V is for Verisimilitude

DARPA STUFF

Bomb-locating insects to be Wi-Fi enabled:
Programmable Matter Project working on transforming robots:
“Mind-reading” Binoculars:
DoD researching ways to regrow missing limbs for humans:
Laser-guided smart bullets with onboard targeting chips:
Solar-powered plane could stay in air for five years:

OTHER STUFF
Fiber Optic-laced threads turn clothing into cameras:
HP makes flexible computer screens that can be rolled up:
Flexible computer screen technology in action:
New circuit boards that can “bend, stretch and twist into a spiral”:
Tiny autonomous robotic claw could perform biopsies:
Face-recognition computer security software:
Scientists breeding endangered sharks in artificial uterus:
New carbon-based material could revolutionize electronics:
Navy hopes to replace mine-locating dolphins with “adaptive learning” robots:
Invisibility cloaking technology that can shuffle light, sound and even water away from an object:
Infrared night-vision for Kawasaki motorcycles:
"UFO" sighting at an amusement park shot on camera phone:
Pictures of a giant volcano taken from space station (not necessarily newsworthy, just awesome):