We are used to hearing drones spoken of in military terms but how would you like to see one flying about to bring you home some supplies? Experts have been discussing the future of drones at the TEDGlobal conferences and it seems that these machines could offer us far more possible uses in the future. Another interesting statistic which came out of the debate is the...
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If you saw a giant robotic dog throwing breeze blocks around the place you would get pretty scared, wouldn’t you? Well, you better stay away from the research centre and testing grounds of Boston Dynamics then. One of the robots they are developing looks kind of like a dog and is quite big, so they cleverly named it BigDog. The development of the device has been backed...
The History of Technology and War The story about how one of the famous Tunny code breaking machines had been brought back to life got us thinking about the role technology has played in war throughout the ages. Many highly respected scientists and inventors have gone along with the idea that producing bigger and better arms will mean fewer wars. While this theory remains...