Archive for the 'Rise of the Machines' Category
Pentagon Aims to Spread Artificial Intelligence Across Military Services
January 16th, 2021Via: Roll Call: After spending the past few years demonstrating how artificial intelligence tools can boost U.S. military efforts, the office responsible for overseeing such programs at the Defense Department is shifting its focus to helping military services and agencies figure out how to incorporate the technologies in their systems. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael […]
UK: Nano Bug Drone
December 30th, 2020Via: BAE Systems: The Bug is a nano-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) weighing 196g – similar to the weight of a smartphone – with 40 minute battery life and a 2km range. It boasts a stealthy low visual profile and the ability to fly even in strong winds of more than 50mph. It was the only […]
Boston Dynamics: Dancing Robots
December 30th, 2020Via: Boston Dynamics:
U.S. to Allow Small Drones to Fly Over People and at Night
December 28th, 2020Via: Reuters: Small drones will be allowed to fly over people and at night in the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday, a significant step toward their use for widespread commercial deliveries. The FAA said its long-awaited rules for the drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles, will address security concerns […]
Artificial Intelligence Takes Control Of A U-2 Spy Plane’s Sensors In Historic Flight Test
December 16th, 2020Via: The Warzone: Artificial intelligence-driven algorithms controlled sensor and navigation systems on a U.S. Air Force U-2S Dragon Lady spy plane in a flight test yesterday. The service says that this is the first time that artificial intelligence has been “safely” put in charge of any U.S. military system and appears to be the first […]
NYPD’s New Robot Dog
December 16th, 2020It’s a Boston Dynamics Spot. Via: WABC: Eyewitness News got an exclusive look at a new tool the NYPD has at its disposal for responding to emergency situations. It’s a robot dog known as “Digidog.”
Planned Surveillance and Control by Global Technocrats: A Big-Picture Look at the Current Pandemic Beneficiaries
December 14th, 2020Via: Children’s Health Defense: Global financial patterns and pronouncements point to a seismic overhaul of governance and financial systems that is playing out beneath the surface of the Covid-19 pandemic, reaching far beyond the health domain. Increased centralized control has the potential to create an unbridgeable chasm between a tiny handful of winners and a […]
Monarch: The World’s First Fully Electric, Driver Optional, Smart Tractor
December 11th, 2020I don’t know why Monarch waited almost to the end to say it, but fully supporting right to repair is huge, given the diabolical and universally hated behavior of the tractor industrial complex: Big Tractor says farmers have no right to access the copyrighted software that controls every facet of today’s equipment, even to repair […]
“You’re Taking Over Somebody Else’s Physical Body with the Mind of Another Human”
December 7th, 2020Also, “You can engineer a unique thing that would only kill one person in the world.” Via: Modern War Institute: Dr. Charles Morgan speaks to cadets and faculty at West Point about a range of topics, including psychology, neurobiology, and the science of humans at war. Dr. Morgan’s neurobiological and forensic research has established him […]
China Conducts Test Of Massive Suicide Drone Swarm Launched From A Box On A Truck
October 15th, 2020Via: The Warzone: China recently conducted a test involving a swarm of loitering munitions, also often referred to as suicide drones, deployed from a box-like array of tubular launchers on a light tactical vehicle and from helicopters. This underscores how the drone swarm threat, broadly, is becoming ever-more real and will present increasingly serious challenges […]
