Self-Aiming Sniper Rifle

DARPA and Lockheed Martin are developing a sniper rifle that, if successful, will partially aim itself:

It will measure atmospheric conditions, account for the weapon’s maximum effective range and include GPS coordinates. It’s also supposed to communicate with the rifle scope, informing the gun itself of the aim point offset and expected crosswind.

Link, Via: Say Uncle | Photo (unrelated), Via: Flickr user Lance Fisher used under Creative Commons license. Via: Neatorama

Previously: New Long Distance Shot Record: 1.52 Miles Away

ProDigits: The world's first bionic finger

Touch Bionics, developer of advanced upper-limb bionic technologies, launches ProDigits, the worlds first powered bionic finger solution for patients with missing fingers. Now partial-hand patients have a dexterous powered solution to support their return to function and independence. LINK: Youtube

Painted Lady Butterflies Develop, Emerge in Time Lapse

Here we see the later life stages of several Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)Butterflies.

Once the caterpillars are mature, they suspend themselves upside-down, by attaching a body part called the "cremaster" to a silken pad on the twig, much like the way Velcro works.

More info at the LINK: Youtube