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The geeks of war : the secretive labs and brilliant minds behind tomorrow's warfare technologies

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The geeks of war : the secretive labs and brilliant minds behind tomorrow's warfare technologies

Call No

U393

Authors

Edwards, John, 1954-

Subjects

Military research--United States.
Military art and science--Technological innovations--United States--History--21st century.

Language

English

Published

Publication Desc

xvii, 221 pages : illustrations ;

ISBN

0814408524

LCCN

2005002636

Dimensions

24 cm.

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General Note

Includes index.

Content Note

Epigraph --v -- Introduction: The Military-Technology Matrix -- 1 -- Technology and the Executive Branch -- 1 -- Congress and Technology -- 5 -- Technology and the Media -- 7 -- Labyrinth -- 8 -- Chapter 1 Finding and Breaking Things: Tactical Systems -- 11 -- Objective Force Warrior: High-Tech Soldier -- 12 -- Star Wars Plus: Battle Lasers -- 14 -- Weapons Revolution: The Force of Gamma Rays -- 15 -- Better Warheads Through Plastics -- 16 -- Ceramic Armor: Stops Bullets Cold -- 17 -- Secrets of the Deep: Breakthrough Mine Detection -- 18 -- An Explosion That Is Not an Explosion: Bomb Blast Simulator -- 19 -- Smart Bombs: Reducing Collateral Damage -- 22 -- Smart Weapons: Insect Vision -- 24 -- Bee-Inspired Robots: Fighting Machines of the Future -- 27 -- New Alchemy: Bio-Fuel for Missiles -- 29 -- Robotic Sensors: Hidden Target Detectors -- 30 -- Soldier's Protector: Handheld Weapon-Sniffing Sensor -- 33 -- Gait Recognition: The Way You Walk -- 35 -- Chapter 2 Fingertips War: Information Systems -- 39 -- Bringing Bandwidth to the Battlefield -- 40 -- Aide-de-Camp: A Cognitive Software Helper -- 42 -- End of Battle Fatigue: Coping with Information Overload -- 43 -- Battle Blog -- 45 -- Self-Healing Databases -- 46 -- When It Has to Get There: Radio Frequency Identification -- 47 -- Portable Power and Atomic Batteries -- 50 -- Shadow Illuminator and Other Photo-Tweaking Software -- 54 -- From Here to There and There to Here -- 56 -- Chapter 3 Early Warning: Telecommunications, Reconnaissance, and Disaster Relief -- 57 -- A Lifesaver: The Joint Tactical Radio System -- 58 -- Commando Communications: Ad Hoc Wireless Networks -- 60 -- Packet BLAST: An Ultra-Fast, Secure Radio System -- 61 -- I Spy: Ultra-Wideband Security -- 63 -- MiniSAR: Reconnaissance and Weapon Guidance System -- 64 -- Seeing Over the Hill: The Reconnaissance Round -- 67 -- Search and Rescue: Tiny Reconnaissance Robots -- 70 -- CSIRO Mantis: An Intelligent Helicopter -- 72 -- Raven: The Soldier's Eyes -- 73 -- Bird's-Eye View: A Robot That Can Fly -- 76 -- "Can You Hear Me?": Robotic Voice Navigation -- 78 -- Dragon Runner: A Remote-Controlled "Throwable" Robot -- 79 -- X Marks the Spot: Land Mine-Sniffing Robot -- 81 -- STRETCH: E-Textiles for Battlefield Sound Detection -- 83 -- Good Vibrations: Communicating Without Sight or Sound -- 85 -- Buried Danger: Seismic Land Mine Detection System -- 86 -- COSMIC Network: Global Weather Report -- 87 -- WIISARD: Mass Casualty Treatment -- 89 -- Search and Rescue: AMRF-C Streamlining Shipboard "Antenna Farms" -- 95 -- Human Factor -- 96 -- Chapter 4 Fitter Fighters: Health, Medicine, and Biotechnology -- 99 -- Building Block 1 Growing Bone -- 100 -- Building Block 2 Plasti-Bone -- 101 -- Preventive Medicine: Tackling Stress Fractures Before They Happen -- 103 -- Faster Healing: Human Collagen Wound Dressing -- 106 -- QuikClot: An End to Bleeding -- 107 -- Second Sight: Retinal Prosthesis -- 108 -- Personal Coolers: Microclimate Control -- 109 -- Better Eating Through Plasma -- 112 -- First Strike Ration 1 No Stripping, Please -- 114 -- First Strike Ration 2 Power Fuel -- 117 -- Refueling: Easy-to-Use Drink Pouches -- 119 -- Into the Tub: Environmental Impact Studies -- 121 -- Brain-Machine Interfaces -- 123 -- BLEEX: Strength-Enhancing Exoskeleton -- 128 -- Low-Tech Solution/High-Tech Savings: Tent Warmers -- 131 -- Rolling Along -- 134 -- Chapter 5 Moving Ahead: Vehicles and Logistics -- 135 -- Electrical Signal Analysis Keeps Planes in the Air -- 135 -- Silencers: Quieter Jet Engines -- 137 -- Shape Shifter: Birdlike/Fishlike Airplane Wings -- 139 -- "Look Ma, No Fuel": Laser-Powered Aircraft -- 140 -- Beetle-Inspired Design: Pulse Combustion -- 142 -- Good Vibrations: Vehicle Damage Detector -- 143 -- Timbot: Robotic Vehicle Control -- 145 -- Driving by Brain: Underwater Maneuvers -- 148 -- Smart Drops: Pinpoint Air Supply -- 149 -- Waste Not: Converting Heat into Electricity -- 151 -- "Other" War -- 152 -- Chapter 6 Shadow War: Security and Cryptography -- 153 -- "Agents" on a Mission -- 153 -- Quantum Cryptography: Securing Information with Noisy Light -- 155 -- Microwaves: Bringing Concealed Weapons to Light -- 157 -- Setting Limits: Cracking Data Hiding -- 158 -- Is It Real?: Decoding Digital Images -- 160 -- Diamond-Film Sensors: Detecting Biological Weapons -- 162 -- Detection: Three-Tiered Bio-Warfare Protocol -- 165 -- "Smart Dust" Detects Bioterrorist and Chemical Agents -- 167 -- Mini Spectrometer Identifies Biohazards -- 170 -- Bio-Detection with Living Cells -- 171 -- Ready to Wear (to War) -- 174 -- Chapter 7 Uniforms, Protective Gear, and Other Things They Dont Sell At Bloomingdale's -- 175 -- Future Warrior: Clothes Make the Soldier -- 176 -- Lifesaver 1 Custom-Fitted Uniforms -- 179 -- Lifesaver 2 Stronger, Lighter Body Armor -- 180 -- Where Does it Hurt?: Smart T-Shirt Has the Answer -- 183 -- Request-"Send Warm Clothing": Response-Protective Combat Uniform -- 185 -- Steam Heat: Warmer Fingers -- 188 -- Trigger-Tested Modular Gloves -- 189 -- Wearable Air-Conditioners -- 191 -- "Perfect Mirror": Tunable Fibers -- 192 -- "Sunglasses": Protection from Blinding Lasers -- 194 -- Ruminations and Ramifications -- 195.