Links for 20-04-2007
US Army unimpressed by battlefield tech, solar sails, the human superiority complex, yet more sinister advances in UK surveillance…
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1 – The Human Superiority Complex
“Let me just remark that reading no science fiction at all is definitely reading too little.” I couldn’t agree more … but then I’m pro-Singularity already.
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2 – Building Vast Solar Sails in Space
“Is this a method for making the kind of lightsail Robert Forward once analyzed as a way of getting payloads and human crews to nearby stars?” I don’t know, but I sure hope it is.
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3 – US Army’s New ‘Land Warrior’ Gear: Why Soldiers Don’t Like It
“It’s just a bunch of stuff we don’t use, taking the place of useful stuff like guns,” says Sgt. James Young [...] “It makes you a slower, heavier target.”
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4 – CCTV camera ‘tails’ suspects
“The camera can lock on to and track a single face from 500ft above, which can then be scanned and matched against a database of known criminals or terrorist suspects.” This country is f*cked up.
