Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 30, 2010



Video: Pentagon’s Shape-Shifting Bot Folds Into Boat, Plane -- The Danger Room

Even for the Pentagon’s science-fiction division, it seemed like a stretch. But in 2007, Darpa really did launch an effort to build programmable matter that could reconfigure itself on command. Then, two years later, Harvard and MIT researchers really did make progress building “self-folding origami” that just might be able to twist themselves into different shapes. Yesterday, Darpa-backed electrical engineers at the two schools released the stunning results: a shape-shifting sheet of rigid tiles and elastomer joints that can fold itself into a little plane or a boat on demand.

It’s “a first step towards making everyday objects whose mechanical properties can be programmed,” Harvard’s Robert Wood says in a statement.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

DoD Adviser: Foes' Advances Might Lead to F-35 Fleet Shrinkage -- Defense News

Billions for Biodefense -- Armchair Generalist

THAAD System Intercepts Target in Successful Missile Defense Test -- Defence Talk

CMC Program to Define Future SSBN Launchers for UK, USA -- Defense Industry Daily News

Phantom Eye Plans -- Ares/Aviaiton Week

U.S. medevac crews treat Afghan civilians, win hearts and minds -- L.A. Times

The Frightening Failure To Fix Failed States -- Strategy Page

Former Prez Clinton Endorses Oil-Bomb Plan, Sorta -- War Is Boring

Spies Assigned to Gather Intel on U.S. Nuke Strategy for Russia, FBI Says -- Global Security Newswire

Smoking out Bin Laden from his "Deep Hiding". -- Raman's terrorism Analysis

"We need to think more about strategy..." -- Ares/Aviation Week

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