Two More Parts Below the Fold
Sepp Hasslberger: Electricity from Touch,
05 EnergyThis would be much better than an electro chemical battery … as long as the phones we power with it don't microwave us to death…
Scientists have developed a material that generates electricity simply by touching it
…beyond just touchscreen gadgets, the researchers say the thin, flexible device could also be used in our clothing or shoes, helping us harvest energy from our body movements potentially all day long.
Steven Aftergood: CRS on Defense R&D
03 Economy, DoD, Military, Research resourcesNearly half of all federal research and development dollars go to the Department of Defense, a new report from the Congressional Research Service observes. The Pentagon research budget is more than twice that of the next largest recipient, the Department of Health and Human Services.
The structure of the DoD research budget, which has “its own unique taxonomy,” is described in the new CRS report. See Department of Defense Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E): Appropriations Structure, December 13, 2016:
Angelo Codevilla: CIA (John Brennan) – Nothing There
Corruption, Government, IneptitudeGraphic: Berlin Another False Flag Attack? UPDATE 1: Anomalies
07 Other Atrocities, 09 Terrorism, IO Deeds of War, ThreatsFixing Intelligence II: Seven Precepts (PORTAL) – Of Immediate Use to the New Acting DNI
#OSE Open Source Everything, Commercial Intelligence, Corruption, Earth Intelligence, Government, Ineptitude, Officers Call, Peace Intelligence, Policies, Strategy, ThreatsFixing Intel II: Seven Precepts (PORTAL)
Whoever Donald Trump picks as the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), that person will be a placeholder and incapable of supporting the President with decision-support across all threats, policies, and budgets absent a Presidential decision to completely re-build and re-direct the the US Intelligence Community (US IC). As now constituted the US IC is an achipelago of out-of-control dysfunctional fiefdoms whose sole purpose in life is to keep the secret money moving while providing a foundation for Deep State operations against US politicians including the President and inclusive of the active protection of criminals and terrorists as well as the leveraging of US military assets and bases overseas to run drugs, guns, money, and children.
Below should beĀ read with my more recent open letter to the President and my new book on REINVENTING INTELLIGENCE: 30 Years in the Wilderness.
Berto Jongman: Russia Can Fry US C4I At Will…
IO Impotency, MilitarySky's the Limit: Russia's Unique Jamming System Getting Upgrade
The Borisoglebsk-2 is a multi-purpose jamming system developed by the United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation for the Russian Armed Forces. Its development started in 2004 and its evaluation testing was completed successfully in December 2010.The system was initially introduced to the Russian army in 2014. Speaking to Sputnik Iran, Danil Gatilov said that the Borisoglebsk-2 is designed to suppress mobile satellite communications and satellite-based navigation signals of a potential enemy.