The future of drones: Pack mules and camera grenades

[DigitalBuddha]

The future of drones: Pack mules and camera grenades

We hear a lot about the technology, impact and ethics of drone strikes flown into Pakistan, but military technology is also moving into unmanned land-based drones and even submarines.

Among the technology being developed is robotic pack horses that can carry hundreds of kilograms of military kit and follow soldiers over any terrain, and hand grenade sized robots that can be thrown into Afghan compounds.

Not in Nam, of course - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19169023

OOPS - Nasa Morpheus lander crashes during moon mission test

A small Nasa lander being tested for missions to the moon and other destinations beyond Earth has crashed during a trial run at the Kennedy Space Center.

Bummer, man - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19205361

[rev-jaholbrook]

Some of these things may not come to light.  But some might.  There are some interesting things for sure.  I almost took a job working on unmanned aircraft after I left the air force.  But I realized I wanted to live more simply and I was done with that life.  I'm a lot happier.

[wozza]

Not a worthy adversary