It goes without saying that supercomputers are very expensive to design, build and maintain. Regardless of the company or the branch of government that is deploying a supercomputer, the aim will always be to try and obtain maximum performance while keeps costs in line.

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It seems that we can never have enough guns in this world to kill, err protect ourselves and here’s a brand new weapon being developed by the US Navy that is the personification of gun fun.

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This anti-terrorist armored vehicle which resembles a two person golf cart (minus the armor) is called the MetalTech A-TAC. The design idea for this armored car came about from the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks after which Indian security forces realized that they needed a vehicle that was agile but also provided security personnel a certain level of protection from projectile weapons.

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At the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show, which by the way abbreviates to SHOT, the German pistol maker Armatix, debuted their Armatix pistol, a type of smartgun that uses wireless technology to introduce a new level of gun safety.

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You’ve probably heard how Berkeley Bionics, now Lockheed, is currently working on the HULC, or Human Universal Load Carrier. The HULC is a robotic exoskeleton used by soldiers on the field, and it transfers the load from the soldier’s backpack directly to the ground instead of the soldier’s back. Its main problem is that Li-on batteries tend to run out of power after a mere few hours.

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The US military has developed a new laser weapon to be used on the battle fronts. This isn’t the type of future weapon a la Star Wars but rather, this new weapon is more a device used as a deterrent. Officially called the LA-9/P (or “ocular interruption devices” by the marines), this military grade green laser pointer has an effective range of 2.5 miles away.

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Known as the world’s toughest wallpaper, X-Flex is a new type of wallpaper that is easily stronger then most building walls upon which it resides. Developed by Berry Plastics and the US Army Corps of Engineers, X-Flex can be used in any area prone to blast damage including national airports and chemical plants. In fact, the US military is seriously looking at redecorating military bases with this wallpaper to protect military personnel stationed at army bases overseas.

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Microsoft Cofee (Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor), a series of computer forensic and auditing tools that the Redmond based company designed for law enforcement agencies, has leaked onto the internet. The software had been uploaded by a new torrent user at the private tracker What.cd. When the admins got wind of this, they took the unusual step of removing the file, which was probably in their best interest to do so.

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