Monthly Archives: April 2012
Of Rocks and Reefs
Taking a break from our series on 3D printing’s potential impact on the world’s fleets, I thought today a graphic would be in order.
Read More3D Printing: I’ll Take a Cruiser in Pink
In this 3rd installment in our series on 3D printing I lay out my own thoughts on how this very real technology is impacting and will impact shipbuilding and design, particularly for the U.S. Navy.
Read More3D Printing: Logistics Tail Under The Knife
The dawn of 3D printing technology will carve away wait times, dramatically decrease the costs of space and part availability, open room for more dual-use technical personnel, and break open a whole new world of possibilities for vessels at sea.
Read MorePrint Me a Gasket
A new manufacturing process has the potential to profoundly change the supply chain of navies.
“Friggin’ Lasers”
Bryan McGrath has a series running over at Information Dissemination on what he’s calling “Directed Energy and Electric Weapon Systems,” or DEEWS. The post does a good job breaking down the different emerging technologies, especially if you’re curious about the science behind each concept.
“Unprecedented Peculiar Attacks”
North Korea’s official press yesterday warned it will soon launch “unprecedented peculiar attacks” against its enemies in the South. The nature of this threat appears to distinguish it from the nuclear test that may or may not happen in the wake of the North’s failed missile launch earlier this month.
Read MoreEnglish Rules the Waves
Reading last week about the joint Russian-Chinese naval exercise “Maritime Cooperation 2012” in the Yellow Sea, I was interested to learn that the Russians insisted bridge-to-bridge and exercise communications be conducted solely in Russian. This is further indication that the exercise, the largest for the two navies since 2005, is a sign of normalizing [...]
Read MoreGoogle’s AR Goggles
Project Glass In late March Google revealed artistic mock-ups and a video (below) of what their secretive Project Glass has been developing. The answer – voice-controlled augmented reality (AR) glasses – have some interesting potential applications for military use, in particular employment aboard ships. This was the first time an AR project [...]
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