The future of military cloaking devices

A cloaking device is a hypothetical or fictional stealth technology that can cause objects, such as spaceships or individuals, to be partially or wholly invisible to parts of the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum. However, over the entire spectrum, a cloaked object scatters more than an uncloaked object. This potential cloaking device would stop shock waves through a wall of heated, ionized air. This heated, ionized air would safeguard the solider by forming a protective barrier around them. The protective barrier does not directly protect them from the shock-wave. Instead, it causes the shock wave to bend around them.

Shock waves that occur from explosions go right through peoples’ bodies and cause severe head trauma. This cloaking device would help solve the other half of the problem. Even if the shrapnel is nowhere near them, the force incurred by the shock wave is enough to create serious injury. A detector spots an explosion right before the shock wave follows. A curved shape generator, connected to a large power source, produces electricity like a lightning bolt. The curved shaped generator heats up the particles in the air, thereby effectively changing the speed of the shock waves.

The bending occurs when the particles of the shock wave changes speed. Curved shaped generators aren’t the only way to protect against shock waves. Lasers, as well as a strip of metal placed along a truck, are capable of offering this protection. Both of these things produce the same ionizing effect and bend the shock wave as it changes speed. The only issue with this is the amount of power that it would require. Reducing the amount of power needed would make this cloaking device a reality.

'Bio-Spleen': A breakthrough for treating blood-borne pathogens

The treatment of many blood-borne illnesses has reached a breakthrough with the recent announcement of a device able to cleanse the blood of disease pathogens. With this in mind, bioengineer Donald Ingber and his team set out to develop an artificial spleen that is able to filter blood through the use of proteins and magnets. More specifically, the device uses modified mannose-binding lectin (MBL), a human protein that binds to sugar molecules on the surface of over 90 bacteria, viruses, and fungi, as well as the toxins released by dead bacteria that cause sepsis in the first place.

By adding MBL to magnetic nano-beads and passing blood through the device, the pathogens in the blood bind to the beads. A magnet then pulls the beads and their constituent bacteria from the blood, which is now clean and able to be put back into the patient. Ingber and his team tested the device on infected rats, and after finding that 89% of infected rats were still alive by treatment’s end, wondered whether the device could handle the blood load of an average human adult (about five litres). By passing similarly-infected human blood through the device at 1L/hour, they found the device removed the vast majority of pathogens within five hours.

Once the bulk of the bacteria is removed from the patient’s blood, their immune system can handle their weakened remains. Ingber is hopeful that the device will be able to treat larger-scale diseases, such as HIV and Ebola, where the key to survival and effective treatment is to lower the pathogenic level of the patient’s blood before attacking the disease with powerful medicine.

Control VR

The control VR, motion sensors are used to track movement of the arms when stretched forward to give user a more realistic experience when in use. With this VR technology, you can pick up objects, load guns or even work in an office. Control VR brings together the leaders in inertial motion capture technology who have spent nearly 20 years developing this technology and making sales to Fortune 500 companies, leading universities and others. The Control VR's patented technology addresses the shortcomings of existing human/computer interaction tools by enabling a 3-D experience that recognizes intuitive gestures.

We have worked together now to bring this technology to the development community at an affordable price. As existing motion-sensing technology is crude, insufficient and limited by confined spaces and camera systems, Control VR is the first product in history to accurately sense the individual movements of all 10 of the users’ fingers as well as arms with (Degrees of Freedom) 6DOF.

The Control VR can be played without space considerations not confined to the line-of-site to any camera, allowing the player to play in any position, like slumping on the sofa, lying down on the floor or even facing 90 or more degrees away from the screen. Control VR's team is an assembly of the leading minds in inertial motion sensor technology, motion capture software systems as well as gaming, entertainment and military veterans from around the world.

