As pointed out in the original article, there is no reason to believe the bad guys wouldn’t get their hands on this sort of technology too.
My wife wants these systems to take out the noisy Canada Geese crapping all over our pond front
I have yet to see any DIY platforms with suitable hardpoints.
A motion detector hooked up to turn a sprinkler on and off or perhaps a web cam and a remote controlled paintball gun.
It’s all fun and games until they decide that humans are a threat. Where’s John Conner? We’re seeing the prototypes for the hunter-killers.
There’s also this:
He went on to describe a variety of ways that drones could alter warfare. Unmanned drones have allowed the American military to use fewer and fewer ground forces during combat. But today’s military drones have many shortcomings—they can only operate from very high up, they can only spy or kill, and they frequently kill civilians.
Perhaps he’s never heard of the Raven. You can see it in the movie “Act of Valor” (highly recommended, BTW). Reportedly, it has the ability to serve as a target designator for laser guided munitions. It might also be able to provide precise GPS coordinates for GPS guided weapons but I have not confirmed that.
This is the kind of thing they would use CGI for in a movie and it would look completely fake because they would leave out the wobbles.
Anyone else reminded of Space Invaders or Galaxian?
I for one welcome our new robotic overlords…
I actually think this one is more game changing….
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=69f_1304308604
As pointed out in the original article, there is no reason to believe the bad guys wouldn’t get their hands on this sort of technology too.
My wife wants these systems to take out the noisy Canada Geese crapping all over our pond front
I have yet to see any DIY platforms with suitable hardpoints.
A motion detector hooked up to turn a sprinkler on and off or perhaps a web cam and a remote controlled paintball gun.
It’s all fun and games until they decide that humans are a threat. Where’s John Conner? We’re seeing the prototypes for the hunter-killers.
There’s also this:
He went on to describe a variety of ways that drones could alter warfare. Unmanned drones have allowed the American military to use fewer and fewer ground forces during combat. But today’s military drones have many shortcomings—they can only operate from very high up, they can only spy or kill, and they frequently kill civilians.
Perhaps he’s never heard of the Raven. You can see it in the movie “Act of Valor” (highly recommended, BTW). Reportedly, it has the ability to serve as a target designator for laser guided munitions. It might also be able to provide precise GPS coordinates for GPS guided weapons but I have not confirmed that.
This is the kind of thing they would use CGI for in a movie and it would look completely fake because they would leave out the wobbles.
Anyone else reminded of Space Invaders or Galaxian?