Top 10 Futuristic Weap0ns Being Developed Today

Futuristic weap0nry is far from reserved for SiFi films on TV anymore and military research around the world are pushing weaponry that is increasingly destructive. If we thought the 1940’s atomic b0mb was devastating wait for the next generation of weap0ns technology.

#10. Biodesign Synthetic Organism

Being developed by DARPA, this project, is potentially meant for soldier modification. Biodesign Synthetic Organisms are meant to live indefinitely and contain molecules that resist de4th. Despite being deactivated with a button, the idea of zombie ‘organisms’ is scary. Still no debut for this technology despite the Department of Defense’s $6 million funding. Via: gizmocrazed.com

#9. MAHEM

Another project by DARPA is the ‘Magneto Hydrodynamic Explosive Munition’ or more frighteningly known as ‘mayhem without the Y.’ MAHEM has the power to penetrate enemy armor using molten metal. Tanks and troop transporters won’t stand a chance. DARPA representatives say eventually the weapon in its warhead format will have better control and efficiency than before. Via: gizmocrazed.com

#8. Free Electron Laser

This pet project of the US Navy is a laser system meant to be able to intercept missile and rocket attacks on US ships. The laser is also able to work as a tracking sensor and information exchange tool when there is no perceived attacks. Already in the prototypes phase last year, the laser is likely to soon become a modern part of the warships arsenal. Via: gizmocrazed.com

#7. HELLADS

Another laser system project funded by the Pentagon with DARPA, ‘High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System’ is mean for aircraft missile protection. This laser is meant to be a tiny but incredibly powerful laser that will intercept and destroy enemy missile fire. Via: gizmocrazed.com

#6. Railgun

This new and improved version of its predecessors has been being developed for the past decade and will be capable of launching projectiles at 2.4 kilometers per second. That is seven times the speed of sound. The US military claims to see version of this weap0n in the next ten to fifteen years. Via: gizmocrazed.com

 

#5. Corner Shot Launcher

A collaboration between two Israeli and German defense firms, this weap0n is fairly self-explanatory. A hinged frame and an under barrel camera linked to a screen makes this weap0n perfect for elite urban-combat. The user can both fire and look around corners from cover. The Corner Shot Launcher was announced about a decade ago but hasn’t been deployed by either nation. Via: gizmocrazed.com

#4. Hybrid Insect MEMS

This weap0n is as close to 007 as they come. Hybrid Insect MEMS are part bug part robot meant for gathering intelligence or working as a gas or radiation detector. These bionic bugs are created by implanting a micro-mechanical system in the insect while still in the early stages of metamorphosis. Via: gizmocrazed.com

#3. DREAD Silent Weap0n

This weap0n is a deadly accurate, swift, and fairly undetectable fire arm that fully earns its title. Able to fire 120,000 fully accurate round a minute and eliminates gunpowder by using electrical energy instead. This means there is no recoil, no noise, and no heat. Via: gizmocrazed.com

#2. Aurora Excalibur

This weap0n will probably be a reality sooner than later. This unmanned aircraft moves like a jet-plane helicopter combination. The Aurora Excalibur takes off and lands vertically like a helicopter but can reach over 450 miles an hour. This combination is exciting because, not only was it successfully tested in the summer of 2009, but it nullifies the need for a runway or pilot. Likely the aircraft will be equipped with missiles and other propellants and will be able to be controlled remotely from the ground. Via: gizmocrazed.com

#1. XM-25 Grenade Launcher

Already used in Afghanistan field operation since early last year, the XM-25 is able to fire up to 25 highly explosive grenades at almost any viewable distance. This is made possible through a computer predetermination and programming aspect. This lethal combination of computer and gun is made even more powerful by its versatility and ability to be carried and employed by any soldier. Via: gizmocrazed.com

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Mixology 101: What Your Drink Says About You

#12 Scotch

You wear tweed, ugly Christmas sweaters and have once dishevelled a cooked Thanksgiving turkey with nothing but your bare hands and of course, a glass of aged scotch. You are . . distinguished. Via: likes.com

#11 Gin

Gin & tonic drinkers are blessed with being realistic about life so there’s a consistent amount of comfort and security within their lives. You require sophistication around your friends and family and though you aren’t exactly eager, you’re not shy to show that a person can drink gin responsibly at your age. Via: likes.com

