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Mar 14 2007, 02:36 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 295 Joined: 10-July 05 Member No.: 7,492 |
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.03/bemore.html
Looks like we'll be able to thank DARPA for a number of cyber- and bio-ware, like expanded digestion. They even got one of their chief researchers to the point where he did 1,000 pullups on his 60th birthday. That's freaking awesome. |
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Mar 14 2007, 02:54 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,102 Joined: 23-March 04 From: The Grizzly Grunion, in a VIP room. Member No.: 6,191 |
<joygasm>
For THAT, I'd have re-enlisted. |
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Mar 14 2007, 03:30 AM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
Transcranial magnetic stimulation to counter fatigue.
Somehow, speed sounds safer. |
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Mar 14 2007, 04:43 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 993 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 313 |
Caught this earlier, toys for tots. How do we give it stats?
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Mar 14 2007, 05:29 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
The Power Glove II - Not from Nintendo, from DARPA
That's awesome stuff |
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Mar 14 2007, 05:51 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
GIMMEGIMMEGIMME
Dude, if it progresses at the current pace, this shit'll outpace SR4 by 2030. |
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Mar 14 2007, 06:04 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
No shit.
If game designers could anticipate disruptive technology, they almost certainly wouldn't be game designers. (However, before anyone waxes eloquent on "wonders beyond our imagination", please note: still no moon colony, still no flying car. We both exceed and fall vastly short of expectations all the time.) ~J |
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Mar 14 2007, 06:16 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
I still believe flying cars will never happen. Even if they can be mass produced, there's no way they'd be available to the public. Imagine how much worst a car accident could be.
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Mar 14 2007, 07:19 AM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
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Mar 14 2007, 12:59 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,066 Joined: 5-February 03 Member No.: 4,017 |
It'll actually be far tamer. First, there'll be a whole lot fewer deer running into the roads. Second, there are two entirely new directions to dodge into (up and down). Third, when two airborne vehicles collide, they typically do not swerve and skid a little creating a hazard for all other vehicles on the same road, they typically perform some grusome combination of bouncing and folding then continue traveling with some air resistance and a lot of gravity. Also, if you survive the initial crash (or if the onboard systems decide it's time), your ejection seat will fling you and an automatic parachute away from the impact to be recovered later. The only part where risk increases compared to ground based cars is the amount of collateral damage that can be generated when drunken idiots attempt to do stupid things. But I'm not even sure on that one. |
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Mar 14 2007, 01:30 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
I feel far safer with cars driving into my front yard than falling onto my roof, thank you.
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Mar 14 2007, 02:21 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 21-December 06 Member No.: 10,416 |
That's because those were high ideals. With these other things, we are talking about killing people better and faster. That's always popular so we'll being seeing this stuff developed. |
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Mar 14 2007, 02:22 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
That article is pretty interesting. I read it last night. The glove/muscle heat part was pretty fascinating.
And I don't consider any of that worth reenlisting for. ;) |
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Mar 14 2007, 03:42 PM
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Creating a god with his own hands Group: Members Posts: 1,405 Joined: 30-September 02 From: 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 Member No.: 3,364 |
it IS interesting, but I think that it's a combination of both heat and availible sugars.
they didn't say anything about long-term physiological effects, so I'm pretty sure going a length of time with one of those things without eating would fuck you up. |
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Mar 14 2007, 03:49 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Well, yeah. They've found a way to increase endurance, not repeal conservation of energy.
~J |
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Mar 14 2007, 04:01 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
Mandatory power bars every 30 minutes of use! :-)
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Mar 14 2007, 07:08 PM
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Man In The Machine Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,264 Joined: 26-February 02 From: I-495 S Member No.: 1,105 |
Wow... thats pretty cool stuff. Its that same effect you get by putting your feet in a cold pool in the summer. Plus the feel of cold bloody comming up your veins is something pretty freeky.
But think about the more mundane effects. You could slam a better workout into the same time frame. Hell, I might even be in shape with toys like that. |
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Mar 14 2007, 07:29 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 21-December 06 Member No.: 10,416 |
I remember doing that. Carrying a bag of ice across the forearms has the same effect. After a bit you can feel that cold blood heading for your heart and its quite a shock when it gets there. |
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Mar 14 2007, 09:53 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
A fun way of feeling that is to become dehydrated enough that you have to go to the clinic, and since you're a private at the time, the medic that does your IV thinks it'd be funny to give you the fluids cold.
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Mar 15 2007, 01:11 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
I know a short dumpy girl whom that was done to. Except that it was at a Phillipino private clinic in the FSM. It warms my heart to know that sadism is truly international. |
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Mar 15 2007, 04:16 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 238 Joined: 24-January 07 Member No.: 10,756 |
Now now, Thane, thats not entirely true. We could kill LOADS of people with a moon colony, we were just too short sighted to see how supremely dominant the first space based superpower would be. |
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Mar 15 2007, 05:13 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
shivering, dehydrated soldiers, represent. |
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Mar 15 2007, 05:40 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,174 Joined: 13-May 04 From: UCAS Member No.: 6,327 |
Think about the lawsuits/liability/insurance aspect. To have every joe schmoe able to get in a flying vehicle. No... oh gawd no. |
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Mar 15 2007, 05:48 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
I think it'll be limited to rich hobbyists and rich people with trained and licensed chauffeurs. There'll probably be a really harsh licensing process, and anything flown within city limits would have to go on autopilot.
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Mar 15 2007, 06:53 AM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
Supposedly, the skycar controls are going to be less Microsoft Flight Simulator and more Pilotwings 64. The highly simplified control scheme will greatly increase safety and reduce training requirements.
However, all things being equal, a personal automobile is far more likely to cause damage than a personal aircraft is, even if such aircraft become popular. It all comes down to the simple fact that the sky is big and wide and open while roads are tiny and narrow and often curved. |
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