Archive for the 'Technology' Category

Why Shouts Are Bad for Digg

Recently, Digg.com, the social networking site, introduced the ability to “Shout” brief comments to friend networks. The idea is that you can type a brief message and then send it to one or more of the people on your friends list. They can then reply, if they feel like it. In many ways it resembles [...]

The Goggles – They Do Everything!

This is the new HMDS (Head Mounted Display System) worn by the pilot of the new F-35 Lightning II (also known as the Joint Strike Fighter project) built by Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and British Aerospace Systems. Instead of having a head up display fitted to the cockpit, the HUD functions are part of the [...]

Meet the European Stealth Fighter…from 1981!

Most of the time, when we hear about a stealth fighter, we hear about the US B117 and the F22 Lightning. But other countries have also experimented with stealth military technology, and have been doing so for quite some time. Not much is known about these, and there are very few photographs. But here’s some [...]