Thinking about the possibilities of micro-UAVs

January 29, 2009, 5:28 pm

Wired’s Danger Room points out a blue-sky video produced by the Air Force Research Laboratory (hosted by the Chicago Tribune). The video points out that micro-UAVs not only have reconnaissance abilities, but offensive capability as well. This fulfills the “precision application of force at a distance” in my previous post.

The sticking point, in […]

January 29th, 2009 | Category: Technology | Leave a comment

Delivering precision force at a distance

January 28, 2009, 6:15 pm

Some years ago, when my job involved intrusion detection and surveillance of very high value items, I recall a conversation with my boss who said we also needed a method of delivering just the right amount of force very precisely over a considerable distance. We couldn’t achieve that, for both technical and political reasons. Now, […]

January 28th, 2009 | Category: Technology | Leave a comment
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