Jaguar's XJR, the big cat's newest performance saloon debuts in New York: "Jaguar’s newest performance offering, the 500 hp XJR is the first R in Jaguar’s new XJ lineup, and it’s most aggressive saloon to date. Breaking cover at the New York Auto show this week, the fast-cat is purposely designed to go head to head with the likes of BMW, Audi and Mercedes best performance sedans."
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
Vibromag Cable detects intruders using the Earth's magnetic fields
Vibromag Cable detects intruders using the Earth's magnetic fields: "Things might be getting a little more difficult for the James Bonds and Jason Bournes of the world. A new system developed by Prof. Uwe Hartmann at Germany’s Saarland University utilizes the Earth’s magnetic fields to instantly determine when and where a security fence has been breached."
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U.S. Army conducts parachute test jumps using latest IOTV body armor
U.S. Army conducts parachute test jumps using latest IOTV body armor: "If any soldier needs body armor, its a paratrooper making a parachute drop. Unfortunately, standard body armor is too inflexible for paratroopers to use without the risk of being injured upon landing. But the US Army’s Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate hopes to rectify this, conducting test jumps with both the latest parachutes and body armor"
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Miniature hit-to-kill rocket interceptor completes flight test
Miniature hit-to-kill rocket interceptor completes flight test: "he U.S. Army is funding Lockheed Martin to develop hardware and software for the Extended Area Protection and Survivability (EAPS) program. Under this program, Lockheed Martin has conducted the first guided test flight of the Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) interceptor rocket. The MHTK is designed to defeat incoming rocket, artillery, and mortar fire out to ranges of 3 - 4 km (1.9 - 2.5 miles)"
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Order a living 'Game of Thrones' dire wolf (almost) | Crave - CNET
Order a living 'Game of Thrones' dire wolf (almost) | Crave - CNET: "Before "Game of Thrones" became a pop culture phenomenon, pretty much the only people thinking about dire wolves were historians and paleontologists. Canus dirus means "fearsome dog." The massive wolfy creatures are long extinct, but they've gained a new popularity through the "Game of Thrones" books and television show."
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