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2006-05-17 Science & Technology

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Posted by Steve 2006-05-17 18:13|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 You'd need troops of high caliber.

Posted by 6 2006-05-17 19:13|| 2006-05-17 19:13|| Front Page Top

#2 And yes, Armored Segway Brigade would be a damn fine name for a band.

Posted by 6 2006-05-17 19:14|| 2006-05-17 19:14|| Front Page Top

#3 *cough*helicopter*cough*

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-05-17 19:38|| 2006-05-17 19:38|| Front Page Top

#4 They don't seem to have considered in as much depth what happens once gravity takes over.

HAW HAW HAW! Them smarty-pants scientific fellers sure are dumb! Forgive me for raining on your humor parade, Mr. Journalism Major, but at the top of the trajectory, your vertical velocity component is zero. This means the fall is more like jumping down from the apex of your trajectory to the roof. Not the entire five storey drop the article implies.

As an aside, people aren't the only thing you could launch. iRobot makes some rugged suitcase sized Packbots. I've seen a demo vid where one was tossed thru a window, caromed off a wall and bounced a couple times on the floor. It then deployed itself and headed off down some stairs sending video back to its controller, shotgun at the ready.

Posted by SteveS 2006-05-17 19:44|| 2006-05-17 19:44|| Front Page Top

#5 reminds me of a Super Dave stunt LOL

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-05-17 20:11|| 2006-05-17 20:11|| Front Page Top

#6 D *** It, how can America do this when the world, or at least PRAVDA-MSM, say the Russians and North Koreans are the ones that invented everything!?

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-05-17 22:49|| 2006-05-17 22:49|| Front Page Top

#7 Is that a man-cannon in your pants or are you just happy to see me?

Posted by ed 2006-05-17 23:46|| 2006-05-17 23:46|| Front Page Top

#8 LOL @ everybody. LOL.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-05-17 23:55|| 2006-05-17 23:55|| Front Page Top

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