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National Defense
November 2005
Harold Kennedy |
Sensing Technology Has Yet to Beat a Dog's Nose The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency is increasing its reliance on K-9 teams to spot terrorists, illegal immigrants and drug smugglers.   |
National Defense
September 2010
Magnuson & Fugate |
Canines Are Still Top Dog When it Comes to Finding Explosives Unlike some of the intrusive sensors that can reveal body parts underneath clothing, the general public generally accepts canines in public areas, those who employ the dogs in their rail systems told investigators. |
Salon.com
March 4, 2002
Amy Standen |
On the prowl with the secret bomb dogs A look at the training and job duties of bomb-sniffing dogs... |
BusinessWeek
July 18, 2005
Kate Murphy |
Dogs A Few Steps Ahead On Training Consider adopting a retired guide or search dog, or a puppy that didn't make the cut. |
AskMen.com
August 6, 2003
Steve Richer |
How To: Train Your Dog Dogs are our best friends because they are faithful and always ready to play the games we want to play. But before you can reach that stage of utmost loyalty with your own dog, training must factor into the equation. |
National Defense
April 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Mobile Simulators Give Soldiers Early Roadside Bomb Training The mobile counter-IED interactive trainer is one of two new simulators exposing ground forces to the hazards they may face before they arrive in Afghanistan or Iraq. |
Fast Company
April 2006 |
Eccentric Survey Finding Results from a survey of 150 dog owners by Dogster.com and Simply Hired. |
American Family Physician
June 1, 2004 |
Dog Bites: Teaching Your Child to Be Safe Most dogs never bite anyone. But any dog might bite if it feels threatened. Children are the most common victims of dog bites. Infants and young children should never be left alone with any dog. |
American Family Physician
April 15, 2001 |
Preventing Dog Bites Most dogs will never bite anyone. However, any dog may bite if it feels threatened. Children are the most common victims of dog bites. Infants and young children should never be left alone with a dog... |
AskMen.com
Nick Clarke |
How To: Defend Yourself Against A Dog A dog may be man's best friend, but even the most docile one can turn in the blink of an eye. |
National Defense
July 2008
Breanne Wagner |
Big Dog' Could Become A Marine's Best Friend Dogs are said to be man's best friend. Marine Corps officials hope that a new four-legged robot called "Big Dog" will be a Marine's best friend. |
National Defense
January 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Adaptive Foe Thwarts Counter-IED Efforts Coalition forces are engaged in an ongoing invisible combat in the radio and infrared spectra. Iraqi insurgents have progressed from simple trip wires to infrared devices to set off improvised explosive devices. |
National Defense
July 2011
Stew Magnuson |
Pentagon Still Playing Catch-Up With Bomb Makers The U.S. military's cadre of bomb disposal technicians needs lighter equipment, the ability to detect explosives at stand-off distances and their sensors consolidated into one handheld device. |
National Defense
October 2006
Sandra Erwin |
Roadside Bombs: An `Arms Race' With No End in Sight Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Douglas Stone conveys to defense contractors and government scientists the frustration that military commanders experience in the war zone, where inescapably, almost on a daily basis, troops are killed and maimed by hidden explosives. |
National Defense
January 2012
Sandra I. Erwin |
Buried Bombs Can Be Destroyed, But Not Defeated The weapons of choice of U.S. enemies, improvised explosive devices, are like deadly viruses that mutate in reaction to vaccines. They cannot be wiped out, only temporarily thwarted. |
Salon.com
July 17, 2000
Emily Jenkins |
The dark side of puppy love Sure, dogs are cuddly and loyal, but people like them mostly because they're easy to boss around. |
National Defense
July 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Improvised Explosive Threat Reaches Global Scale The end state of successful accomplishment of a special U.S. military group's mission is eliminating the improvised explosive device as a weapon of strategic influence for the enemy. It's no singular, simple task. |
National Defense
December 2009
Grace V. Jean |
To Train Troops, Army Creates Digital Reenactments of Roadside Bomb Attacks Video footage of insurgents burying improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, is among the data collected by analysts who are assisting simulation experts at the joint training counter-IED operations integration center. |
National Defense
November 2009
Erwin, Jean & Magnuson |
Today's Fights Expose Technological Weak Spots Disruptive challenges, such as roadside bombs, combatants camouflaged as civilians, and insurgent camps that are undetectable by electronic sensors, have forced U.S. military leaders to search for new tactics and technologies. |
AskMen.com
Steve Richer |
How To: Get A Dog Dogs are man's best friends. They're loyal, affectionate, and fun to have around. What's not to love? |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2008
Courtney E. Howard |
SAIC to develop sensor based on canine sense of smell for chemical detection The quick and accurate detection and identification of chemicals and chemical combinations, such as explosives and chemical and biological weapons, is critical in military and aerospace environments. |
National Defense
October 2015
Stew Magnuson |
Bomb Squads Need the Best Tools Available Bomb squads -- both military and civilian -- deserve and need the very best technologies the nation can offer them. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Investing in Dogs Putting some of your hard-earned cash into dogs, or even water buffalo, can be very rewarding. Your investment in dogs, infrastructure, or livestock may not offer a yield that you can figure in a spreadsheet, but it will pay big dividends inside. |