#10 Domestic Light Beer

As it’s “a simple man’s drink”, you’re a youthful and impulsive homosapien that’s more likely to binge on pizza for two weeks than take a trip to a Whole Foods store. You focus on what’s comfortable and at times, that can pilot an incredible pursuit of happiness. Via: likes.com

#9 Margarita

You may or may not have an obsession with drinking but that’s not your main attribute. When it comes to your overall makeup, you just want to travel, party and sleep, even if that involves singing Top 40 hits at the top of your lungs and in the middle of a public swimming pool. In five words: you’re a lot of fun! Via: likes.com

#8 Rum

Out of all of your friends, you’re the experimental one. New experiences and challenges don’t phase you, in fact they make you even more eccentric and respectable in the art and music community as you trade Bacardi for Myers’ and Gosling’s. Via: likes.com

#7 Appletini

You’re not quite Irish but you’re a health nut who can do crunches while reading People’s Magazine and listening to a Spotify playlist full of songs only by Beyonce. Fashion is a degree to you and your favorite color also just happens to be “fitted”. Via: likes.com

#6 Jager Shot

If your whole life came down to a basketball game, you’d convince your team to go shirtless just to have an advantage (“you can’t tug at me bro!”). There’s a solid chance you’re a gym addict who owns every scent by Axe and has their “Religion” on Facebook set to “Football”. Via: likes.com

#5 Domestic Full-Flavour Beer

True lagers get your heart racing and it’s mostly because you’re a grounded and practical member of society. Authority doesn’t appeal to you but you don’t give into it either as your semi-pickup truck is the only explanation you need for that. Via: likes.com

#4 Bourbon

Do you miss Movember? Sure your do; your moustache never felt more authority in its existence and paired with a glass of bourbon, the masculinity beaming off of you would be enough to tame starving wolves and bulls who have been grabbed by the horns. Via: likes.com

#3 Vodka

Like most Eastern European leaders of the past, you enjoy being in charge and your opinionated and independent personality constantly maintains your fashion sense that always moves forward. You’re also a true vodka connoisseur, who replaces soda variations for a tribute that goes easy in on the rocks. Via: likes.com

#2 Imports

Along with being outgoing and extroverted, you’re an intellectual human being who’s open-minded, isn’t afraid to copy stunts from “Skyfall” and consistently watches “The Office” even though it died once Steve Carrell left the show. Imports are your preferred drink, and you’re proud to raise a glass to that. Via: likes.com

#1 Tequila

On an everyday basis, your ride is anyone else’s and you’re not known to have a care in the world. Sunrises and margarita’s are for the concerned, not the outgoing and talkative who consider shots of Patron at lunchtime to be a complimentary add-on. Via: likes.com

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10 Most Outrageous Military Experiments

We suspect that every military has a secret room full of stoned dudes who stare at the ceiling and just dream up shit to build. In support of our “secret room full of stoned dudes” theory, we offer the following actual military projects that stretch the limits of the non-stoned imagination:

10-Seeing Infrared

The U.S. Navy wanted to boost sailors’ night vision so they could spot infrared signal lights during World War II. However, infrared wavelengths are normally beyond the sensitivity of human eyes. Scientists knew vitamin A contained part of a specialized light-sensitive molecule in the eye’s receptors, and wondered if an alternate form of vitamin A could promote different light sensitivity in the eye. They fed volunteers supplements made from the livers of walleyed pikes, and the volunteers’ vision began changing over several months to extend into the infrared region. Such early success went down the drain after other researchers developed an electronic snooperscope to see infrared, and the human study was abandoned. Other nations also played with vitamin A during World War II – Japan fed its pilots a preparation that boosted vitamin A absorption, and saw their night vision improve by 100 percent in some cases.\

9-Plutonium Shot

As the United States raced to build its first atomic bombs near the end of World War II, scientists wanted to know more about the hazards of plutonium. Testing began on April 10, 1945 with the injection of plutonium into the victim of a car accident in Oak Ridge, Tenn., to see how quickly the human body rid itself of the radioactive substance. Common studies included seeing the biological effects of radiation with various doses, and testing experimental treatments for cancer.

8-Rocket Rider

Before man could launch into orbit and to the moon, he rode rocket sleds on the ground first. NASA scientists developed decompression sleds that could race at speeds of more than 400 mph before screeching to an abrupt halt, and early testing often had fatal results for chimpanzee subjects that suffered brain damage. Starting in 1954, Colonel John Stapp of the U.S. Air Force endured grueling tests that subjected his body to forces 35 times that of gravity, including one record-setting run of 632 miles per hour. As a flight surgeon, he voluntarily took on the risks of 29 sled runs, during which he suffered concussions, cracked ribs, a twice-fractured wrist, lost dental fillings, and burst blood vessels in both eyes.

