July 11, 2008

Hail to our new overlords

Categorie: Tech — Tags: , , , , , — fraehnk, 4:17 pm

Tufts University has received federal funding to develop chemical robots that will be able to squeeze into spaces as tiny as 1 centimeter, then morph into something 10 times larger, and ultimately biodegrade. The “chembots” could access urban environments, tunnels, caves and debris fields, and carry out other risky operations in complex environments.

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July 7, 2008

Crowd-Controlling MEDUSA Ray Gun Puts Voices Inside Your Head

Categorie: Tech — Tags: , , , , — fraehnk, 6:18 pm

The Sierra Nevada Corporation claimed this week that it is ready to begin production on the MEDUSA, a damned scary ray gun that uses the “microwave audio effect” to implant sounds and perhaps even specific messages inside people’s heads.
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