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Old 07-14-2009, 04:42 PM   Topic Starter
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Upcoming Military Robot Could Feed on Dead Bodies
It could be a combination of 19th-century mechanics, 21st-century technology — and a 20th-century horror movie.
A Maryland company under contract to the Pentagon is working on a steam-powered robot that would fuel itself by gobbling up whatever organic material it can find — grass, wood, old furniture, even dead bodies.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,...0:b26413028:z0

The advantages to the military are that the robot would be extremely flexible in fuel sources and could roam on its own for months, even years, without having to be refueled or serviced.
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Old 07-14-2009, 04:54 PM   #2
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That really would have changed the ending of Christmas Vacation and Weekend at Bernie's....
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Old 07-14-2009, 04:57 PM   #3
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That really would have changed the ending of Christmas Vacation and Weekend at Bernie's....
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Old 07-14-2009, 04:58 PM   #4
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So, ah, aren't live bodies organic material too?
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Old 07-14-2009, 05:03 PM   #5
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So, ah, aren't live bodies organic material too?
That is what I was thinking ... badly wounded, incapable of fending of a robot intent upon "refueling" on your still sensitive parts ... ouch.
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Old 07-15-2009, 04:30 AM   #6
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That is what I was thinking ... badly wounded, incapable of fending of a robot intent upon "refueling" on your still sensitive parts ... ouch.
So we can build war machines that gulp up any organic material around (sounds like a bad idea already) but we can't build a ****ing economic electric ****ing car?

I smell a ra-....ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzt! AH! I mean I'm voicing the combustable part of my soul screaming out to how much of a shitbag idea this is...
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Old 07-14-2009, 05:09 PM   #7
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So, ah, aren't live bodies organic material too?
I assume the "live" part would crap out at some point during the eating process.
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Old 07-14-2009, 09:18 PM   #8
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I assume the "live" part would crap out at some point during the eating process.


Seriously though, these science guys need to take just a little, baby step back from the idea of feeding dead bodies to their new robots. Think about this for just a second, science guys ... you are feeding dead bodies to your robots.

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Old 07-14-2009, 09:23 PM   #9
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Seriously though, these science guys need to take just a little, baby step back from the idea of feeding dead bodies to their new robots. Think about this for just a second, science guys ... you are feeding dead bodies to your robots.

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Not meaning to be insensitve, but you might be able to save enough on burials to actually pay for the robots.
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Not meaning to be insensitve, but you might be able to save enough on burials to actually pay for the robots.
Please forgive me if I've misunderstood here, Mr. Rain Man ... but are you suggesting that we ask the bereaved something like ... "Mrs. Jones, I know this is a very difficult time, very difficult indeed. But we need to make some plans. Take your time. Now, would you prefer mausoleum interment for your husband, cremation, or would you prefer him to be eaten by robots?"

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So, ah, aren't live bodies organic material too?
Only if they're not fast enough.
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the robot would be extremely flexible in fuel sources and could roam on its own for months, even years, without having to be refueled or serviced
Yeah...I can hardly see anything that could possibly go wrong with that.
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Seriously, though, just because something can be made, doesn't always mean it should be made.
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Seriously, though, just because something can be made, doesn't always mean it should be made.
How else are we going to know if it can be done unless we actually do it?
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