Electronic Gadgets For The Evil Genius

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Electronic Gadgets For The Evil Genius

Post by Mozy bonz » Wed Oct 12, 2005 4:21 pm

Build Your Own Laser, Phaser, Ion Ray Gun and Other Working Space Age Projects
Author: Robert E. Iannini, Robert Iannini
Release Date: 01 November, 1983


"Serious Electronics
This book teaches practical,
hands-on experience with some exciting
science projects that you aren't likely to
encounter elsewhere.
The ultrasonic listener extends the sense of
hearing to the realm of sounds above 20kHz.

The low-power one-transistor fm radio
transmitter is a useful tool to have in
your bag of tricks; it can be built on an
hour's notice, and for under $1.

It is an educational and worthwhile book.

That's the good news.

Now for a word of caution: :shock:

What I'm suggesting here is that you approach
the projects in this great book with wisdom and
an ability to think vigorously and persistently.

On one hand, If you mangage to complete and operate
all this book's projects, including adjustment of the
high-voltage supply of the cutting CO2 laser, and still
have not qualified for a postumous Darwin Award, then you
have demonstrated you are either a bizzarrely lucky fool
or a master technician who has the iron will to stay
alive by sticking to impeccable safety procedures.

And before you make your own homemade EMP generator,
consider that, at the time Mr. Ianinni wrote
this wonderous book, the electronic landscape
was much less involved, without the so many
co$tly thing$ like cell phone$ and PDA$ in it.
The radius of de$truction could lead irate
villagers (now reduced to a technological level of
torches and pitchforks) directly to your laboratory.

At least one of the devices i.e taser, have gotten
negative legislative attention since the book was
first published.

Ok; so now you know some of these projects
are genuinely hazardous.
Take care. Pay attention. Get old.
Keep one hand in your pocket."Quote Wi-Fi Alliance

I have had the the book for a long time...... now where is that book :twisted: .

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Post by can't sit still » Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:17 pm

You can lookat my copy.
http://www.amazing1.com/
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Post by robotland » Thu Oct 13, 2005 6:09 am

And if you successfully complete the Transmuter, the Bigheads from Metaluna will come for you. Mind the mutants- They can pinch REALLY HARD.
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Post by Mozy bonz » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:12 am

hey that is where i got my book ....they did not have a web site then.
i have still have the tesla coil. thanks for the link. Parts!!! ya


successfully complete the Transmuter!??
like this one
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Zone Transmuter

or this one.
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or was this it.

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back to the lab.........

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Post by robotland » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:34 am

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Post by can't sit still » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:59 am

I read that whole essay about burying nuclear waste. It's tough to speculate about the future. One thing that stands out is the author's attitudes. He mentions having to field phone calls about ridiculous ideas. He names "getting free energy from the universe" [paraphrased] as an example.
The earth is surrounded and permeated with a magnetic field. It's no stretch of the immagination to envision the day when we tap into the earth's magnetic potential. Maxwell. Tesla, Bearden and Bedini, et al have proved that it exists and that we only have to figure out the science.
The author demonstrates shortsightedness in his views of deep time.



Snazzy looking boots!!

I built a Tesla coil when I was 11. I hand wound the coils and built my own glass-plaste capacitor. It arced over..primary to secondary and I was bummed. Then I built an arc light just using 120 v.a.c. , a salt water vat and carbon electrodes scrounged from the old WWll searchlights. That was the first time that I burned my eyes. I was bummed.
Then, when I was 13, I started putting match heads in pipe bombs. I later discovered perchlorates. I was happy.
All that whiz-bang stuff is pretty neat. I want to go to Winterblast one of these days. It's a pyrotechnicians convention in Lake Havasu.

I was told that current experiments with very high powered chemical LASERs mounted in aircraft are having unexpected problems. It seems that "photon pressure" is pushing the aircraft and causing guidance and aiming problems. Photons supposedly don't have mass.
I would definitly be happy to have a LASER powerful enough to have "kick" from photon pressure. :mrgreen:
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Post by can't sit still » Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:19 pm

Do it yourself trouble.
http://www.powerlabs.org/railgun.htm

http://www.spudtech.com/
I finally got my spud gun dialed in and was ready to put condoms? of gasoline down the barrel. My intuition kicked in and I retired it. I stared making an aluminum gun, but didn't quite finish it.

