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post Mar 14 2007, 02:36 AM
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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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post Mar 14 2007, 02:54 AM
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For THAT, I'd have re-enlisted.
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post Mar 14 2007, 03:30 AM
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation to counter fatigue.

Somehow, speed sounds safer.
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post Mar 14 2007, 04:43 AM
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Caught this earlier, toys for tots. How do we give it stats?
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post Mar 14 2007, 05:29 AM
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The Power Glove II - Not from Nintendo, from DARPA

That's awesome stuff
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post Mar 14 2007, 05:51 AM
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GIMMEGIMMEGIMME

Dude, if it progresses at the current pace, this shit'll outpace SR4 by 2030.
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post Mar 14 2007, 06:04 AM
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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.)

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post Mar 14 2007, 06:16 AM
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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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post Mar 14 2007, 07:19 AM
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post Mar 14 2007, 12:59 PM
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Imagine how much worst a car accident could be.

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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post Mar 14 2007, 01:30 PM
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I feel far safer with cars driving into my front yard than falling onto my roof, thank you.
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post Mar 14 2007, 02:21 PM
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(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.)

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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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post Mar 14 2007, 02:22 PM
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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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post Mar 14 2007, 03:42 PM
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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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post Mar 14 2007, 03:49 PM
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Well, yeah. They've found a way to increase endurance, not repeal conservation of energy.

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post Mar 14 2007, 04:01 PM
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Mandatory power bars every 30 minutes of use! :-)
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post Mar 14 2007, 07:08 PM
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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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post Mar 14 2007, 07:29 PM
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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.


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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post Mar 14 2007, 09:53 PM
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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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post Mar 15 2007, 01:11 AM
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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.

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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post Mar 15 2007, 04:16 AM
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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.


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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post Mar 15 2007, 05:13 AM
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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.

shivering, dehydrated soldiers, represent.
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post Mar 15 2007, 05:40 AM
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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.

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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post Mar 15 2007, 05:48 AM
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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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post Mar 15 2007, 06:53 AM
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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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