In March, Wired magazine sent me to a remote desert outpost in Arizona, where the Army is training newly-minted GIs to fly the robotic planes which have become so critical to the battle for Iraq. The place is central flashpoint in a military culture clash between teenaged videogamers and veteran fighter jocks for control of […]
May 2005
Back in December, there was a bit of a ray gun party at Yuma Proving Grounds, apparently. While the Air Force put its new Scorpion bomb-zapping microwave blaster through its paces, the Army Research Lab successfully tried out a prototype bomb-spotter that relies on lasers to spot explosives, according to Inside Defense. [The Lab is] […]
So much of what passes for online journalism — this site included — is really just old-fashioned newspaper or magazine reporting, ported from the page to the screen. And the few lame attempts by the mainstream press to break out of those formats usually leave readers panting for the old stand-bys. Slate’s “interactive primer on […]
It’s kind of hilarious, when you think about it. At the same time the New York Times is chasing its tail about weapons in orbit, Congress is slashing the Pentagon’s eternally-mismanaged space programs. “Brushing aside the recent claim by a senior U.S. Air Force officer that all is well with the military space acquisition system, […]
I’m not expecting a box of candy or anything. Or even a thank you note. It’s just coincidence, of course, that a month after I profiled Ron Huberman the ex-cop behind many of Chicago’s high-tech crime fighting efforts he gets appointed as Mayor Richard Daley’s new chief of staff. Huberman was brought in last Wednesday, […]