39-day Mission to Mars

The trip to Mars originally would have taken approximately 300 days. Now with the new technology of plasma rockets, it will take six times less time. That's right: only 39 days to Mars. This is made possible by the Variable Specific Impulse Magneto plasma Rocket (VASIMR), an advanced space propulsion system that uses argon gas and radio waves in the form of light—a renewable source of energy that is found in space.

The project, led by Frank Chang-Díaz , a former NASA astronaut who has he been to space seven times andspent more than 1 600 hours in space, is being developed by Ad Astra Rocket Co. Ad Astra Rocket Co. has currently invested $30 million in the project so far, but Chang-Díaz says it will take $100 million to have the rocket ready to go.

The sun, lightning and plasma televisions are all things that possess plasma, one of the most important parts of the VASIMR. There is one major problem with the use of plasma, though: it gets extremely hot. In fact, it can go up to over 1 million degrees. To combat this heating effect, the plasma is guided along a magnetic duct that eventually ejects it out of the rocket, keeping it cool enough to function.

Salt water powered car approved for German roads

A car that runs on nano FLOWCELL salt water technology has received approval for testing on German roads. Now, the company can test the car on public roadsin Germany. The car has a peak power of 920 horsepower (680 kW), can go from 0-62 mph (100 km/h) in 2.8 seconds and a top speed of 217.5 mph (350 km/h). It all has to do with hydrogen. In its normal state, salt water has a stable composition of sodium chloride (the salt) and hydrogen and oxygen (the water). But the radio waves from Kanzius' RFG disrupt that stability, degrading the bonds that hold the chemicals in salt water together.

It should be mentioned that the salt water itself does not provide the power for the car. ... It is the magnesium plate, which gets used up, which provides the energy source for the car, by way of its chemical reaction with the salt water, and air. It's called a fuel cell car because it uses a simple fuel cell to operate.

Energy is required to desalinate water, and running the process in reverse can generate energy. When the electrodes are immersed in saltwater, they draw sodium and chlorine ions from the water, and the movement of the ions creates an electrical current. The water can be used as a coolant only in avoided situations. However, the water will not work properly as the antifreeze since it may cause some damages to your engine.

Solar Roadways

Solar Roadways (SR) is a modular system of specially engineered solar panels that can be walked and driven upon. Our panels contain LED lights to create lines and signage without paint. They contain heating elements to prevent snow and ice accumulation. An LED would be ideal because of its low power consumption. Solar cells use certain wavelengths of the light spectrum.

An incandescent bulb produces all the wavelengths the sun does, but in different amounts.  So, from a scientific standpoint, LEDs will probably produce the correct light to charge a solar cell. The Solar Roadway panels are made of tempered (safety) glass. Glass was chosen for its hardness, strength, durability, and transmittance.

SR glass is textured to create proper traction for vehicles and pedestrians. Sebastian Anthony noted in Extreme Tech that the cost to replace all roads in the United States with Solar Roadways panels would come to approximately $56 trillion, based on Scott Brusaw's cost estimate of $10,000 for a 12-by-12-foot (3.7 m × 3.7 m) section.

Technology will play a bigger role in improving workplace wellness

The changes rocking the workplace--driven by new technologies, a tight labor market, and the exponential growth of employee data and tools to make sense of it--are showing no signs of letting up. At the same time, employees are under more pressure than ever before; with a recent Gallup poll finding 44 percent report feelings of burnout at work.

In 2019, technologies designed with empathy in mind--that augment the human touch, rather than overpower or direct it--will come to the forefront as employers increasingly prioritize the holistic wellness of their people as the foundation way to improve their organization. Specifically, we will see businesses go beyond basic wellness programs, and increasingly turn to trans-formative technologies that improve workplace wellness through a true understanding of the employee experience.

 Maturing technologies like A.I. and natural language processing will help companies instantly understand their employee's day to day lives, including critical qualitative insights like how they feel and why. As you can't fix what you can't measure, this will directly lead to actionable insights that actually improve organizations, not just drown them in more data.