On the 90% thing, keep in mind that the odds of a mortar being launched your way while you are there, is low. The odds that one that is launched will actually hit you is super low, and the odds that one that would hit you will instead be shot out of the sky is 90%. We're getting down to pretty slim odds here.

I enjoyed playing games that did take advantage of it, like time crisis (for point and shoot) and mario party for all kinds of stuff, but I agree there wasn't much interest. I think the thing that kept developers away was the lack of graphics power, which meant that it may never appeal to real gamers regardless.

except the possibly revoluntionary controller, the same way the Wii Mote was awesome and new and allowed for cool and creative stuff not thought of before

So, you would be bothered by the fact that there is a piece of equipment that will reduce the chance of you getting hit with a mortar from less then one hundreth of a percent to zero? This is to remove a psychological threat, not a strategic one.

from the articles i have seen recently, the cure will come from the genetic sequencing of tumors for customized treatment. What they are finding is that if you take a treatment that is effective for 70% of patients, and you analyze the 30% that don't survive, they have tumors with a different genetic makeup and…

I think xband is a long range system and wouldn't help here since the system integrated into Iron Dome can detect projectiles from their launch point (remember they are only looking for short and medium range projectiles).

umm... hello! Pipes, water pressure... sopping wet laptops and smartphones. All kinds of tech gold in here lol

Your other application works as well, no reason why we can't multi task.

I'm sure this would be great for satelite survailance over a wide area

didn't think of the smartphone app angle... you are completely right lol

I'm sure the Army (if not already) will use this to look for snipers and such

if you consider the economic impact to an area (could be billions in lost revenue from tourists, and millions in local commerce losses caused by air raids and building damage) it isn't that expensive.

To conkey (couldn't reply becuase your comment was too small):

Except when its a hot chick*

Oh and the ones you haven't heard of have equally large budgets as the ones you have

There are 16, here they are as listed by Wiki:

i think the sensor/camera/other equipment (which was optomized for spying) has been removed, and will need to be replaced. Then these will be launched into space and give us way better optics then Hubble.

thats what i was thinking lol

they just found that breast cancer is actually several different diseases, each needing its own cure (which is why the efficacy of the treatments vary from one person to another).

shoulda got one of those extenda pole things with the suction cup on the end