The devices will run versions of Microsoft's forthcoming Windows 8 operating system, a system the company hopes will allow it to make up ground in mobile computing lost to Apple and Google's Android.
According to an Air Force fact sheet, the AC-130 possesses numerous sensors that allow it to "identify friendly ground forces and targets anytime, anywhere" and provide "surgical firepower".
To get that size advantage, it ditches the camera, but it adds to removable, large wheels that allow it to roll around the ground – or go acrobatic and run along the wall or the ceiling, too.
I wait patiently for the click of the landing gear to lower so I can finally allow it to settle onto the ground of who I am.
Drop the weight of your head and allow it to move towards the ground.
This will collect the water that falls on the rest of your driveway and allow it to soak into the ground, rather than flowing into the and, eventually, into waterways.
"It comes from the mind of a man with the outlook of the sort of school bully who is indulged and favoured by the teachers, who can see perfectly well how noxious his behaviour is, but allow it to continue on the grounds that at least he's keeping order.
The British government was set to approve the BSkyB takeover this week and will most likely still allow it to go ahead on the ground that it does not hamper media competition in Britain.
The Rolling Spider is an ultra compact (almost handheld) quadcopter drone that can also work with two optional wheel attachments that allow it to scurry fast along the ground or even scale walls and ceilings.
Along with its ability to evade radar, the supersonic Joint Strike Fighter boasts the world's "most powerful" fighter turbofan, a helmet-mounted display that is designed to give the pilot a 360-degree virtual view combining sensor and flight data, and advanced electronic arrays that will allow it to pick out air and ground targets.
