A year ago, at CES, I broke out the snark-hammer at 444, a startup that was trying to make a “smart” pepper spray device. I came across the same company again at CES this year. To my surpr
This morning, a group of prominent robotics firms issued an open letter condemning the weaponization of “general purpose” robots. Signed by Boston Dynamics, Agility, ANYbotics, Clearpath R
The U.S. Space Command has released details about an alleged anti-satellite weapons test it suspects Russian of conducting using an existing probe already on orbit, The Verge reports. The Russian sate
Indiana-based rocket fuel startup Adranos has raised $1 million, after closing an oversubscribed round led by Archibald Cox Jr., chairman of private investment firm Sextant Group. The funding will be
Northrop Grumman is going to be working on the U.S. Army’s long-planned drone-killing lasers. The Army wants to mount 50 kilowatt laser systems on top of its General Dynamics-designed Stryker ve
Lasers! Everyone loves them, everyone wants them. But apart from a few niche applications they have failed to live up to the destructive potential that Saturday morning cartoons taught us all to expec
Now that we have confirmation that the <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/05/03/defense-distributed-claims-to-have-produced-the-first-fully-3d-printable-pistol/">Liberator</a> 3D-printed pistol can
If you’re in the market for a grenade launcher with a kick and you’re a US soldier, check FedEx for your new XM25 Smart Grenade Launcher, a device that shoots a “25 mm microchip-embe
The last time I saw a tension-based projectile weapon this scary, it was when I posted this crossbow, attracting the ire of 2nd-amendment activists net-wide (my sarcasm apparently went undetected). Th
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/huckabee.jpg" />Let's say you're minding your own business. Maybe you're playing <i>WoW</i>, or maybe you're walking the dog. You go abou
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/x3_01-web.jpg" alt="x3_01-web" title="x3_01-web" width="630" height="420" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-103369" />Thugs the world
<img src="http://crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/3SHSC.jpg" alt="cap" />After finally figuring out what "sap" and "blackjack" mean -- they're used interchangeably to describe a police baton
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/crossbowwww.jpg" />
This is the kind of weapon that is owned by a killing machine. It's not an enthusiast weapon, and it's not a hobby we
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/lrad.jpg" />How's this for using exciting, new technology to get your way? Environmentalists have <a HREF="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/t
The methods for detonating bombs, IEDs, mortars, missiles, and so on have multiplied and become more technologically advanced; it follows, then, that a bomb squad should be a high-tech outfit prepared
Those wacky Israelis! Police there used a “skunk bomb” for the first time on Friday as part of a crowd control action. The bomb is actually more like super soaker water gun that sprays a vile smel
AK47-touting and knife-wielding Brits are no longer going to be able to sound off on YouTube. More specifically, weapons shown intimidatingly will not be allowed as gang violence rises ‘cro
You guys may have seen our many previous reviews of long range plane-mounted tactical laser cannons, but let’s be honest: none have really lived up to the hype. Like Ultra HD or mobile TV, long
No, you won’t look crazy if you buy this for $379.95. You’ll be a real character, someone men look up to and women are slightly aroused by. Sure, wear it with your camo pants and jungle ha
Let freedom ring The laser turns 48 today! (Just as important, if not more so: It’s also Megan Fox’s birthday. She turns 22.) Crazy! To celebrate this, Wired has put together a list of som
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