Fighter jet pilot unhappy with F-35 test
PLANS for Australia’s next generation F-35 fighter jets to be tested have been criticised by a prestigious pilot.
Inventions
Tesla’s insane Bioweapon Defence Mode
IF YOU’RE in the market for a car, Tesla’s latest hi-tech feature could force your hand. It sounds like something out of the zombie apocalypse.
The jobs killer is coming
ONE of the most exciting tech advances on the horizon could have dire consequences for Australia, ripping communities apart.
Plan to give you super powers
THIS sounds like something out of a sci-fi film — tech giant Google wants to do something to your eyes that will “apparently give you super powers”.
‘Pass me a rocket, they’re hitting us’
THIS is a video which probably won’t be promoted on Islamic State propaganda channels anytime soon. Your day won’t look so bad after seeing this.
Your next colleague may be a robot
ROBOTS are threatening to take over your job and if your perform simple tasks “you are screwed,” according to one of Australia’s top tech entrepreneurs.
Safety measure crazy or ingenious?
SO MANY smartphone users look at their phones rather than where they are going that this city took drastic action.
The $94m hair dryer coming to Australia
DYSON has unveiled a hi-tech hair dryer that it promises won’t damage your hair, which the company has invested $94 million in total to produce.
New weapon in fight against terror
NEW technology has the potential to become the premier weapon to fight terror attacks as researchers create a ‘bomb sniffing’ drone.
The robot you will soon be dating
Imagine you could go out on dates without any pants on, or literally roll out if things go sour.
A peg that’ll change the way you wash
FORGET the smartphone and the smartwatch. The next addition to the smart home is the humble peg, and this one can tell you when your washing is dry.
High-speed dryers ‘spread more germs’
YOU might want to think twice next time you dry your hands with a Dyson Airblade hand-dryer after research shows they spread 60 times more germs than standard dryers.
This missile will fry your phone
THE US Air Force wants to kill your phone. And your computer. And your car. It’s spending millions on modifying missiles into weaponised microwave ovens.
Big Kim’s incredible hypocrisy
HE loves his tucker, and has stacked on 30kg in a year, but telling his nation to prepare to starve isn’t a toughie for Kim.
‘A piece of Australia’s military history’
THE only tank designed and mass-produced in Australia during World War II has returned home — thanks to a video gaming company.
Brain chip allows quadriplegic to move
IN a world first, a paralysed man can once again move his hands and fingers after a computer chip was implanted in his brain.
The ‘Ghost sniper’ terrorising IS
HE LOOKS like your grandpa but he’s a dangerous hunter in the war against IS. Meet the man who claims to have killed 173 men.
Russia, you’ve made Japan really mad
RUSSIA has revealed plans to build a naval base on disputed islands in a move sure to anger rival Japan and rival the South China Sea row.
Soldier calls air strike on himself
A RUSSIAN soldier has pulled an action hero move — calling down an air strike on himself after being discovered by Islamic State in Syria.
Crushing defeat for Islamic State
THE Islamic State has been driven from of its most important strongholds and hundreds of its fighters are dead.
North Korea ‘will lay waste to Washington’
HERE we go again. North Korea has threatened to unleash a nuclear missile on the United States in a menacing propaganda video.
Beginning of the end for IS?
IT’S lost a vital and strategic city in its ongoing battle to establish a caliphate. Experts and the Syrian Army claim it’s all downhill from here for Islamic State.
Aussie-trained troops ready for war
IRAQI security forces are anxious to execute the urban warfare techniques they learned from Australian troops as they prepare to recapture the city of Mosul.
Russia is bringing back the battleship
IN an age where aircraft are losing their edge to drones and missiles, Russia is spending big bucks on bringing back to life ships that were dinosaurs even before they were built.
Tense stand-off in the South China Sea
A TENSE situation is developing between China and Indonesia in the South China Sea, with the latter expressing outrage over a bold “provocation”.
The US wants you to build a bomb
US DEFENCE force researchers want to pay you $175,000 for turning common household objects into weapons — all in the name of catching terrorists.
Vladimir Putin’s shock retreat
PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian forces to leave Syria, saying the military has “achieved its goals”.
Diggers get down and dirty in Fiji
AUSTRALIA’S enormous new floating air base HMAS Canberra has been deploying its troops to help get shattered Fiji back on its feet after the devastating cyclone.
Doomsday is closer than we think
THE Cold War ended decades ago, but without realising it, we have never been closer to a nuclear disaster.
Wanted: Killer dolphins for spy missions
THIS is not a joke. If you know of five dolphins with perfect teeth and no physical impairments for military missions, contact Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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