New Air Traffic Control System For British Military

 

The British military is to get a new air traffic control system named Marshall. The contract has been awarded to Aquila, a joint venture set between Thales and NATS. The system commissioned by the MOD is valued at over £1,4 Billion. The system will cover operation at over 100 locations in the UK and overseas.

Shields for ships More Si Fi to reality

Marine Armor System from Eduardo González on Vimeo.

Another innovation from the sifi era Shields up! well in this case shields down. Marine Armor Systems have a shield system that seals the interior of a ship to protect the crew and bridge form pirates etc. On the push of a button blinds drop over the windows and door sealing off areas of the ship. The blinds come with various levels of protection, at the lower end of the scale they will protect against anything up to .22 caliber at the highest they will protect against anti tank weapons.

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Machine brings heart back to life

 

Heart transplants are usually carried out with hearts from people who are brain dead. Their  circulatory system is still working and blood is still flowing through the heart and receiving oxygen.
    A patient in Australia two months ago received a  donor heart that was technically dead, no blood flowing through it. The heart was placed in a new machine (  "heart-in-a-box".) that revived it by keeping it warm and placing vital fluids inside it. This procedure could make up to 30 percent more hearts available for transplanted and has been welcomed by the  British Heart Foundation.

Source  BBC    http://www.transmedics.com

Cordless Car Battery Charging System.

TDK announce its new electric car charging system designed to charge cars without the need to plug them on. The  system uses TDK magnetic coil technology that will charge the battery up to 10 cm away.
The system will be introduced to the car manufactures in the first half of 2015.

              

Another piece of tech from the world of  science fiction  has now been born, the hoover board from Back to the Future is here.A team from Hendo our now gathering fund at Kickstart  to put the board into production. Follow the Kickstart   link for more info

Now we have the Drone Helicopter

Over the last few years we have all seen the growth in aircraft drones due to their use in recent conflicts. These drones have all been fixed wing aircraft flown primary by the Air Forces of various countries.
Yet back as far as 2001 the US army was interested in the use of drone helicopters for  reconnaissance and the automated delivery of supplies. The US Navy has 19 MQ-8c Fire Scout Helicopter drones on order from Northrop Grumman. this week the Fire Scout completed precision sloped landing trails and will soon be under going sea trials.

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In Car Ethernet

The time for in car data is fast approaching, Ethernet is now available at speeds of 100mbs to run your cars gadgets. With ever expanding electronic gadgets in your car the need to get the data from the source to the application is requiring more and more cable. Hello Ethernet a twist pair system is now on its way, Ipod,speakers,video,satnav you name it all linked on one circuit and talking to each other.

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