National Defense
October 2007
Grace Jean |
Building Miniature `Noses' to Sniff Explosives To sense malicious chemicals and substances, such as explosives, scientists are searching for the holy grail in chemical sensing -- a mechanical device that is as good as or better than a dog's nose and can run nonstop to provide continuous monitoring of an environment. |
Salon.com
March 5, 2002
Elena Sigman |
The existence of dog I always disliked dogs. My 1-year-old son lives for their wet eyes and tongue rolls... |
Fast Company
May 2000
David Dorsey |
Consultants - Get off the Gravy Train! Consultant Debunking Unit: How hard is it to get dogs to eat, and why do consultants keep talking about eating dog food? |
Fast Company
July 2008
Kate Rockwood |
Inside the American Hot Dog Business Want a wiener? Americans will eat about 2.3 billion -- a disgusting eight per person -- during National Hot Dog Month. National Hot Dog Day is July 18th, but the 4th is the biggest dog day. |
Entrepreneur
July 2010
Tracy Stapp |
Run, Jump, Beg, Shimmy At Zoom Room Dog Agility Training, every mutt learns a trick or two. And so do their owners. |
National Defense
May 2005
Sandra I. Erwin |
Military Researchers Launch War Against Hidden Explosives At least 75 Navy scientists have been assigned to work full-time on technologies to detect and neutralize the improvised explosives devices that have killed and maimed hundreds of U.S. troops in Iraq. |
National Defense
September 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Feds Begin to Tackle the Vexing Problem of How to Defeat Homemade Bombs Congress' attention remains focused on preventing the use of weapons of mass destruction on U.S. soil, but improvised explosive devices do not receive the same attention as the chemical, biological or nuclear threats. |
AskMen.com
Andrew Chomik |
Top 10: Manly Dogs They don't call them man's best friend for nothing. |
Salon.com
February 14, 2000
Jean Hanff Korelitz |
Mutts: Praising the purity of the impure The true champions are nowhere to be found at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show... |
National Defense
May 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
Soldiers Teaching Robots Battlefield Duties An Army Research Lab is working to instill robots with complex behaviors, thus making them suitable for the battlefield. |
AskMen.com
January 14, 2004
Michael Hirsch |
How To: Deal With Your Dog's Death Every guy with a dog has to face this fact. The life span of a dog is a fraction of ours. But nothing out there prepares a man for the loss of his canine companion, until now. |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2008
Glenn Zorpette |
Countering IEDS Billions of dollars spent on defeating improvised explosive devices are beginning to show what technology can and cannot do for the evolving struggle |
ifeminists
October 21, 2007
Tony Zizza |
Prescribe a Dog, Not a Drug The author suggests that adopting a dog will help with mental ailments better than taking a pill. |
Entrepreneur
March 2004
April Y. Pennington |
Steve Appelbaum 44, founder of Animal Behavior & Training Associates Inc. (ABTA) in Los Angeles |
BusinessWeek
August 6, 2007
Arlene Weintraub |
Why We Spoil Spot So People naturally love dogs. Or do dogs train us to love them? |
Fast Company
November 2000
Erika Germer |
When This Dog Barks, Customers Byte Don Mayer is founder of Small Dog Electronics Inc., a Waitsfield, Vermont-based company that resells Apple Macintosh computers. Small Dog has 13 staff members and annual revenues of more than $15 million... |
Inc.
March 2004
Nicole Gull |
Range Rovers Dog policies are becoming more prevalent in casual workplaces. |
National Defense
March 2006
Harold Kennedy |
Defense Contractors Exhibit Anti-WMD Gear More than 80 companies flocked to a recent U.S. Special Operations Command conference in Tampa, Fla., to show off their newest technology designed to help counter weapons-of-mass-destruction attacks. |
AskMen.com
Charlie Billows |
5 Things You Didn't Know About Pit Bulls There's no canine out there quite as controversial as the pit bull. Many perceive it as an unpredictable and dangerous domesticated dog, a popular consensus that has led to pit bull bans in some communities. |
Smithsonian
January 2004
John F. Ross |
Top Dogs The Polar Inuit's ancient bond with the sled dog remains intact, thanks in part to a ban on snowmobiles. But the lure of technology threatens these 'sturdy, magnificent animals'. |
Real Travel Adventures
December 2008
Dawn Kairns |
Don't Leave Me! Some dogs never overcome their fear of being alone. If you are still having trouble, ask your vet to refer you to a professional animal behaviorist. |
Salon.com
August 29, 2002
Laura Miller |
Cat people vs. dog people Who is more annoying? Our intrepid reviewer plunges into the overflowing litter box of pet lit to find out. |
Fast Company
December 2003
Marshall Goldsmith |
All of Us Are Stuck on Suck-Ups If leaders say they discourage sucking up, why does it happen so often? It's amazing how leaders send out subtle signals that encourage subordinates to mute their criticisms and exaggerate their praise of the powers that be. |
Chemistry World
May 2012 |
Sniffing out explosives Can science compete with the sensitivity of a sniffer dog's nose? Emma Davies finds out |
Outside
January 2008
Sam Moulton |
Animal Communication: Penelope Smith The author of Animals in Spirit: Our Faithful Companions' Transition to the Afterlife discusses her ability to talk with animals. |
Chemistry World
June 25, 2014
Ruth Knowles |
'Smell of death' reveals cadaver's secrets Research into the chemical odors released by decomposing bodies is providing forensic scientists with a powerful tool to determine how long a person has been dead |
Industrial Physicist
Edward J. Staples |
Technology Safeguarding ports with a new chemical-profiling system that samples the vapours inside cargo containers. |
