Jul 18
I have to follow WIRED’s lead on this and post the press release from EATR in full. It’s just that good. POMPANO BEACH, Fla.– In response to rumors circulating the internet on sites such as FoxNews.com, FastCompany.com and CNET News about a “flesh eating” robot project, Cyclone Power Technologies Inc. (Pink Sheets:CYPW) and Robotic Technology …
Jul 15
pic nicked from here Scientists at the Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot (EATR) Project are working on a steam powered battlefield robot. It’s fueled by whatever organic matter it might find. Meaning corpses. Human corpses. I can understand why humans might be upset by this. It is, after all, usually taboo for them to eat each …
Jul 08
DARPA is building an airship to monitor battlefield and airspace. It can track troop movements 180 miles away, track cruise missiles at 370 miles away and, unlike satellites, has the ability to “maintain watch over a huge, fixed position without blinking.” It’s a giant, radar eye in the sky. What interests me here isn’t the …
Jan 29
At the University of California, Berkeley, researchers have created a remote control beetle. Now, this isn’t a mechanical beetle. It’s a real beetle. Controlled by remote. This task was accomplished using six electrodes and a 1.3 gram radio module on the beetle’s back. It almost seems easy enough to do at home. As part of …
Jan 25
If I wrote for CP24, here’s how I’d start this post: You’ve heard of cold feet but what about cold fingers? If the new invention from the Canadian army catches on, you might still worry about getting married but your hands will be warm while you’re doing it. They’re such a bunch of hacks. But …
Nov 23
If you ever start to think that you’re just not depressed, frightened and angry enough, you should buy and read “Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Arrmy” by Jeremy Scahill. It will cure it. Any reader of this blog will know what I think about Bush and co. They’re evil, mass murdering …
Sep 19
You all know my politics and you all know that I’m extremely wary of military robots. Or you should know this. If you don’t — what? You just got here? I’m an anarcho-fascist-monarchist with a strong strain of communist libertarianism, and I hate army robots. One day they will kill us all. Mark my words. …
Sep 16
To support its upcoming “Global Trends 2025″ The National Intelligence Center is funding a report by SRI Consulting to identify the most disruptive, upcoming civil or dual use technologies of the next 15 years. A preview of this report is available here as text and here as a 48 page PDF. This is the report …
Sep 13
AeroVironment is getting 4.6 million from the U.S. guv to teach its fleet of WASPs to perch and stare. This weapon seems like a kid’s toy. It has a 72cm wingspan, can be carried in a backpack and gathers information with cameras. And even better, its wings are batteries. Unfortunately, it’s also used to kill …
Jun 15
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPm-XQx86C0] The two soldiers who threw a sweet little puppy over a cliff have been disciplined. Isn’t war crazy? You kill people and you’re a hero. You kill a dog and you’re a monster. I can see why recruitment is down. Now, I hate killing dogs as much as the next Disney raised, affluent westerner. …
