Technological advancements can certainly alter the course of a battle and that’s why this new radar, which has been developed for the Royal Navy, is a very big advantage. BAE Systems’ Artisan radar is so advanced that it can pin point a tennis ball traveling at Mach 3 more than 25km away.

The new tech is capable of simultaneously detecting 900 objects smaller than a bird at a range between 200 meters and 200 kilometers, and it can perform the task even if there is interference equivalent to 10,000 mobile phone signals.

And it’s also light weight (700 kilograms), made of the same carbon glass fibre as a Formula 1 car, so it can be easily installed. Currently being fitted to Type 23 frigates, the Artisan will also find its way onto amphibious ships and the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers.

So, that’s a very powerful radar system for detecting enemy missiles in the battlefield. It will certainly make things much easier for the Royal Navy. But it’s a sad thing that this new tech is mostly for war, which is bad for everyone involved.

Check out the video below to see the radar in action. There’s nothing much to see though, just the Artisan spinning around. What do you think of the new radar tech?

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U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan will be getting a tech upgrade later this month as QinetiQ unrolls its Individual Gunshot Detectors (IDG). The device is worn on the shoulder and contains four acoustic sensors that act as an acoustic radar to locate the point of origin of enemy fire.

The IGD has attached to a small screen mounted on the body armour, which displays the direction and distance towards a fired shot.

13,000 of the devices will be released to the U.S. military, with 1500 strategically dispersed among platoons and squads in different areas and locales every month for 12 months. Though the units are going to be spread thinly among soldiers in the coming months, the military plans to incorporate the technology into their Land Warrior and Nett Warrior systems in the future. In that context, the acoustic sensor will display data on a helmet-mounted display, and networks between soldiers will allow each member of a squadron to see the location of a shooter detected by one sensor.

“The next thing we want to do is try to integrate this capability with other capabilities,” says Brig. Gen. Peter Fuller, Program Executive Officer Soldier. ”For example, we have Land Warrior deployed in Afghanistan and we’re going to have Nett Warrior coming into the force. How about, if you get shot at, not only do I know where that came from, but others know where it came from because I can network that capability.”

The U.S. Government ordered $9.95 million worth of the IGD devices in 2008, meaning soldiers already in the field will undoubtedly be glad to hear they’re finally arriving.

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A 21-year-old UC Davis student successfully managed to beat a speeding ticket thanks to the “My Tracks” GPS app on his HTC Evo 4G, which keeps track of your average speed, distance travelled and max speed for any given trip.

In a recent news video, Sahas Katta says he usually drives at the limit and had never been pulled over for anything before. So when he was pulled over for doing 40 mph in a 25 zone, he was too nervous to argue.

“I didn’t really know what to say, so I just said, ‘I apologize,’ took the slip, and headed my own way,” Katta said.

But he later realized My Tracks had been recording the entire time, with the maximum speed for the entire trip displayed at 26 mph.

“I just really didn’t want to put up with the fee, and I felt like I had some evidence,” Katta said.

So he printed off the information from that trip and took it to the Yolo County court house.

Between his printed trip information and the fact that the officer who pulled him over was unable to recall when was the last time he had been trained with his radar gun or when it was last calibrated, Katta was found not guilty by the judge.

No fines, and no demerits.

[via News 10]

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