Iron Man - For Real

Research into suits of armor that can be worn by soldiers to provide protection form the rigors of war and other battlefield threats have been in development by the US Military for quite sometime. Ceramic armor that is better at dissipating the energy of bullets, made into armor plates that protects the vital organs as [...]

Posted by Nick at 12:23 pm

Flying Ambulance Anyone?

From Wired, several defense contractors are beginning development of a concept of a Medical Evacuation(Med-Evac) system that relies on unmanned robots or UAV’s to do the hazardous task of evacuating and taking wounded soldiers out of the hot zone in times of conflict. The Israeli experience when they went to war with Hezbollah a few [...]

Posted by Nick at 12:07 pm

Waste and Water Management in Space

Many fail to understand the huge amounts of money that goes into space explorations. The billions of dollars the machines and space craft of space need are products of millions of man-hours of work from the design teams to the astronaut that actually do the flying of the said marvelous machines. The space shuttle is [...]

Posted by Nick at 12:13 pm

Medical Gadgets Galore - Tricorder’s

If you have watched the famed space exploration movie Star Trek, then the gadgets we would be talking about would be no stranger to you, Tricorders. Remember the gadget Dr. McCoy waves in front of injured people that gives him the entire picture such required medical information form injured person and even dispenses the right [...]

Posted by Nick at 2:42 pm

Velcro - The unsung hero of Sneakers

The invention is now celebrating its 50 year anniversary and many have used it yet not even known the name of the humble hook and loop thingy that makes the distinct rip sound without actually ripping, VELCRO. As it turns out, the product was initially patented by a Swiss engineer, George de Menstral in 1941 [...]

Posted by Nick at 10:58 am