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2011-05-01
Got this via email from a friend. It's obviously advertising for further funding to develop the technology.



Don'tcha love it when good-old American Know-How promises to re-define the meaning of the phrase "Bringing a knife to a gunfight"?

Posted by:Ptah

#7  ....Take THAT, twelfth century Jihadi scum. :D

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2011-05-01 18:14  

#6  Besoeker if I may. I quote Annoymoose "that would be telling".

Marvelous idea but knockoffs could certainly be developed. Future is going to be portable and smaller. I hope they don't give computers independent actions and personalities. With my luck for example we would have a paranoid depressed schizo.
Posted by: Dale   2011-05-01 15:22  

#5  Besoeker - what continent are you in with the crowd around the laptop?
Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division   2011-05-01 14:15  

#4  A version w/ an uncooled infrared detector for night or camouflaged use or for increased contrast during daytime.
Posted by: Zebulon Thranter9685   2011-05-01 14:15  

#3  This could change everything if done right.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2011-05-01 13:40  

#2  Viewed for the 4th time with a 1LT, SFC, two SP4's, and contractor hovering over my laptop. Numerous enthusiastic expletives!!!!

I think we have winner.
Posted by: Besoeker   2011-05-01 11:02  

#1  Kamikaze drones. I was dreasming about something similar 10 years ago - air-launched 'swarms' of micro-drones that would self-destruct with micro-munitions into individuals.
Posted by: Glenmore   2011-05-01 10:37  

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