Navy considers 3D-printing future fleets of drones

Three-dimensional (3D) printers are quickly proving to be capable of creating just about anything out of little more than thin air, and that could be the military’s key to keeping an endless arsenal of drones at its disposal.

Just as 3D-printed organs, pizza and even firearms are being made with the post-modern machinery, the United States military is eyeing the up-and-coming technology as to further their upper-hand on the battlefield. Recently, a decorated member of the US Navy made an argument for adding unmanned aerial vehicles and even munitions to the list of items that can be made with little more than a well-equipped printer and a few clicks of a mouse. 

Surveillance drones and Uncle Sam: Hackers take on all at DefCon 21

Around 15,000 hackers and security experts descended on Las Vegas for the twenty-first annual DefCon last week to discuss the latest and greatest exploits and vulnerabilities targeting seemingly anything and everything.

Recreational marijuana may go legal in Alaska, Oregon, DC after today's vote

Legalization of recreational marijuana is on the ballot in the US capital and two West Coast states on Tuesday as voters across the nation go to the polls for the 2014 midterm elections.

In Alaska and Oregon, voters face ballot initiatives that, if passed, would allow regulated sales of marijuana similar to operations allowed in Colorado and Washington state, the first two US states to legalize recreational cannabis for adults even though the federal government still considers marijuana to be a Schedule 1 narcotic, as is heroin.

‘Learning on the fly’: Brain-inspired neuromorphic chip tested in prototype drone

Scientists, backed by the Pentagon’s research agency DARPA, have tested a smart chip mimicking human brain functions in robots. For the trial, the chip designed to learn new skills and one day replace acquire human reasoning was installed on a tiny drone.

HRL Laboratories' Center for Neural and Emergent Systems on behalf of the he Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has just tested a tiny drone with a prototype neuromorphic chip, MIT's Technology Review reports.

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Tech Five: Apple Watch may launch next spring

Might consumers see the Apple Watch next spring? Let's look at the technology stocks to watch Monday:

Apple. The tech giant's first jump into the wearable market will make its debut this spring, reports 9to5Mac, citing a transcript of a video to retail employees from Angela Ahrendts, Apple's head of retail and online stores. The smartwatch goes on sale starting at $349.

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