News tagged with explosive ordnance disposal
New battery technology extends life of bomb disposal robots
Jun 05, 2009 |
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Safe removal of roadside bombs and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) is critical in hostile environments. Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) crews often rely on remotely operated robots to disarm explosives ...
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iRobot Introduces PackBot Explorer Robot
Jul 01, 2005 |
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iRobot has introduced the iRobot PackBot Explorer, a new addition to iRobot's combat-proven line of PackBot robots. With new intelligent surveillance equipment, including three cameras, and greater flexibility to customize wit ...
NASA Releases Orbiting Carbon Observatory Accident Summary
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A NASA panel that investigated the unsuccessful Feb. 24 launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory, or OCO, has completed its report.
Engineers Deliver Robot to Neutralize Remote Explosives
Jul 21, 2005 |
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Engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate have rapidly prototyped, developed, and delivered low-cost expendable robots to disable and dispose of improvised explosive devices.
Engineers Deliver Robot to Neutralize Remote Explosives
Jul 01, 2005 |
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Engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate have rapidly prototyped, developed, and delivered low-cost expendable robots to disable and dispose of improvised explosive devices. ...
Next generation anti-land mine device
Mar 29, 2005 |
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UK-based humanitarian de-mining specialists Disarmco have teamed up with ordnance and explosives experts at Cranfield University at Shrivenham to develop the next generation of anti-land mine device. The anti-landmine inv ...
Explosives prevent technology theft
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Product piracy causes billions worth of damage worldwide. A combination of visible and invisible copy protection is really effective against this. Explosive embossing is an economical procedure and can be ...
Bird flu virus remains infectious up to 600 days in municipal landfills
May 27, 2009 |
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Amid concerns about a pandemic of swine flu, researchers from Nebraska report for the first time that poultry carcasses infected with another threat — the 'bird flu' virus — can remain infectious in municipal ...
New NIST trace explosives standard slated for homeland security duty
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Security personnel need to be able to find explosive materials and persons who have been in contact with them. To aid such searches, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, with support from the ...
0.2 second test for explosive liquids
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Since a failed terrorist attack in 2006, plane passengers have not been able to carry bottles of liquid through security at airports, leaving some parched at the airport and others having ...
Before you trash that phone, read this
Mar 16, 2009 |
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If you own a cell phone, at some point you're likely to upgrade to a newer model. But what should you do with your old phone?
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