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Weapons of perception: neuroscience and mind-controlled weapons
Advances in neuroscience offer the military the potential of mind-controlled weapons and performance enhancement. Are mind-controlled weapons and extra-sensory enhanced warfare techniques mere science fiction? Recent developments in neuroscience suggest not, with a new Royal Society report claiming that research in areas such as neuropharmacology, functional neuroimaging and neural interface systems could create a new breed of super soldier and diminish enemy ability.
The DoD road to reform: ensuring energy efficiency for future forces
As energy efficiency continues to be a fascination for the armed forces, the US Department of Defence has responded with a plan. Liam Stoker examines the Operational Energy Strategy: Implementation Plan, released in March 2012, and looks at how the nation can reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, including using photovoltaic cells and microgrids.
Solutions for situational awareness – battlefield innovations
Situational awareness solutions allow soldiers to make effective use of varied information in a battlefield context. New technology offers innovative methods of bringing visual, night vision, geographical and enemy location data together in an overlaid 3D visual and audio augmented reality format, so it can be accessed and acted on in real time. Army Technology investigates groundbreaking innovations saving lives by making this sensor fusion information readily available to soldiers on frontlines.
Global Defence Technology: Issue 15
In this issue: India’s F-INSAS programme, top ten energy-saving tech, the F-35’s F135 engine from concept to testing, Australia’s urgent naval upgrades, and more.
Olympic missile sites – defending London 2012 from the rooftops
London boroughs could serve as urban missiles sites during the 2012 Olympic Games. Such are the scale of the counter-terror operations being launched in the build up to this year's 2012 London Olympics that the UK MoD has proposed deploying missile sites atop towers and buildings in several urban London boroughs for the first time since World War II.
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