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NEWS ABOUT: advanced technology

advanced technology stories: 3 news summaries

Robotic Suit Helps Paralyzed Take Big Steps

Motorized exoskeleton enables walking, bending, climbing

Jan 12, 09 8:14 PM CST
(Newser) - People paralyzed from the waist down may soon be parking their wheelchairs in favor of a robotic walking suit, CNN reports. Designed by Dr. Amit Goffer, a disabled engineer in Israel, the lightweight exoskeleton of motorized leg supports and motion sensors enables users to walk around. "I don't have... More »

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Israel • inventions • robotics • paralyze • paralysis • walking • advanced technology

Next Gen Movie Watching: Chat Meets DVDs

New Blu-ray feature allows viewers to chat on screen; other innovations on way

Dec 8, 08 2:21 PM CST
(Newser) - As technology takes movie-watching ever further from the days of clunky film reels, the Wall Street Journal rounds up some developments to look for:
  • A new Blu-ray feature—called BD Live—combines movies with social networking, letting people viewing the same movie chat on screen.
  • Technology in the
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social networking • DVD • hologram • Blu-Ray • movies • advanced technology

 Pentagon Aims for 
 Target-Seeking Bullet 

'Can't miss' sniper round being developed 

Nov 27, 08 11:52 AM CST
(Newser) - The Pentagon wants to develop a bullet that can change course in midflight to seek its target, Wired reports. The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency yesterday committed $22 million to producing the superbullet—"an actively controlled .50 caliber projectile that uses information for real time directional flight control"—... More »

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Pentagon • Lockheed Martin • Army snipers • DARPA • ammunition • guided bullet • Teledyne Scientific & Imaging • advanced technology • secret weapon • ordnance

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