Mini-Drones to Night-Vision Phones: 5 Cool Military Tech Gadgets

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /> <table border="0" style="border-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; width: 1px;"><tbody style="margin-top: 0px !important;"> <tr style="margin-top: 0px !important;"><td style="margin-top: 0px !important;"><img alt="Dissolving electronics" class="" src="http://i.livescience.com/images/i/000/068/393/i02/dissolving-electronics.jpg?1406054339" style="margin-top: 0px !important; width: 538px;" /><div id="picad_div" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-shadow: none; z-index: 9000;"> <div id="picad_overlay_div" style="color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; width: 0px;"> <div id="picad_overlay_holder" style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px;"> </div> </div> </div> </td></tr> <tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(211, 211, 211); font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px !important; padding: 10px;"><span style="float: right; margin-top: 0px !important; padding: 2px 25px 0px 5px; width: auto;"><a class="pin-it-button" count-layout="horizontal" href="http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http%3A//www.livescience.com/46931-darpa-military-tech-gadgets.html&media=http://i.livescience.com/images/i/000/068/393/original/dissolving-electronics.jpg?1406054339&description=DARPA%20is%20developing%20electronics%20that%20can%20dissolve%20on%20command%20to%20prevent%20them%20falling%20into%20enemy%20hands." style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" src="http://assets.pinterest.com/images/PinExt.png" style="border: none; margin-top: 0px !important;" title="Pin It" /></a></span>DARPA is developing electronics that can dissolve on command to prevent them falling into enemy hands.<br /><span style="float: left; margin-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Credit: DARPA</span><span style="float: left; margin-top: 5px; max-width: 270px;"><div style="margin-top: 0px !important;"> <a class="make_big" href="" rel="#custom0" style="color: #0099cc; margin-top: 0px !important; text-decoration: none;">View full size image</a></div> </span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Open sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> ARLINGTON, Va. — Electronics that dissolve on the battlefield and tiny, hummingbird-size drones that perform aerial reconnaissance are just a few of the sophisticated technologies the U.S. military is developing these days.</div> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Open sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) showcased some of its latest inventions at a microsystems technology expo here Friday (July 18), offering a glimpse of the <a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.livescience.com/45708-military-drone-projects.html" style="color: #0099cc; margin-top: 0px !important; text-decoration: none;">future of warfare</a> in the information age.</div> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; color: #666666; float: left; font-family: 'Open sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;"></span><br /> <div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Open sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"> </div> <div class="about_adsense" id="nointelliTXT" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; float: left; font-family: 'Open sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 40px 0px; width: 540px;"> <span id="ad_sense1" style="margin-top: 0px !important;"></span></div> <br /> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Open sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> Here are some of DARPA's most intriguing projects.</div> </div>

Mini-Drones to Night-Vision Phones: 5 Cool Military Tech Gadgets

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