If you’re extremely comfortable with passers-by pointing and staring or if you brim with self-esteem, this new digital night vision system developed by SA Photonics might just be the next toy you could brag about! Not that you really need to brag about it, by the looks of it, it’s attention-grabbing enough to make a little kid point out and say “Look Mommy! Robocop”! Called the High Resolution Night Vision System (HRNVS), this digital night vision system uses a head mounted display. With a 82.5 degree field of view, we’re pretty sure those snipers you’ve been weary off won’t go unnoticed in the night time. The four optics mounted on the helmet provide this view.That’s not all. The HRNVS also boasts reduced peripheral obscuration, reduced forward projection and swept volume, zero-halo, and the capabilities for digital image enhancement too! A great chance to spy on your neighbor!
Raytheon, the world leader in defense technology and innovation, has recently unveiled the first of its kind 4D walk-in simulator at the 2011 Paris Air Show. The best bit about this new technology is that it can be fitted in and customized for both rotary and fixed wing aircrafts.
From Cambridge Consultants, the folks who brought you the portable in-wall radar bag, here comes a new device called Sprint to make fights against the unseen more in your favor. And when I say unseen I don’t mean sprits or ghosts, but possible traps, explosives, and weapons that could be hidden in walls. In addition to spotting dangerous items, the Sprint in-wall radar can also be used to look for contraband or even holes or weak sections in walls. What’s more impressive is that the device is not just limited to walls and can also be used on floors and ceilings, if such a need ever arises. What makes Sprint different from other methods of detection is that it doesn’t need to have access to both sides of a wall structure in order to work, and the fact that it uses very little power and is easily portable makes it even better. The Sprint in-wall radar is currently undergoing extensive performance to make the leap from prototype stage into a commercial product.
DARPA’s looking for a way to give soldiers on the ground more direct access to air support, and the solution that they’ve come up with involves a nifty-looking set of holographic sunglasses.
Generally, when soldiers request air support, that request has to wind its way through patchy radio links, complicated computer systems, intelligence analysts, commanders, lawyers, air traffic controllers, and ultimately aircraft pilots before anything actually happens. DARPA wants to bypass all that with a set of augmented reality holographic goggles that would give troops a direct link to their support aircraft.
Tracking a murder weapon to its owner won’t probably be too difficult now, with fingerprints. Designer Sun Xiaotian came up with a novel way to tracking murderers to their weapons, regardless of wearing gloves. With illegal gun use turning into a menace these days, the designer came up with a fingerprint identification system for guns using an embedded memory chip that ensures the weapon is used by its legal owner. The gun’s front sight attachment turns green when the gun recognizes its user. If the wrong fingerprint is used, the indicator turns red and the gun locks up.
