Google == Cyberdyne?

[drolfson]

Anyone else wonder what Google plans to do with the military Robots they are buying? http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ec7ee5f2-65ad-11e3-8451-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2nfFfn1VQ[^] That BigDog one has looked scary to me for years. Now it's gonna come down my street, knock on the door and 'ask' to take pictures in my house I'll bet. Anyone have a method of keeping 'critters' off my property? Lasers maybe? :-D

[Yuriy Loginov]

drolfson wrote:

Anyone have a method of keeping 'critters' off my property?

Ask John Connor

[Pete OHanlon]

Well, that link keeps taking me to a "pay" bit. I'm not signing up just to see one story.

[Yuriy Loginov]

why Google bought robot maker Boston dynamics

[mikepwilson]

At this point they just need to drop the pretense and change their name to 'The Company'

[Lost User]

This buyout (Boston Dynamics) is only the latest in a string of robotics companies that Google has acquired.

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[DaveAuld]

I just watched a segment on Ch4 news about it, and they said Google has bought 7 companies in this field over the last 7 months :omg:

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[Christopher Duncan]

EMP. :)

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[Lost User]

With the first one or two I figured it was just billionaires buying cool toys - after all, whats cooler than robots? But now its a concerted effort - there must be an endgame. :suss: :~

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington

[virang_21]

drolfson wrote:

Anyone else wonder what Google plans to do with the military Robots they are buying?

Of course they are building Terminator !!!! :rolleyes:

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[Roger Wright]

Lasers won't work, and take too much power. Build a large Tesla coil in each corner of the yard, triggered by a cheap motion sensor from the hardware store.

Will Rogers never met me.

[SockPuppeteer]

Alternatively, just don't clear the yard[^] ;) Animated Gif SFW

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[Simon ORiordan from UK]

Automatic Australian BAR Rifle from WW2; fires kinda slow, but the shells are big and you could probably have a great time blasting chunks off the robot. Or else somebody needs to build an EMP grenade. :laugh:

[Fred Flams]

Well I guess that's evolution: freakin' shark with laser beams attached to their head --> killer dolphins --> RobotDog --> OCP / Cyberdyne.... sounds logical and goddamn freaky, but we are all living in the matrix or a dragon's dream anyway... we missed the "Steve Austin" step though...

[Clumpco]

Perhaps they have been watching Almost Human?

[Jecc]

drolfson wrote:

That BigDog one has looked scary to me for years.

Even more so since it's been weaponized ^.

[BobJanova]

You probably wouldn't want to set an EMP off in your own garden considering the number of unshielded electronic devices you likely rely on ...

[Simon ORiordan from UK]

:^) This is true. How about an EMP gun then? Like in Sky Captain? :-D

[brinkerville]

Microwave bursts from your house will protect you from the critters. All you need is an old kitchen microwave and a metal cone. At the same time, they will also protect your garden from the chucks and other natural vermin as well. I wonder what micro waves will do to zombies?

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