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Robotics Expert Daniel Wilson Says Earth is Unprepared for Alien Invasion

In his latest book, How to Build a Robot Army, robotics expert Daniel Wilson offers a humorous but scientifically-accurate account of how people would fight aliens, giant monsters, and more mundane enemies (like other humans) with robot armies. Unafraid to tackle science fictional questions with real science, Wilson is also the author of the award-winning How to Survive a Robot Uprising. We caught up with him over email, and asked him some burning questions about preparing Earth for alien attack, and which animals we should be engineering to be our new biotech weapons. Plus, we got him to answer, definitively, who would win in a fight between Giant Robot and Cloverfield. Check out our interview, below. More »

11:45 AM on Thu Feb 14 2008
By Annalee Newitz
2,866 views, 20 comments

Latest by awelfle: Jeez, now the aliens are going to KNOW we aren't ready for an attack, so they'll be sure to attack us now. Thanks a LOT, io9! more »

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Tips on Defending Earth Against Alien Invaders

You don't have to wonder anymore about what you'll do when the aliens attack. Nor do you have to make plans all by yourself to infuse your body with microbots that will give you superstrength to smash zombies. Robotics expert Daniel Wilson, author of Where's My Jetpack?, has just published a handy guide to the apocalypse called How to Build a Robot Army. This beautifully (and humorously) illustrated guide walks you through real state-of-the-art science to explain how "to keep a sexy FemBot ready for battle" and "how to slay Godzilla" (yes, you can repurpose that chapter to work with the Cloverfield monster). More »

2:35 PM on Wed Jan 23 2008
By Annalee Newitz
3,185 views, 16 comments

Latest by spudzill: Dogs however, are used to fight both. more »