7-Pacifist Guinea Pigs

Most soldiers don’t sign up to fight deadly viruses and bacteria, but that’s what more than 2,300 young Seventh-Day Adventists did when drafted by the U.S. Army. As conscientious objectors during the Cold War who interpreted the Bible’s commandment “Thou shalt not kill” very literally, many volunteered instead to serve as guinea pigs for testing vaccines against biological weapons. Volunteers recalled being miserable for several days with fever, chills and bone-deep aches from diseases such as Q fever. None died during the secretive “Operation Whitecoat”.

6-Falling Near the Speed of Sound

When the U.S. Air Force wanted to find out how well pilots could survive high-altitude jumps, they turned to Captain Joseph Kittinger, Jr. The test pilot made several jumps as head of “Project Excelsior” during the 1950s. Each time involved riding high-altitude Excelsior balloons up tens of thousands of feet, before jumping, free falling and parachuting to the desert floor in New Mexico. Kittinger’s third record-breaking flight on August 16, 1960 took him up to 102,800 feet, or almost 20 miles. He then leaped and freefell at speeds of up to 614 mph, not far from the speed of sound’s 761 mph, and endured temperatures as low as minus 94 degrees Fahrenheit.

5-Hallucinogenic Warfare

Psychoactive drugs such as marijuana, LSD and PCP don’t just have street value: Researchers once hoped the drugs could become chemical weapons that disabled enemy soldiers. U.S. Army volunteers took pot, acid and angel dust at a facility in Edgewood, Md. From 1955 to 1972, although those drugs proved too mellow for weapons use. The Army did eventually develop hallucinogenic artillery rounds that could disperse powdered quinuclidinyl benzilate, which left many test subjects in a sleep-like condition for days.

4-Nerve Gas Spray

Threats of chemical and biological warfare led the U.S. Department of Defense to start “Project 112″ from 1963 to the early 1970s. Part of the effort involved spraying different ships and hundreds of Navy sailors with nerve agents such as sarin and VX, in order to test the effectiveness of decontamination procedures and safety measures at the time. The Pentagon revealed the details of the Project Shipboard Hazard and Defense (SHAD) project in 2002, and the Veterans Administration began studying possible health effects among sailors who participated in SHAD. This was just one of many chemical warfare experiments conducted by the U.S. military, starting with volunteer tests involving mustard gas in World War II.

3-Psychic Vision

Psychics may not hold much credibility among scientists, but the Pentagon spent roughly $20 million testing extrasensory (ESP) powers such as remote viewing from 1972 to 1996. Remote viewers would try to envision geographical locations that they had never seen before, such as nuclear facilities or bunkers in foreign lands. Mixed results led to conflicts within the intelligence agencies, even as the project continued under names such as “Grill Flame” and “Star Gate,” and led to spooks finally abandoning the effort.

2-24/7 Warrior

Sleep can be a warrior’s worst enemy, whether during day-long battles or long-duration missions flown from halfway around the world. But various military branches have tried to change that over the years by distributing “go pills” or stimulants such as amphetamines. More recently, the military has tested and deployed the drug modafinil – more commonly known under brands such as Provigil – which has supposedly enabled soldiers to stay awake for 40 hours straight without ill effect. And the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is funding even more unusual anti-sleep research, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation that zaps the brain with electromagnetism

1-Build Your Inner Armor

Perhaps super soldiers may not be far off after all, if efforts such as DARPA’s “Inner Armor” project find success. Consider efforts to give humans the extreme abilities of some animals, such as the high-altitude conditioning of the bar-headed Goose that has been known to crash into jet aircraft at more than 34,000 feet. Scientists are also eying the Steller sea lion, which redirects blood flow away from non-critical organs during deep sea dives and reduces oxygen demand. “I do not accept that our soldiers cannot physically outperform the enemy on his home turf,” said Dr. Michael Callahan, who heads the project at DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office, during a 2007 presentation. The goal is to make soldiers “kill-proof” against all sorts of conditions, including infectious diseases, chemical, biological and radioactive weapons, temperature and altitude extremes, and harsh natural environments. Sounds like a certain mutant superhero.

Source: Realitypod.com

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