Researchers look for ways to convert military inventions to civilian use.Describes Los Alamos National Laboratory's technology known as LIDAR (for light detection and ranging), which initially was to be capable of detecting aerosols containing deadly bacteria or viruses, but which has been modified ...
KIEV, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian Defense Minister Olexiy Reznikov said that he sees no need to convert the Ukrainian economy from civilian to military-based, local online media outlet LB.ua reported Monday. "As of today, there is no threat that would require switching to wartime rails,...
Two years ago, Hughes engineers set up shop in a former military electronics plant in Torrance to launch one of the company’s most ambitious conversion efforts: to build power inverters for electric vehicles, such as the Impact, the electric car being designed by GM. The inverter transforms t...