Reports last month that China had successfully tested an anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon against one of its own antiquated weather satellites using a kinetic kill vehicle launched on board a ballistic missile raised the stakes in the ongoing battle between the U.S. and China over space supremacy.
As U.S. intelligence revealed last week, the destructive intercept was performed by a kinetic-kill vehicle (KKV) launched onboard a medium-range ballistic missile.
"It's a miniature kinetic sculpture" that conveys "a secret code" to other wearers.
The test, in which an Aegis ballistic missile cruiser shot down a target fired from Hawaii, was the first exo-atmospheric kinetic intercept of a ballistic missile in the ascent phase of flight, and the third intercept from an Aegis warship.
After 20 minutes, two men on dhol (a large handheld drum with the tubby resonance of the tabla and the kinetic force of a conga) who were not with the band joined the parade and started playing along to the music.
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Such solutions are clearly some way off commercial development, but with Apple rumored to be designing its hotly-anticipated iWatch around a power source based on kinetic and solar power, a battery-free world isn't such a distant dream.
Further down the road, Nokia will unveil its Kinetic prototype as a real product.
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Other sources of power could include a kinetic power source similar to those found on some wristwatches.
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Japanese firms are also working on a kinetic warhead that rams into missiles directly rather than exploding nearby.
The modified exercise equipments take kinetic energy from a person's workout and converts it into a form of electricity.
Transport this year's Team USA back to 1992 and the heralded Dream Team loses to Kobe's kinetic crew by a wide margin.
Slick, untreaded tyres will also be reintroduced after 11 years on grooved tyres and teams have the option of employing a kinetic energy recovery system.
Slick, untreaded tyres will also be reintroduced after 11 years on grooved tyres, and teams have the option of employing a kinetic energy recovery system (Kers).
Now we have a reverse situation, where at least some in Congress want to build a kinetic energy ASAT, as Senator Smith told us this morning.
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The author examines at length whether the Chinese have mistakenly lost sight of the need to field a kinetic weapons force in tandem with command and control warfare.
The result, which is more a kinetic sculpture representing his own deep dreams than an instrument to keep track of the daily grind, contains some of the most complicated horological technology known to watchmaking.
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Japan is also working on a new rocket engine using composite materials (Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries), the first infrared seekers (Fujitsu) to see in two colors to distinguish decoys from warheads, and a kinetic warhead that rams into missiles directly rather than exploding nearby.
They include changes to the aerodynamics, the re-introduction of slick, untreaded tyres after 11 years with grooved rubber and the potential use of a kinetic energy recovery system (Kers), which stores energy that would have been dissipated during braking and reapplies it while the car is accelerating.
When LeMieux was hiking the Appalachian Trail a decade ago, he identified the problem that would become the focus of his work: how to turn the kinetic energy of a hiker into electrical energy that could keep devices charged (and reduce the battery weight he carried for 1, 500 miles).
The suggestions that the United States has no need for a kinetic-kill ASAT capability for "the next decade or two" and that there are alternatives that already exist for negating or disrupting enemy space activities, such as destroying ground stations or jamming links, would also appear to rule out the use of the Airborne Laser program for anti-satellite purposes.
Williams are testing a flywheel kinetic energy recovery system - the device that stores energy under braking - and have set up a company to develop the technology both for Formula One and further applications outside the sport.
It was five years ago that prosthetics took a very literal step forward when Arizona State University's SPARKy foot offered a more natural walk, capturing the inherent kinetic energy that previously needed a big motor to replicate.
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Officials said it is too early to confirm the extent of damage, but computer models developed by Kinetic Analysis Corporation, a Silver Spring, Md.
"I think the most challenging part of the course is the water crossings -- they're terrifying, " says Jen Weiss, who has been part of several kinetic teams who met a watery demise in past races.
It was also a hot week for energy-generating tech as Intel unveiled a solar laptop chipset that can be powered by a desk lamp and MIT developed a tiny kinetic generator that can produce 100 times more power than previous devices of its kind.
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This is an application, so most of what today's filing tells us is certainly not set in stone, but new ideas include a "kinetic energy gathering component" within the band -- like the trickle charge feature found on watches -- to pump energy back into the device.
We also showcased several innovations from the intersection of fashion and technology -- a light-up Twitter dress, a pair of "Social Denim" jeans that let you update your Facebook status on the fly and a brilliant "Rocking Knit" chair that uses kinetic energy generated from the chair's gliding motion to knit a winter hat while you sit.
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The machines themselves can take anywhere from a few weeks to several years to build, says Elliot Naess, a 10-year kinetic veteran who has built three race-ready sculptures from scratch.
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