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Hummingbird-sized UAV has been developed by AeroVironment (funded by a DARPA Phase II contract) that weighs just 2/3 of an ounce...a UAV weighs less than a common AA battery!
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2011/02/21/Bird-sized-UAV-developed/UPI-47971298305984/
The Yuba City, CA police department is spending some of its $70k DHS grant to purchase a remote controlled "tactical entry" robot to help police officers when they have to deal with someone barricaded inside a home. The robot can show police what is behind a door and can also help survey dangerous chemical spills or other hazardous situations when humans need to avoid contact with dangerous materials:
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/robot-104158-police-yuba.html
The Air Force's new stealth bomber could carry bunker-busting munitions, high-powered lasers for self-defense (zapping missiles shot at it and enemy aircraft nearby) and communications, and consoles for it to control radar-evading UAVs. The add-ons will make the stealth bomber more lethal and harder to shoot down even though air defenses are being upgraded by countries such as China:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/02/new-stealth-bomber-could-control-drones-fire-lasers-bust-bunkers/
Somali pirates killed all 4 Americans they had been holding hostage...so US forces killed 2 pirates and detailed the other 13 onboard. The pirates were negotiating a ransom when they unexpectedly killed all 4 hostages, with US forces raiding the ship after the hostages were killed. The hostages were 2 Americans who had been sailing around the world since 2004 and 2 of their friends who joined them relatively recently:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/02/pirates-kill-u-s-hostages-so-u-s-forces-kill-pirates/
NASA's latest Earth-orbiting satellite is going to study airborne particles from volcanoes, forest fires, smokestacks, and tailpipes. Its mission is to track and study those aerosol particles:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2011/02/Environment-nasa-to-launch-newest-earth-observation-satellite/
Water ice recently discovered at the bottom of a crater on the moon contained elements like mercury, magnesium, calcium, silver, and sodium. Scientists are trying to figure out where all that sodium came from, as the moon water had a comparable sodium to water ratio as the water on Earth has:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/news/lunar-water-metal.html
MIT engineers have designed a new type of nanoparticle that could safely and effectively deliver vaccines for diseases such as HIV and malaria. The particles could also help develop vaccines against cancer and infectious diseases:
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/nano-sized-vaccines-0222.html
One in a 100 people have congenital heart diseases, making it the most common birth defect and the #1 cause of pediatric death. A new study found that a drug can *reverse* cardiac muscle damage in a mouse model of congenital heart diseases:
http://esciencenews.com/articles/2011/02/21/study.shows.rapamycin.reverses.myocardial.defects.mouse.model.leopard.syndrome
South Korea already has the world's fastest Internet connections, but they plan to upgrade their network so that EVERY home in South Korea has at least a 1 Gbps internet connection by the end of next year! That is more than 200x faster than the average household in the US can connect to the Internet. This is part of South Korea's long-term growth strategy:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/technology/22iht-broadband22.html?_r=4&src=busln
Motorola Mobility got 28% of its sales last year from Verizon Wireless (up from 17% in 2009 and 13% in 2008) as the sales of its Android-based smartphones took off, one big reason for their warning Verizon getting the iPhone could significantly impact their business:
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-02-18/motorola-mobility-drew-28-of-sales-from-verizon.html
Verizon is offering a $200 subsidy for the Motorola Xoom tablet, apparently the first table that Verizon has agreed to subsidize:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/verizon-offers-200-subsidy-motorola-xoom/2011-02-22
Article about how the rumored delay in the release of the iPad 2 (due to "production bottlenecks") may give Android tablets a window of opportunity:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/rumor-mill-ipad-2-delay-gives-android-window-opportunity/2011-02-22
The iPhone that Steve Jobs gave Russian President Dimitry Medvedev is unfortunately locked on AT&T so it doesn't work in Russia:
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-iphone-steve-jobs-gave-dmitry-medvedev-doesnt-work-2011-2
Blockbuster agreed to sell itself to its creditors for $290 million. As part of the agreement Blockbuster will have to close 600+ stores and may end up being liquidated...but at least it will emerge from bankruptcy fairly quickly:
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/blockbuster-agrees-to-sell-itself-for-290-million/
Lifelong Cleveland Indians fan became the first woman to throw batting practice to a big-league team when she faced some members of the Indians during Spring Training:
http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/02/jeanmar_gomez_trying_to_be_no5.html
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2011/02/21/Bird-sized-UAV-developed/UPI-47971298305984/
The Yuba City, CA police department is spending some of its $70k DHS grant to purchase a remote controlled "tactical entry" robot to help police officers when they have to deal with someone barricaded inside a home. The robot can show police what is behind a door and can also help survey dangerous chemical spills or other hazardous situations when humans need to avoid contact with dangerous materials:
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/robot-104158-police-yuba.html
The Air Force's new stealth bomber could carry bunker-busting munitions, high-powered lasers for self-defense (zapping missiles shot at it and enemy aircraft nearby) and communications, and consoles for it to control radar-evading UAVs. The add-ons will make the stealth bomber more lethal and harder to shoot down even though air defenses are being upgraded by countries such as China:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/02/new-stealth-bomber-could-control-drones-fire-lasers-bust-bunkers/
Somali pirates killed all 4 Americans they had been holding hostage...so US forces killed 2 pirates and detailed the other 13 onboard. The pirates were negotiating a ransom when they unexpectedly killed all 4 hostages, with US forces raiding the ship after the hostages were killed. The hostages were 2 Americans who had been sailing around the world since 2004 and 2 of their friends who joined them relatively recently:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/02/pirates-kill-u-s-hostages-so-u-s-forces-kill-pirates/
NASA's latest Earth-orbiting satellite is going to study airborne particles from volcanoes, forest fires, smokestacks, and tailpipes. Its mission is to track and study those aerosol particles:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2011/02/Environment-nasa-to-launch-newest-earth-observation-satellite/
Water ice recently discovered at the bottom of a crater on the moon contained elements like mercury, magnesium, calcium, silver, and sodium. Scientists are trying to figure out where all that sodium came from, as the moon water had a comparable sodium to water ratio as the water on Earth has:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/news/lunar-water-metal.html
MIT engineers have designed a new type of nanoparticle that could safely and effectively deliver vaccines for diseases such as HIV and malaria. The particles could also help develop vaccines against cancer and infectious diseases:
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/nano-sized-vaccines-0222.html
One in a 100 people have congenital heart diseases, making it the most common birth defect and the #1 cause of pediatric death. A new study found that a drug can *reverse* cardiac muscle damage in a mouse model of congenital heart diseases:
http://esciencenews.com/articles/2011/02/21/study.shows.rapamycin.reverses.myocardial.defects.mouse.model.leopard.syndrome
South Korea already has the world's fastest Internet connections, but they plan to upgrade their network so that EVERY home in South Korea has at least a 1 Gbps internet connection by the end of next year! That is more than 200x faster than the average household in the US can connect to the Internet. This is part of South Korea's long-term growth strategy:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/technology/22iht-broadband22.html?_r=4&src=busln
Motorola Mobility got 28% of its sales last year from Verizon Wireless (up from 17% in 2009 and 13% in 2008) as the sales of its Android-based smartphones took off, one big reason for their warning Verizon getting the iPhone could significantly impact their business:
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-02-18/motorola-mobility-drew-28-of-sales-from-verizon.html
Verizon is offering a $200 subsidy for the Motorola Xoom tablet, apparently the first table that Verizon has agreed to subsidize:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/verizon-offers-200-subsidy-motorola-xoom/2011-02-22
Article about how the rumored delay in the release of the iPad 2 (due to "production bottlenecks") may give Android tablets a window of opportunity:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/rumor-mill-ipad-2-delay-gives-android-window-opportunity/2011-02-22
The iPhone that Steve Jobs gave Russian President Dimitry Medvedev is unfortunately locked on AT&T so it doesn't work in Russia:
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-iphone-steve-jobs-gave-dmitry-medvedev-doesnt-work-2011-2
Blockbuster agreed to sell itself to its creditors for $290 million. As part of the agreement Blockbuster will have to close 600+ stores and may end up being liquidated...but at least it will emerge from bankruptcy fairly quickly:
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/blockbuster-agrees-to-sell-itself-for-290-million/
Lifelong Cleveland Indians fan became the first woman to throw batting practice to a big-league team when she faced some members of the Indians during Spring Training:
http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/02/jeanmar_gomez_trying_to_be_no5.html