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After a decade of costly conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American way of war is evolving toward less brawn, more guile. 
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The average episode of Top Gear runs around $1 million to produce. But those high-style, high-flying ? and incredibly expensive ? Via Kalani Kirk Hausman
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How are you able to move through a dense forest or crowd, maximizing your speed while avoiding a collision? Intuition — something not easily computer-programmed.
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AVIATR is Barnes’s concept for an aerial drone powered by two small nuclear generators (known as Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generators, or ASRGs) that could stay airborne over Titan pretty much indefinitely. The ASRGs together would only provide about 250 watts, or enough to power two light bulbs. But Titan makes flying easy and non-energy-intensive--it exerts seven times less gravity than Earth and hosts an atmosphere that’s three times denser.
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Israel's Robotic Butterfly Drone Flies Indoors re: Raymond Z. Watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FlMd_LhQ8c
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Today's security cameras and drones can help humans match faces against most-wanted lists and spot suspected enemies on the battlefield.
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Sometimes the whole is more than the sum of its parts, and the U.S. Army is about to find out if they can create some amazing ISR synthesis by combining two pieces of bleeding-edge technology from its own stores: Boeing’s A160 Hummingbird unmanned helo and ARGUS--the Autonomous Real-time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance Imaging System. Together, the duo will reportedly be able to collect 80 years’ worth of HD video each and every day.
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Western militaries are experimenting with having future drone pilots command up to four aircraft at once, adding new potential challenges even as a top-secret U.S.
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