Warships, which are of course already about the most formidable things in the world, are on track to become even more dominant.  Boeing has claimed that lasers will become a common weapon aboard warships within ten years’ time.

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Depending on what sort of vague description you want to let fit the definition, people have wanted flying cars for years, decades, or centuries.  And although this is one technology that always seems to evade becoming practical, we might at last be quite close to seeing mass-produced machines.

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The next iPhone will, according to new rumors, be the high-tech equivalent of a Swiss army knife.  Different sources indicate it’ll receive FM radio, allow for video editing, and have a pretty good camera.

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It should go without saying that the average combat situation must be harrowing.  To get fired upon without knowing where the shooters are has to be especially bad.  Luckily, some in-development tech aims to help soldiers determine enemies’ positions and also what sorts of weapons they’re using.

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The implementation of technology has had an effect at the Texas-Mexico border that’s both cool and somewhat funny.  It seems a number of Australian bar patrons are doing America a favor by monitoring webcams put up to help stop illegal crossings.

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Today’s subject might strike a few people as being off-topic and more in line with entertainment than tech.  But we expect most techies will be only too happy to hear that MacGyver, one of the coolest of their kind, is likely to become the star of a new movie.

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For quite some time, many people considered the iPhone the greatest thing available on the mobile market, and a lot would argue that it still deserves the title.  A recently released report indicates that Google’s Android operating system represents the real wave of the future in this field, though.

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It should come as no surprise to you that the next generation of NASA tech isn’t exactly going to be of “Star Trek” quality - it’s quite possible, for example, that the next lunar lander will have exterior framework reminiscent of Tinker Toys.  Just the same, it looks like we should soon get to see more concepts and prototypes.

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File this one in the “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” category.  It seems that Microsoft may be gearing up to take on the Wii’s motion-sensing capabilities, as new reports have the Redmond-based company buying a maker of motion-detection technology.

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There’s more news from the land of handy-dandy phones this week, folks.  It looks like the second cell to use Google’s Android operating system is on its way to the market, and pictures and some details have become available for public consumption.

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