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Medical Field Assistance for the Military
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:52 pm
by Alynna Lis Eachann
Well, they haven't taught it to patch people up yet, but I'm sure that's only a few years away, too.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6729745.stm
Not sure what's "reassuring" about a six-foot tall metal teddy bear, though, especially if you've just been shot.
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:07 pm
by I'm Murrin
Gary Gilbert, from the US Army's Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Centre in Frederick, Maryland, said that the teddy bear appearance was deliberate.
"A really important thing when you're dealing with casualties is trying to maintain that human touch."
Love the inadvertant irony.
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:05 pm
by aTOMiC
Holy crap. If this kind of technology is available as soon as 5 years can a romote piloted soldier be all that far away? You could have a team of geeks that kick butt at Half Life sitting in a room far from the battlefield mixing it up. Reminds me of Ender's Game or a droid army. Of course an unstoppable robot army could be turned against us, also by remote control Ah crap! There's always a catch.
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:53 am
by Avatar
Yeah, I was thinking of a droid army too. Wonderful. Now wholesale slaughter will become even more impersonal.
--A