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CHINA CYBER ATTACKS INCREASED 100%
US-China Economic and Security Review Commission Report (USCC)


Xi Jinping’s wife wife (Peng Liyuan) is a very popular folk singer in China. His life was not untouched by the Cultural Revolution. His father, Xi Zhongxun, was one of the founders of the Communist guerrilla movement in northern China, but in 1962, he was accused of of disloyalty to Mao Zedong and purged of his position. When he was a teenager, Xi Jingpin was sent to the countryside to be re-educated as a peasant.

Chinese Pentagon: The CMC is housed in the Ministry of National Defense compound


China’s future and growth predictions via The Economist

The Future of Drone Surveillance Swarms of Cyborg Insect Drones

In his lab at Penn, Vijay Kumar and his team build flying quadrotors, small, agile robots that swarm, sense each other, and form ad hoc teams — for construction, surveying disasters and far more.

GRASP LAB

The General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Laboratory integrates computer science, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering in a vibrant, collaborative environment that fosters interactions between students, research staff and faculty. GRASP has grown into a $10 million research center with impressive technological innovations. Pioneering GRASP researchers are building autonomous vehicles and robots, developing self-configuring humanoids, and making robot swarms a reality. Our doctoral students are trained in theory and practice and mentored to become leaders in research and education. The graduates of the interdisciplinary Master’s in Robotics program are uniquely equipped to face research and development challenges of the fast-growing robotics industry.

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The Future of Drone Surveillance Swarms of Cyborg Insect Drones

In his lab at Penn, Vijay Kumar and his team build flying quadrotors, small, agile robots that swarm, sense each other, and form ad hoc teams — for construction, surveying disasters and far more.

GRASP LAB

The General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Laboratory integrates computer science, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering in a vibrant, collaborative environment that fosters interactions between students, research staff and faculty. GRASP has grown into a $10 million research center with impressive technological innovations. Pioneering GRASP researchers are building autonomous vehicles and robots, developing self-configuring humanoids, and making robot swarms a reality. Our doctoral students are trained in theory and practice and mentored to become leaders in research and education. The graduates of the interdisciplinary Master’s in Robotics program are uniquely equipped to face research and development challenges of the fast-growing robotics industry.

Image Source: usatrends.org

“Panetta believes there is a strong likelihood that Israel will strike Iran in April, May or June — before Iran enters what Israelis described as a “zone of immunity” to commence building a nuclear bomb.”

“U.S. officials see two possible ways to dissuade the Israelis from such an attack: Tehran could finally open serious negotiations for a formula to verifiably guarantee that its nuclear program will remain a civilian one; or the United States could step up its covert actions to degrade the program so much that Israelis would decide that military action wasn’t necessary.”

[Source: By David Ignatius, Published: February 2, Washington Post]

[Panetta Israel Flag Photo Credit]


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On 23 September 2009, Stevens’ Center for Science Writings sponsored a talk, “Wired For War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century” by Peter W. Singer.