A robotic camera snake that mimics the actions of the actual reptile has been developed by the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology for surveillance use on the battlefield

We attended the Sydney press conference of the upcoming blockbuster GI:Joe and learnt about their Twitter use, their feelings on Internet fanboys and the inspiration behind some of the military tech on display in the film

The US Army has teamed up with a motion gaming company to create a highly realistic style of gameplay that can actually paralyse muscles during gameplay

Laser weaponry looks like becoming part of future army's arsenal, including non-lethal "flashes" designed to stop car drivers.

Pentagon research firm DARPA have discovered a new way to radio-control insects using neural transmitters that trigger muscle changes within the insect. Watch the video of zombie insects being controlled here.

Dell has announced its first rugged laptop with a multitouch display. Designed to meet military standards, this is the laptop for you if you like to tangle with nature.

From flying cars to hoverboards, and AI to lasers, we delve into 10 technologies from a list of iconic films and find out just how close we are to making each a reality

Now you see it, now you don't. Hong Kong researchers are one step closer to creating a cloak of illusion that will have the ability to make one object look like another via "metameterials" and light bending.

Microchip controlled bullets that can fly at pre-calculated distances to take out enemies hiding deep inside their bunkers, are now a battlefield possibility thanks to a new weapon technology

The latest Avatar trailer takes a closer look at the battle tech behind the film - but we can't help compare it to James Cameron's Aliens in tone and style.

The latest high-tech gadgetry for when you’re tangling with nature

Taking a page out of the popular science fiction series, scientists have managed to turn aluminium into a new transparent form of matter, after it was placed under extreme ultraviolent radiation.

As neural controllers grow in popularity, so will hackers attempts to create malicious code to potentially corrupt, control and infiltrate our brains. So, what are the experts doing about it?

From the Commodore 64 to Microsoft vs Apple, we take a look at the top 10 fights in technology history.

Some of the people on this list are successful billionaires, Some Nobel prize winners or high-tech nomads. However, some individuals are weird even by geek standards.

NASA scientists hope that a chemical sensor for smartphones might one day form the backbone of sophisticated chemical detection network

Backroom boffins in the US Army have decided that robots will be better at warfare if they have a built in guilt system.

Honeywell has released the specifications for the network gear that will be stuck under the bonnet of the coming Orion lunar program

IT security firm IronKey has taken the wraps off what it promises to be the most secure Flash drive in the world..

The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) has moved swiftly to play down the significance of the arrest on terrorism charges of a nuclear physicist who worked at the Hadron Collider for six years.