- Samsung Electronics reported on Friday a $7.4 billion in the third quarter and a revenue of $47.5 billion.
- Samsung said that the Galaxy S3 was a key to raising profits.
- The company does not disclose information about smartphone sales, but analysts say that the company sold about 60 million smartphones in the quarter.
- Apple reported profits of $8.2 billion and revenue of $36 billion.
- They sold 26.9 million iPhones in the quarter.
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- On October 14th or this passing Sunday, Felix Baumgartner jumped from a 700-foot high helium balloon.
- The daredevil jumped from 24.2 miles high up.
- He broke records for the highest jump, the first person to break the speed of sound without the help of a vehicle, and the fastest freefall.
- During the jump he broke Mach (the speed of sound).
- He reached a final speed of Mach 1.24 or 834 mph.
- He almost broke the record for the longest freefall which is four minutes and 36 seconds.
- That record is held by Joe Kittinger who also jumped from a helium balloon at 19 miles high.
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- These binoculars have been under development by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) since 2007.
- The binoculars were named the Cognitive Technology Threat Warning System.
- A computer scans a 120-degree field of view.
- From there it sends images of possible threats to a viewfinder for soldiers to look at.
- DARPA says that the Cognitive Technology Threat Warning System has identified 91% of threats in testing.
- Regular binoculars only allowed soldiers to identify 47% of targets.
- The technology is being handed over to the Army's Night Vision Lab.
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- Textron Defense Systems has created a new flying drone that explodes on contact with enemy positions.
- It is armed with a 40 mm high fragmentation charge and weighs five pounds.
- It has a video camera built into the nose, so troops on the ground can pilot the drone over rooftops and hills.
- The drone is made of carbon-fiber reinforced polymer.
- The drone is sprung into the air by a spring and the electric motor starts the tiny propeller.
- Once into the air, the BattleHawk can travel at 60 mph for around 30 minutes.
- It is designed for dismounted enemy and light-skinned vehicles.
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