I read a site on making nitrogen triiodide. They said to use your middle fingers to hold the stirer. That way if it went off, you would still have opposible digits. :mrgreen:
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Post by robotland » Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:03 am

Let's have a nice conversation, while you guys can still type.

Didja see the see-through spud gun in MAKE magazine? Must look real pretty when it goes off.

I did a lot of the let's-blow-shit-up stuff when I was a kid, and still enjoy melting the crap outta stuff....But an encounter with a blackpowder fireball really changed my outlook on explosives in general. Thankfully, the only tangible reminder that I carry is a weird spot of rough hide on my thumb and index finger.
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Post by can't sit still » Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:47 am

Fortunately, chemical reactions follow physical laws. I bought several books on the chemistry of explosives. I had a good idea of what to stay away from.
You can't let yourself get stupid,,,,even once. I was having great fun shaking the ground with bags of ox-acetyelene. I was aware that bags can generate static electricity, but I didn't think about it. well,,,,,,, I got a reminder.
I also bought good quality fuse. When I turned cannons, I always made the wall at least equal to the bore.
The safest way is small batches.
Did you see on the rail-gun site they mentioned that each of the capacitors had 8 times the electric potential that was needed to kill you.
I wonder what kind of potential they use for the "Superman" ride at Magic Mountain? I believe that it works on the same principle as a rail-gun.
Why are dangerous things so much fun??
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Post by can't sit still » Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:57 am

[quote="can't sit still"]Fortunately, chemical reactions follow physical laws. I bought several books on the chemistry of explosives. I had a good idea of what to stay away from.
You can't let yourself get stupid,,,,even once. I was having great fun shaking the ground with bags of ox-acetyelene. I was aware that bags can generate static electricity, but I didn't think about it. well,,,,,,, I got a reminder.
I also bought good quality fuse. When I turned cannons, I always made the wall at least equal to the bore.
The safest way is small batches.
Did you see on the rail-gun site they mentioned that each of the capacitors had 8 times the electric potential that was needed to kill you.
I wonder what kind of potential they use for the "Superman" ride at Magic Mountain? I believe that it works on the same principle as a rail-gun.
Why are dangerous things so much fun??[/quote]

I got sidetracked[common] Here's what I wanted to leave.
http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/acme.html
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Post by robotland » Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:26 am

Here's their corporate headquarters!

http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=Acme,+MI

Michigan has EVERYTHING...You can pass through COLON, go to HELL or PARADISE, or reach CLIMAX by a short drive.
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Post by Mozy bonz » Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:11 pm

Wow you guys blow me away.
i had to stop 20 years ago some of the things i was doing got the FBI looking at things that we where doing back then (hello boys talking to the FBI) i learned about nitrogen+ ....well you know.... when I was very small. later we played With White Phosphors they looked like sticks of chalk. untill they hit the air. its great for lighting things that are not easy too light like magnesium and other things.
where we did most every thing they had a blast permit. so setting things off was ok.

rail gun..... we found this was fun .... if you take a three phase motor
and take out the armature hook it up and put a or some ball bearing in side and turn it on the motor will start spinning it at the same rpm the motor was. just look out when you shut it off....... can't aim it.
we had the thoughts to make a rail gun but moved off on to other things.

we put a 3 phase motor in a vw worked great! untill you hit the end of the cord. i am not kidding ..........in testing we had to pull the plug just before the end.

my mother has cancer and has taken a bad turn no web there
so is may be far and few between before i can come back here.

I still have all of my fingers :twisted:

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Post by can't sit still » Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:11 pm

Mozy Bonz wrote;
"my mother has cancer and has taken a bad turn no web there
so is may be far and few between before i can come back here."

Been there. My mom had a morphine pump for about a month. She was ready and it wasn't sad. All 9 kids were there when she slipped away and it was very peaceful. She went through the whole thing at home so it wasn't impersonal. It's a natural thing so no one felt sorry for her. We just felt a little sorry for ourselves.
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Post by Mozy bonz » Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:45 pm

can't sit still wrote;
Been there. My mom had a morphine pump for about a month. She was ready and it wasn't sad. All 9 kids were there when she slipped away and it was very peaceful. She went through the whole thing at home so it wasn't impersonal. It's a natural thing so no one felt sorry for her. We just felt a little sorry for ourselves.


thanks

she beat it 20 yeas ago
new type this time... and i am not sad ...I just need to be there ....and it's just life and you deal with it.


