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Pentagon-Nanotechnology goes to war

guardian.co.uk — The Pentagon is pioneering micro technology for just about every device, from 10g video cameras to tiny atomic clocks on a chip

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  • fragomatik, on 03/05/2009, -1/+17FTA: "The micro-cooler will chill a space of about four cubic centimetres down to 200 degrees below zero, using just 0.1 watts."

    Looking forward to seeing this technology in a future generation of CPU coolers :)
  • cyberdash, on 03/05/2009, -2/+15Makes the ipod nano like kinda lame.
  • inactive, on 03/05/2009, -5/+12Congratulations Pentagon...You're one step closer to the Robot Revolution ...or THE DEATH OF ALL HUMANS.
  • azureskies88, on 03/05/2009, -2/+9The iPod Nano makes the iPod Nano kinda lame.
  • Daithi1987, on 03/05/2009, -2/+7Sweet it'll be Metal Gear Solid in no time.
  • RealmDown, on 03/05/2009, -1/+5Better: It will fit on the bottom of an always cool beer mug !
  • PhantomPhoenix, on 03/06/2009, -0/+3Why is this in the Gaming category?
  • Galgum, on 03/05/2009, -1/+3It's SkyNET! Where's John Connor!?
  • mrfritz, on 03/05/2009, -0/+2Actually their lungs, binary solo!
  • BXRWXR, on 03/05/2009, -1/+3Even thought they're that small, do they still like to steal old people's medicine?
  • inactive, on 03/06/2009, -0/+2Groundskeeper Willie: I could ne'er have shot Burns. It's impossible for me to fire a pistol If you check me medical records, you'll see I have a crippling arthritis in me index fingers.
    [holds up his fingers, which are misshapen]
    Groundskeeper Willie: I got it from Space Invaders in 1977.
    Chief Wiggum: Oh yeah, that was a pretty addictive video game.
    Groundskeeper Willie: Video game?!
  • dicer999, on 03/05/2009, -2/+4Don't worry - we don't die. We get made into an energy source by the Sentinels.
  • johndavidjack, on 03/05/2009, -1/+3This is not what The Boss wanted...sigh...
  • yaosio, on 03/05/2009, -1/+3"Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel, accurately predicted that the cost of processing power would halve every two years" If they can't get what he actually predicted correctly, how can we believe anything else in the article?
  • nickert0n, on 03/05/2009, -1/+2Start saving your DP's.
  • craighoxton, on 03/08/2009, -0/+1"Get out of my bloody sightline!"
  • XGX606, on 03/05/2009, -1/+2If there is a war it will not be "Robots Vs. Humans" It will Be "Humans with kick ass robots vs. dumb people who are afraid of robots"
  • sipsyrup, on 03/06/2009, -0/+1I just started reading it; I'm pretty excited as I've heard great things.
  • Jektal, on 03/05/2009, -1/+2We used poisonous gases, and we poisoned their asses!
  • 8BitGaming, on 03/06/2009, -0/+1*syringes self*
  • iguanapunk, on 03/05/2009, -1/+1I'd like to see a nano war, obviously I'd need microscopic glasses but they're just in the concept phase at Oakley's.
  • inactive, on 03/05/2009, -1/+1KANEDA!!!
  • kronzdigg, on 03/05/2009, -1/+1it will soon.
  • g00dETH3R, on 03/05/2009, -2/+2Its fantastic to see all this new tech, however some day be used to kill and suppress people.
  • Jektal, on 03/05/2009, -1/+1Because the economy has really hurt the military's budget so far?
  • Metavised, on 03/05/2009, -1/+1A lot of military technology eventually makes it's way to civilian life. I look forward to seeing the extreme utility of nanotechnology in our near future.
  • LanceStevenson, on 03/06/2009, -1/+1Like this topic?
    'Prey' by Michael Crichton is pretty awesome.
  • truncheon, on 03/06/2009, -1/+1Forget Michael Crichton, Neal Stephenson is the shiznit. The Diamond Age is your roadmap to the nano-future.
  • KrustyTClown, on 03/06/2009, -1/+1Because Nano technology is used in Metal Gear Solid
  • inactive, on 03/05/2009, -5/+4There is not one mention of actual nanotechnology in the story. The only reference is in the headline.
  • AnonymousX, on 03/05/2009, -2/+1Nanomachines! And soon we will see real-life Solid Snake too.
  • nickert0n, on 03/05/2009, -3/+2Have we not learned anything from Guns of the Patriots?

    http://maail.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/metal-gea ...
  • cervantzt, on 03/06/2009, -2/+1The fact that this is a ".co.uk" doesn't worry anyone?

    Cause if anyone needs a diaper, it's the Pentagon.
  • inactive, on 03/05/2009, -2/+0tiny atomic clocks mean you can put them in gps devices and make them accurate to within like an inch.
  • inactive, on 03/05/2009, -2/+0Showing Now On Pay-Per-View, the battle for the Octogon..Ugh I mean the Pentagon.
  • oninbonin, on 03/05/2009, -3/+0Meh all we need now is some idiot religious nuts who know how to work this ***** and we're all ***** in the name of a fairytale.
  • jtrenton, on 03/05/2009, -4/+1All I can think about whenever I hear about nanotech, weaponized or not, is that Michael Crichton book, Prey. And then I pee my pants.
  • kronzdigg, on 03/05/2009, -4/+1as the economic collapse continues they will be lucky to deploy a coffee maker...
  • Aeomyr, on 03/05/2009, -4/+1Love you

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