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more about #futurewar more comments → GreyHammer: i still dont get the draw to halo. it was a generic story with slow unresponsive combat and a slew of uninteresting weapons.... more » Westender: Please, no Spielberg. He's lost his touch. Not to mention, this is R movie material. i just don't see him doing this any justice at all. Still cro... more » Bress Tess Iz: Speilberg is the worst i hope that y'all like pork, cause speilberg is about to ham it up this shit will be soo corny more » Sheikums: I hope they use Garland's script. more » TemporalSword: Look, I hate to be the pessimist, but the story, while good enough for a video game, doesn't really have much to translate well to a movie, no A-list ... more » PBV: Directed by Michael Bay. more » I_Like_Bunnies: Prediction: This movie will blow but make $500 mil worldwide and spawn countless sequels and spinoffs. I know. I went out on a limb. One (seemingly) g... more » cbarreto: The problem with the use of robots is that, as they're attacking defenseless humans, it makes legit to counter strike in full power. Just imagine Paki... more » corpore-metal: Someone correct me if I'm wrong but isn't it standard military practice to remove a soldier's empathy for the enemy or at least control it? If they em... more » twDarkflame: If humans had the 3 laws of robotics the world would be a much better place. Rephrased, of course; "Though action or inaction a sentient lifeform must... more » NefariousNewt: I think his all-too-literal interpretation of the Three Laws of Robotics makes some of his arguments nonsensical. While it's true that they were writt... more » NerD: Blattella: I really need to get this book. He's referenced so many things just in this interview that set the hair on the back of my neck up. more » Meirelle: Shit, they look like transformers from a Bay movie. more » lightninglouie: Looking at these pix, all of a sudden I hear that "armies moving into position" music from the Godzilla movies of the '60s... more » omgwtflolbbqbye: North Korea is still in the top 5 places I want to visit before I die. I really want to experience the same delusional Disneyland/Jurassic Park tour o... more » -
#halo
Halo Movie Maybe A Go, Thanks To Spielberg
Is GI Joe writer Stuart Beattie's dream project about to come true, courtesy of a big-name benefactor? That's the rumor going around town right now. Are you ready for Steven Spielberg's Halo? More » -
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The 3 Laws May Not Be Enough To Guide Robot Warriors
What does the Pentagon think about a possible robot uprising? Is Star Trek's view of combat realistic? We asked P.W. Singer, senior fellow at the Brookings Institute and author of Wired for War.
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#futurewar
The Jagged Silhouettes Of Korean Missiles
Missile replicas look menacingly barbed, at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul. North Korea will fire a satellite into space next month, but observers suspect the launch'll actually test missile technology. More images below. More » -
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Japanese Military Continues Its Quest to Make Gundam Real
Since late last year, the Japanese military has been working on projects aimed at "realizing" Gundam, the mobile armor suit that is both combat exoskeleton and A.I. in several popular anime and manga series. Just yesterday, the Defense Ministry of Techinical Research and Development Institute in Japan rolled out these new tanks, whose high-tech specs don't make it sentient armor exactly but certainly fit the bill of "smart tank." Want to see a strangely incongruous image of one of these tanks crunching its way out of a festive-looking tent in the suburbs? More » -
