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Rapid Fire 04/11/06

* NASA's slamming new moon mission

* This robot hunts bombs

* This bomb has less bang

* This glue is too strong

* Troubled first flight for space plane

* Marines get new radios

* SIGINT gets reorg?

* Telepathic typewriter

* For sale: vampire-slaying kit

* Hand grenade oil lamp

* Skype vs. NSA

(Big ups: RC, EG, HLSWatch)

Comments

I've been waiting for the "telepathic typewriter" for a while: The first step on the mind machine interface.

For starters, this has interesting applications for the Land Warrior guys (or whatever the hell it's called now...part of FCS umbrella?) The original game plan was a small LCD square on the eye with a keyboard, but with this gizmo it should make things rather interesting. Maybe we can call in airstrikes on GPS coord squares with it.

If anything, it brings back vague memories of the fire support call-in system used in Hammer's Slammers, but that's just me.

Posted by: Charles at April 12, 2006 1:10 AM

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