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laser tag, navy style: us navy wants a 100 kilowatt laser weapon for its warships

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The Office of Naval Research – not to be confused with the Office of Navel Research, a pet project of the previous president – recently awarded defense contractor Raytheon a year-long contract to develop laz0rb33mz. No seriously, the US Navy wants to have a 100-kilowatt Free Electron Laser as a weapon that will be installed…

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June 19th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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g.i. joe 2.0: america’s war bots

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I think the best advantage in sending robots instead of humans to armed conflicts is simply the fact that robots are not human. Robots don’t have feelings or families, so no one gets hurt if a robot goes down, not even its fellow robots. Robots are not alive, which means they can’t die.
Brainz showcased…

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June 19th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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