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The Strange Case of the Black Unmanned Aircraft at Kandahar

Reports are coming out of Afghanistan this spring about sightings of a large reconnaissance aircraft unlike any previously known to the military aviation industry. Rumor has it that this aircraft has also been seen by U-2 pilots flying high altitude reconnaissance missions over Iraq. Attempts to identify this aircraft provide a glimpse into the latest designs for UAVs, some of which may be weaponized.

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Bionic Eyes Just Became a Reality

You glance at the person opposite and notice something unusual about one of their eyes. Not unusual really. It’s just an artificial eye. But what if behind the synthetic iris there was a camera, and a camera filming you? Would that be unusual? A bionic eye like this is not only well within the scope of possibility; we’re within, well, the blink of an eye of seeing – and being seen by – one.

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