StrangeHarvest has some interesting pictures of military deceptions - taken from the book Masquerade, “The Amazing Camouflage Deceptions of World War II”:

A US army HQ disguised as a rubbish pile.

Raytheon (defense contractor, the world’s largest missile producer) recently bought Sarcos’ robotics business. Below is a video of their powered exoskeletons:

(I can’t help but think of Fallout’s power armor.)
And with all the work on UAVs and robots, like this shotgun-wielding helicopter:

I can’t help but wonder how long it will be until robots are able [...]

I recently joined facebook and put-up an Empires Of Steel page there, too. Feel free to add yourself as a fan. By coincidence, Gabe from Penny-Arcade joined Facebook this week, too, hence their comic:

In other news, I couldn’t help but laugh at the idea of people playing “Desert Bus” for charity. In [...]

Last weekend was DARPA’s annual robot race. The goal is to create vehicles that can drive themselves. They have to follow traffic signs, avoid obstacles, avoid other vehicles, follow the speed limit, etc. Interesting stuff.
Links:
Urban Challenge Bots Ready to Race On Saturday
Carnegie Takes First in DARPA’s Urban Challenge
Six Robot Cars Finish Race
I’d [...]

In February, the Army finalized a $20 million deal to equip some UAVs with Radiance Technologies’ WeaponWatch, allowing them to locate the source of incoming rockets, rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and small-arms fire.
First deployed in 2004, five are in Iraq and five in Afghanistan, with five more on the way…
To date, the system has had very [...]