http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:30:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/us-army-weapons-video-games.html Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:30:17 +0000 Branded rifles, communications gear, and more are to be introduced to popular games in order to boost recruitment.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/us-army-uses-strategy-game-to-embed-lessons-of-cultural-awareness-future-of-gaming.html Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:40:52 +0000 'Culture Shock: Afghanistan' is a PC-based strategy game being tested by the armed forces that prepares captains for deployment by teaching them lessons in cultural awareness. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/us-army-to-test-smartphones-for-use-in-combatheadlines.html Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:27:11 +0000 The US Army is testing several smartphones with nearly 4,000 soldiers at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico to find the best one that would allow soldiers in combat to receive real-time images of insurgent movements.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/surveillance-robot-can-detect-breathing-though-concrete-walls.html Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:24:50 +0000 The Cougar20-H device can track both movement and motionless living objects at a distance.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/future-of-health-handheld-hospital.html Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:00:57 +0000 Mobile applications, peripherals and add-ons are becoming sophisticated enough to perform tasks comparable to their hospital equivalents, approximating vital diagnosis protocols closely enough to provide people in remote areas with immediate diagnosis.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/us-army-to-build-virtual-world-as-training-ground.html Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:55:56 +0000 The military is taking inspiration from Second Life to develop a virtual simulation for soldiers. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/us-army-to-rollout-4000-electric-vehicles-by-2011.html Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:15:27 +0000 During 2008, the U.S. Army moved to establish the Army Energy Task Force to assess and implement various energy initiatives with an aim towards reducing consumption while promoting alternative and renewable fuels sources and creating an overall culture of awareness throughout its operations. Earlier this week, we had an opportunity to sit in on a discussion with Mr. Paul Bollinger, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy and Partnerships and Executive Secretary of the newly formed Senior Energy Council, to learn about the Army’s first pilot project to rollout in 2009. With its Neighborhood Electric Vehicle (NEV) program, theRead more...]]>