Entries by William Finn

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AMREL at SEG International Exposition

AMREL will be at the SEG International Exposition and 84th Annual Meeting. Oct.26-31 Denver, Colorado Booth# 1694 Come see us and be sure to ask us about the ROCKY DB6, the super lightweight, fully rugged computer that is being used in researching the Virginia’s Omega Cave system.  

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AMREL Offers Unprecedented Choices for Mobile Avionic Solutions

AMREL now offers a full line of turn-key, fully rugged avionics solutions, complete with integrated MIL-STD-1553 cards. Form factors for stand-alone solutions include tablets, laptops, and handhelds.  AMREL mobile avionic solutions directly communicate to aircrafts without an intermediate server. “It’s really a question of capabilities,” explained Kalvin Chen, AMREL’s VP of Operations.  “AMREL is known […]

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Robot Selfie of the Month

Below is a selfie taken by the Rosetta spacecraft, as it approaches a comet. Not only can you see the dumbbell-shaped comet in the upper background, but one of the spacecraft’s solar arrays are visible. Rosetta will deliver its lander, Philae, to  the comet on November 12.  This is the first-ever attempt at a soft touchdown on a comet. […]

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End-users want UGVs now

Ground wars are winding down (kind of, maybe), so the speeded-up acquisition process for Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) is slowing down.  However, American soldiers are still performing explosive ordnance disposal.  Not only do they want their UGVs, but they also want them souped-up with more reliable communications, common controllers, and delivery trucks that automatically unload.  And they […]

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PlayStation OCU for real machine guns [VIDEO]

When you play a first-person shooter game, did you ever wish you were firing a real gun? In a real war?  These plucky Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels made this fantasy real. Their homemade tank has a .50 machine gun whose Operator Control Unit (OCU) is a PlayStation controller. Look out Assad and ISIL; the […]

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Will the unmanned future be American?

The unmanned community has been demoralized by the tightening of the Defense money spigot. Specifically, many are concerned that American leadership in this important field will fall behind as the Defense funding decreases. In a previous post, this blog reviewed “The Looming Robotics Gap” (Foreign policy) and found its fears of failing American unmanned superiority […]

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Police & Wearable Cameras

It’s a familiar scenario. After an encounter with a policeman, someone lies dead or is severely beaten. Citizens complain about police violence, while the police claim they were acting in self-defense. It almost doesn’t matter who is telling the truth; suspicions build between law enforcement and the community that they are sworn to protect. The […]