Live life as an exclamation, not an explanation. :D

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Post by can't sit still » Sat Oct 15, 2005 2:54 pm

Mozy, if you're looking for a little reading material, here's some. http://www.priore-cancer.com/
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Post by can't sit still » Sun Oct 16, 2005 7:32 pm

Here's a couple of electronic gadgets.
"At the time, Robert Peary was making his second attempt to reach the North Pole. Cryptically, Tesla had notified the expedition that he would be trying to contact them somehow. They were to report to him the details of anything unusual they might witness on the open tundra. On the evening of June 30, accompanied by his associate George Scherff atop Wardenclyffe tower, Tesla aimed his death ray across the Atlantic towards the arctic, to a spot which he calculated was west of the Peary expedition.

Tesla switched on the device. At first, it was hard to tell if it was even working. Its extremity emitted a dim light that was barely visible. Then an owl flew from its perch on the tower's pinnacle, soaring into the path of the beam. The bird disintegrated instantly.

That concluded the test. Tesla watched the newspapers and sent telegrams to Peary in hopes of confirming the death ray's effectiveness. Nothing turned up. Tesla was ready to admit failure when news came of a strange event in Siberia.

On June 30, a massive explosion had devastated Tunguska, a remote area in the Siberian wilderness. Five hundred thousand acres of land had been instantly destroyed. Equivalent to ten to fifteen megatons of TNT, the Tunguska incident is the most powerful explosion to have occurred in human history -- not even subsequent thermonuclear detonations have surpassed it. The explosion was audible from 620 miles away. Scientists believe it was caused by either a meteorite or a fragment of a comet, although no obvious impact site or mineral remnants of such an object were ever found.

Nikola Tesla had a different explanation. It was plain that his death ray had overshot its intended target and destroyed Tunguska. He was thankful beyond measure that the explosion had - miraculously - killed no one. Tesla dismantled the death ray at once, deeming it too dangerous to remain in existence."


source http://www.galisteo.com/tunguska/bbs/messages/110.html



"Accordingly, as soon as his new superweapons were deployed and ready, Khrushchev did that "something dramatic." On April 10, 1963 he destroyed the U.S.S. Thresher with one of his new weapons. Scalar EM (electrogravitational) beams, focused through the ocean to interfere on the Thresher under the surface, recreated spurious EM energy in the sub's electrical control circuits, jamming them so that the sub lost control, sank to crush depth, and imploded. Spurious electromagnetic "splatter" surrounding the immediate vicinity of the targeted area left a signature of intense EM interference with multiple systems and multiple frequencies of the U.S.S. Skylark, surface companion of the Thresher. This anomalous EM interference was so virulent that it required over 1-1/ 2 hours for the Skylark to transmit an emergency message back to headquarters that the sub had been lost.**** The death of the Thresher was Khrushchev's first blow.

**** Some electronic systems mysteriously malfunctioned, then later completely recovered spontaneously. This again is clearly a scalar EM weapon signature."

http://www.cheniere.org/books/analysis/history.htm
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Post by robotland » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:37 am

And that's why Russia rules the world to this day....Or would have, if the scalar EM device hadn't been in Kruschev's suit jacket when it went to the cleaners....It was never seen again.
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Post by Kinetic IV » Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:20 am

It was never seen again.
Perhaps it didn't need to be seen again. I looked at those links with a healthy dose of skepticism....and I found some interesting concindences in there that ties in with stories I've read about and some stories I heard first hand from a former TWA pilot who flew into the Middle East a lot.

Also the observations about the Vela satellite incidents got my attention...the link presents a new twist or theory that I never considered...the current belief of a South African nuclear test suddenly becomes questionable.....

It's interesting to say the least.
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Post by robotland » Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:53 am

I'm actually surprised that more nuclear tomfoolery doesn't go on....The technology's pretty available. Scary.
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Post by can't sit still » Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:31 am

More well-known tomfollery.

