The coolest and creepiest tech ever!

[brianquinn]

does Shirow Masamune now work in gov't technologies?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww&eurl=http://video.google.com/

imagine that sucker coming at you in the woods making that bug sound at full volume?

"Gaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!"

[M. Sean McManus]

well with the combat going on I could care less what it sounds like. The sucky thing about the mule is that it's hard to sneak up on someone with it following you.

On slightly related note, there is talk now in the planning stages, of deploying UAVs in literal swarms. How sick would that be? I freaking swarm of two foot robot helicopters coming over the ridge at face level... all firing mounted mini machine guns at you. You can't hide on this earth.

This is a 22 foot model being tested by the military right now:

concept art:
http://www.defensetech.org/images/army-uavs.jpg http://www.defensetech.org/images/army-fire-scout.jpg http://www.defensetech.org/images/navy-fire-scout.jpg

http://www.is.northropgrumman.com/systems/mq8bfirescout_navy_gallery.html

http://www.is.northropgrumman.com/systems/mq8bfirescout_army.html

[WillS]

That's awesome! Next up, Imperial walkers!