-ray-like vision to look through walls Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a device that can see through walls and pinpoint a person with incredible accuracy. They call it the 'Kinect of the future,' after Microsoft';s Xbox 360 motion sensing camera. Read More   U.S. flips switch on massive solar power array that also stores electricity Solana is the first solar plant in the U.S. with a thermal energy storage system and it can produce enough electricity to power 70,000 households. Read More   Scientists create 3D-printed bacteria zoos to study infections Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have created microscopic enclosures to group certain forms of bacteria together to discover how they interact to spread disease. Read More   U.S. military gets fired up over weaponized robots   Check out photos and video of machine gun-shooting robots at Fort Benning, Ga. Read More
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