Do terrorists really have nukes?

There are over 200 documented cases of persons attempting to purchase special nuclear material (stuff to make nuclear bombs) or tactical nuclear weapons on the black market. There are over 100 "suitcase bombs" missing from the Soviet nuclear inventory.

The former head of Soviet National Security, Alexander Lebed testified to that fact before congress. He stated that the devices measure approximately 24" x 16" x 8" and can be set off by an individual in less than 30 minutes, producing a 1 kilo ton yield.

The fission bomb detonated over Hiroshima had an explosive blast equivalent to 12,500 tons of TNT. A 1 megaton hydrogen bomb, hypothetically detonated on the earth's surface, has about 80 times the blast power of that 1945 explosion.

Such a device, set off in New York Harbor would produce a 15 to 20 foot wave that would destroy New York City.

Other sources have confirmed that the number of suitcase bombs missing from the Soviet inventory is correct.

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Post by Mozy bonz » Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:55 am

TESLA was prolific in opening up vast new empires of knowledge. He showered his discoveries on the world at such a rapid rate and in such a nonchalant manner that he seems to have benumbed the minds of the scientists of his age. He was too busy to spend time developing the technical or commercial applications of each new discovery--there were too many other new and important revelations within his vision that must be brought to light. Discoveries were not happenstance events to him. He visualized them far in advance of their unfolding in the laboratory.(Quote..Prodigal Genius. the life of Nikola Tesla)


The French ship Iena blew up in 1907. Electrical experts were
sought by the press for an explanation. Many thought the explosion
was caused by an electrical spark and the discussion was about the
origin of the ignition.

Lee De Forest, inventor of the Audion vacuum tube adopted by many
radio broadcasters, pointed out that Nikola Tesla had experimented
with a "dirigible torpedo" capable of delivering such destructive
power to a ship through remote control.

He noted, though, Tesla also claimed that the same technology used
for remotely controlling vehicles also could project an electrical
wave of "sufficient intensity to cause a spark in a ship's magazine
and explode it."
(Nikola Tesla's Long Range Weapon)



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Post by can't sit still » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:40 am

To all you sceptics out there; you're right, there is a lot of BS pushed off as science. Perpetual motion machines have been around for centuries. The prospect of fame and fortune has brought a lot of crackpots to the front.
The problem nowdays is that new developments are not very open to observation. I can look at a Babbage machine and see the process. If I look at a motherboard, I see static pieces. The same is true comparing an oven to induction heating.
How many people have seen a prion or a molecule or a virus for that matter?
Every year that goes by, we have a larger and larger part of our "world" that hasn't been directly observed personally. How many of us have actually seen the north pole?
We can't possibly observe the vast majority of what we consider to be fact.
Out of necessity we rely on others to relay their observations to us. When enough people have weighed in on a subject, we tend to accept it.
If the subject flies in the face of logic, we resist much longer. We wait for a saturation point before we believe something. Reaching a saturation point doesn't necessarily prove that something is true. I think most religion proves that.
Our belief has no effect on a fact. Everyone knew that Copernicus was wrong. Lacking personal observation, belief becomes primarily a personal decision.
All one can hope to do is to keep searching for and presenting evidence on a given topic until it is proved or disproved.
The debate goes on, hopefully logically without recourse to anger and slander.
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Post by Mozy bonz » Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:15 am

power to a ship through remote control

now that is just crazy

remote control smart bombs capable of delivering such destructive force.

the next thing you will say ....... is that people will fly in space and walk on the moon. :wink:

oh wait ................. :oops:

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Post by Badger » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:20 pm

There are over 200 documented cases of persons attempting to purchase special nuclear material (stuff to make nuclear bombs) or tactical nuclear weapons on the black market.
A credible number - even if you throw 'casual inquires' into that number set.
There are over 100 "suitcase bombs" missing from the Soviet nuclear inventory.
Cites please.
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Post by Mozy bonz » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:10 pm

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is this guy a burner?
if not.... he should be.
http://tesladownunder.com/index.html

hey a rail gun :D

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Post by can't sit still » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:59 pm

Hi Badger, howzit goin? If you search "suitcase nukes" + missing + "state department" you get about 450. This site seems to have the best overview.
http://www.nti.org/db/nisprofs/over/lebedlg.htm
Obviously the Russians aren't going to cop to it. I haven't seen one yet on Ebay so you have to judge for yourself. On another site the US military concedes the existence of Nuclear munitions. The Ruskies deny even that. The Russian army is decepit. If you search "russian army" + alcoholism you get over 46,000 pages. They sell their guns for booze.

