tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11630456.post113951093664436013..comments2023-12-21T05:26:14.642-05:00Comments on duh: Is the remote war something we should be wanting?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11630456.post-1141164776149270802006-02-28T17:12:00.000-05:002006-02-28T17:12:00.000-05:00Well, sure but remember that the Manhattan Project...Well, sure but remember that the Manhattan Project in additoin to giving us lots of nice spin-off technology did create the bomb and having the bomb in our lives really has made things worse overall.. WE'll have to seeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990204805709725942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11630456.post-1141082857952056912006-02-27T18:27:00.000-05:002006-02-27T18:27:00.000-05:00interesting post on a couple of different levels. ...interesting post on a couple of different levels. First off I work in a University lab that is developing autonomous robots using funds from the DoD, our robots are being developed under the guise of medic-bot (robots to assist medics and first responders), but its clear that you could strap bombs to any of these things that we build that can fly autonomously (no pilot, not even someone controlling it remotely) in near earth environments (ie city streets, buildings and caves, since predator is limited to flying at very high altitudes). Ultimately I view this type of research akin to that of the atomic bomb, where its end goal is to develop such weapons as to prevent war in the first place and also to spin off technologies that will improve peoples lives (though I'm not sure how well the autonomous vacuum cleaners and lawn mowers are working out, I'm confident something positive will come out of this).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com