Sunday, April 16, 2017

One Hit Tech News

The 4th Industrial Revolution will be robots clogging our streets. From Technocracy:
When there are hundreds of delivery robots competing for sidewalk space, they won’t be so ‘cute’ anymore.
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Extreme Tech explains the Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb :
American forces dropped the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb on an ISIS cave complex...
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The MOAB device bears a charge of 18,700 lbs (8500 kg), composed mostly of H6, which is itself made of RDX. H6 is a standard-issue plastic explosive used by the American military for general-purpose bombs.
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North Korea may not yet be able to strike the U.S.  Wired:
One of the country’s biggest stumbling blocks has been securing enough fissile material to build bombs. Until recently, it found the stuff hard to come buy.[sic]

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