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Israeli Institute Plans Battlefield Medevac UAVs

You may think someone over in Israel's Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies had been watching one too many episodes of The Jetsons, but no... this is a real project. It looks like an Israeli consortium, led by the Fisher Institute, is attempting to put together the world's first unpiloted battlefield resupply and evacuation aircraft, dubbed "MedUAV." And as the strangely 1960s sci-fi concept drawing shows, it could take the form of a ducted-fan VTOL air car. More »

12:20 PM on Tue May 20 2008
By Kit Eaton
6,426 views, 18 comments

Latest by GadgetPlay: Antisemitism...ON THE MARCH! more »

robots

Israeli Military Guardian Vehicle is Like the Batmobile Without Batman Driving

Other than taking obvious influences from the Tumbler from Batman Begins, this Israeli Guardium unmanned patrol shares more in common with the iRobot PackBot than Batman's roof-hopping car. The Guardium can either be self-controlled or steered by an operator miles away, and is loaded with cameras, night-vision sensors and machine guns. Unlike the PackBot, which demands that a human be in the loop at all times, the Guardium can be autonomous if the need arises. Let's just hope its programming is really, really good and it doesn't go off killing because it thought it saw a ghost. [Fox News via NewLaunches]

5:00 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Jason Chen
6,921 views, 42 comments

Latest by iTheophilus: @Rabid Penguin: Erm, see here, that just isn't right now. I say this as someone who has visited Israel, liked the country and the people, and absolutely believe in its right to exist. I also agree that people in more »

robots

Israeli Military Wants to Build Artificially Intelligent Missile Defense System, a.k.a. Skynet

If news of the Israeli military developing a robotic defense system that's completely AI and human-independent doesn't scare you, you haven't watched as many Terminator movies as we have. Their system, which defends against attacks that would "exceed physiological limits of human command," is described thusly. More »

3:31 PM on Tue Jan 22 2008
By Jason Chen
9,788 views, 66 comments

cellphones

Live in Israel, Get Free Cell Service

Israeli Orange customers who happen to be using 3G phones will be able to rid themselves of pesky bills by simply watching a few commercials. The program will either offer partial discounts or a complete discount of the monthly bill depending on how many ads are actually watched. Possibly bombarded with ads for free or cheap cell service? Yay or nay, what do you think? More »

4:08 PM on Fri Mar 24 2006
By Travis Hudson
618 views, 13 comments