The claim is that the baby nukes were strictly a KGB item and weren't included in the nuke asset list. Supposedly the Chechens stole them and sold a few to the arabs. Those who know aren't talking. I've spoken to former members of the Russian army. They told me that Chechens weren't segregated in the Army. When Russia got tough with Chechnya, The army may have had nationalist fractures. That could provide a scenario for Chechens forming a cabal to steal weapons to defend the homeland.
It's happened before. That bonehead, Indira Ghandi had Sikhs for personal guards. Then she went and blew up the Golden Temple, the sikh's holiest shrine. Her personal guards snuffed her for stupidity. They put their nationalism and religion ahead of loyalty.
There's no difinitive proof about the baby nukes.
I'm inclined to believe anything bad about the KGB. They were fanatics who answerwed to almost no one.
The Gov wants us to feel secure so I don't expect them to come forward.
The matter was thoroughly aired out a few years ago and I haven't heard anything new lately. The Russians did mention that such weapons would be expensive to maintain. Maybe they're kaput.
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Post by geekster » Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:01 pm

I keep hearing that number of suitcase bombs being "missing" bandied about but I never hear of any credible source for it other than someone quoting someone else.

A project that could be really useful is something to generate a magnetic field to replace our rapidly eroding magnetic field on Earth.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcript ... netic.html

Not only has the Earth's magnetic field lost 10% of it's strength in the last 300 years, but the pace at which it is weakening is increasing. There is ample reason to suspect that we are headed for a magnetic pole reversal but how long the field will be weak varies. It could be 10 years, it could be 10,000 years. The South Atlantic Anomaly is growing and getting stronger. It is a prime candidate location for a new magnetic north pole but there might be several of them.

What is causing it? Who knows but I am sure that America is to blame somehow and if we just spend enough money on <insert cause here> we can reverse it. In fact, you will notice that the weakening of the Earth's magnetic field seems to correlate with imigration to North America. Yeah, that's the ticket! Now I have to tie it all in to the Republicans in general and better, the Bush administration in particular. Oh, I know ... they KNOW this is happening but they are not spending one nickel on the problem! Somebody DO something! I think we should get a few million dollar grant to do magnetic field studies in the Nevada desert every year for the next 10 years.

I saw the Evil Genius book at Barnes and Noble today. But the ones I found most interesting were a couple of books in the same section that have descriptions of just about any kind of mechanical machine function ever developed. Both were more expensive than what I wanted to spend. One was a large single volume, about the size of a college text book for $85.00 and the other was a 5 volume set for $125. They were both amazing to thumb through, though.
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Post by can't sit still » Tue Oct 18, 2005 12:42 am

Hey Bonz, I found a pretty cool pic. It's not as energetic as tesla's biggest, but it's impressive. http://www.menzelphoto.com/gallery/big/lightning2.htm Can you post it?

Tesla made 110 ft. sparks. in Colorado springs.
I'm looking at Wimshurst machines and Van de Graf generators. The Wimshurst would be great for BRC. You don't need electricity.
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Post by robotland » Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:16 am

Here comes some MORE light reading...

http://www.botmag.com/
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Post by can't sit still » Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:52 am

The ingenuity of the battle-bot people is really amazing. So far most robots need to be directed. They're slowly making progress though.This project looks really cool. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/pr ... ility.html

When the military does a follow-up on this project, they can develop land-based vehicles to do the dirty work without risking drivers.
http://news.com.com/Driverless+robots+r ... 91793.html

That will fit in nicely with the Air Force idea of using drones like the Predator to save pilots.

I've always thought that the military was behind the development of video games. You have so many bombs and missles. You need to protect yourself while doing virtual battle. We've trained and auditioned every kid in this country to conduct RPV warfare.
The next war will see Gen. Schwartskof commanding 10,000 high school nerds with joysticks.
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