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How Fighter Jets Lock On (and How the Targets Know)gizmodo.com
The primary technology that a military aircraft uses to lock and track an enemy aircraft is its onboard radar. Aircraft radars typically have two modes: search and track. In search mode, the radar sweeps a radio beam across the sky in a zig-zag pattern... - pauli.uni-muenster.de
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NYFF: Edward Snowden Doc 'Citizenfour' Reveals Existence of Second NSA Whistleblower - Hollywood Reporterhollywoodreporter.com
A second National Security Agency whistleblower exists within the ranks of government intelligence. That bombshell comes toward the end of Citizenfou... - engineering.flipboard.com
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Can C.E.O. Satya Nadella Save Microsoft?vanityfair.com
Nadella takes the helm of the tech giant after a battle between his two predecessors: Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. Bethany McLean reports. -
How Spain’s bloody history gave it the world’s highest concentration of elevatorsqz.com
When you think about Spain, the first thing that pops into mind is undoubtedly one word: Elevators. No? Well, maybe it should be. Compared to other countries, Spain's elevator supply looks remarkably, well, elevated. At face value, there's a pretty sim... - github.com
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Secretive Company Claims Battery Breakthroughscientificamerican.com
The Michigan start-up Sakti3 says its solid-state cells more than double the energy density of today’s best Li-Ion batteries - github.com
- news.ycombinator.com
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Keepers of Prometheus: The World's Oldest Treearizona.edu
On a craggy, windswept peak in a lonely Nevada wilderness stands a grove of old-growth trees. Gnarled and twisted, shaped by the weather and whirling winds into erratic growth forms, their roots have clung to the pebble-strewn mountainside for literall... - getinmybel.ly
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Core Secrets: NSA Saboteurs in China and Germany - The Interceptfirstlook.org
The National Security Agency has had agents in China, Germany, and South Korea working on programs that use “physical subversion” to infiltrate and compromise networks and devices, according to documents obtained by The Intercept. The agency has used “... -
How Preschoolers Can Predict Disease Outbreakstime.com
Preschoolers might be the key to identifying the next big disease outbreak, finds a new study soon to be presented at the American Academy of… - rpscontest.com
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Building A Better Build: Our Transition From Ant To SBTcodeascraft.com
A build tool is fundamental to any non-trivial software project. A good build tool should be as unobtrusive as possible, letting you focus on the code instead of the mechanics of compilation. At ... - fahrinfo.vbb.de
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