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Animals Recruited for War
Since the dawn of time, men's creativity when it comes to hurting other men has known no bounds, and his fellow beasts have, on occasion, been called into this service. This has taken many different forms over the years. Elephants, dogs and dolphins have all been drafted to fight in mankind's various squabbles...
Continue reading...Aussie Military brought in to Kill Kangaroos
Monday, May 19, 2008
Image from t3rmin4t0r The Australian military has begun a program to cull back a population of Eastern Gray Kangaroos outside of Canberra because of overpopulation, causing significant damage to the environment. At least 20 have already been killed, and a total of 400 will be exterminated [...]
Continue reading...Military Creates Cyborg Insect Spies
Thursday, March 6, 2008
In the movies, cyborgs are almost always evil. After creating insect spies, scientists plan to invent the “fanborg”: half human, half robot, all nerd. Image by Bruno Girin Generally they use their superior robot strength and intelligence to destroy us puny weaklings until a plucky flesh-and-blood human comes along [...]
Continue reading...Bush and Navy Lose High Court Appeal Over Sonar Use
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Recently, President Bush had attempted to use his power to exempt the Navy from laws partially restricting the use of sonar on the California coast. A naval sonar operator on the USS Conquest in the late 80s The restrictions were meant to protect marine mammals in the area after [...]
Continue reading...Ten Years Until Autonomous Robot Soldiers and Terrorist Robobombs
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Deadly robots hold a special place in the heart of pop culture consumers. A Special Weapons Observation Remote Direct-Action System (SWORDS) robot. Even in some of their earliest appearances in the pulp novels of the 20th century, robots were often treated as evil killing machines. Decades of research into [...]
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Monday, September 28, 2009
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