U.S. Army to Control Predator Drones With IPads

The U.S. Army is developing software for soldiers to control cameras on military-grade Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or UAVs, using Apple iPads.

U.S. Pentagon contractor, Harris, will demonstrate the remote camera guidance application at the National Association of Broadcasters conference in next month. The system, which would link the Apple iPad post-PC device /the tablet to a camera mounted on the UAV. The application will allows soldiers to watch a live feed from the tablet and control camera actions through its touch screen display.

Tablet technology has improved to the point where on-screen images can now provide reliable information, and an app would eliminate the need for expensive ground optical systems. The increasingly-powerful video capabilities of inexpensive smartphones and tablets are allowing defense and public safety contractors to develop software for the military. For example, a smartphone or tablet costs from $300 - $600, while a military-grade version doing the same job would cost 3X, around $10,000.

In December, the U.S. Army said it planned to issue smartphones to soldiers as part of their standard equipment, in an effort to add technology into the military experience and revolutionize the way they train and fight.

Standing Ovation for Steve Jobs - iPad 2

With the announcement of Apple iPad 2, Steve Jobs showed up in the special event on March 2, 2011, in San Francisco. Surely iPad 2 is much more amazing, fantastic then iPad, it is thinner, lighter, and faster with two cameras for FaceTime video calls, HD video recording, and an amazing 10-hour battery life.

On every new product Apple released, the focus / attention would surely be on the amazing device, but for this time, my focus would be greatly on the condition of Steve Jobs. I thought many of the fans out there feel the same way too. He still looked skinny, but sound energized.

All the best wishes to you, Steve!

First Person View Inside Google Auto-Driving Car

Are you ready for this!! The Big-G has gave an incredible demo of its auto-driving / self-driving car at the TED 2011. The head of this amazing project, Sebastian Thrun, gave a brief presentation at TED in Long Beach, California, about the effort & purpose of this project — to make driving safer. Frankly, I've seen some auto-driving car video clip before but nothing can be compared as the project that Google had. Please view the video below, and you will be thrilled!! Let's ROCK!




Exciting! No.. Not until you seen the video below... How about sitting inside the car, and it drives itself. Turn itself.