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more about #predator more comments → Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Looks like that guy used the wrong end of his body to sit on his super heated 140 degree chair. more » Rejexted: My favorite part of this post is the pictures more » :negated:: I feel sorry for that motorcycle: it went from zero to "tacky piece of shit" almost instantly. more » GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga: Looks like they took you advice Adam! It looks like a post instead of a motorcycle! But seriously. You are one ugly mother-fucker! more » Kaiser-Machead: The biggest hurdle of all is batteries. No matter how elaborate you make a machine, it will always be limited by its power source. more » RoboBagins: what about spider tanks? I want autonomous robot insect tanks! And tank killing autonomous robot wasps! And Giant CRAB BATTLE! more » OmniZero: Yeah Johnny 5 from Short Circuit! Robots have no chance of revolting as long as there is no A.I. As soon as you implement that, you're done for. They'... more » Kaiser-Machead: So basically, we're talking about animatronic avatars of the modern soldier? Sounds nifty, but sounds goofifyingly expensive. Why bother with robo-ava... more » Pessimippopotamus: As long as there will be a Summer Glau bot on the way, it's all good. more » Nick: stealthy? pffft. i can see it right there. more » speaknspell23: Finally, I thought we would never have a better and faster way of violating another nations sovereignty. Turns out I was wrong. Predator Drones 2 - T... more » Krrong: Any bets on what the controllers for this puppy are? XBox 360, PS3 or Wii Mote? more » BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: I stand corrected. "the Avenger uses a Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545B powerplant capable of delivering 400 knots (740km/h) at 60,000 feet. " more » BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: Can't be too 'stealthy' with a jet engine unless it flies at 40,000 ft and has telescoping lenses. more » FredicvsMaximvs: Why is that computer so hairy? Maybe if it used less hairspray it wouldn't catch on fire so much. more » -
#predator
Super-Realistic Predator Motorcycle Will Definitely Cause Some Accidents
How'd you like to see this coming up behind you in the rearview mirror? It's a motorcycle built by Pitstop Motors that's covered in skulls and topped with a horrifying Predator head. If only it could turn invisible! More » -
#manvsmachine
Five Reasons Why Humanoid Robots Will Someday Fight Our Wars
Robots are officially on the battlefield—UAVs like the Predator and Reaper patrol the skies while militarized bomb-disposal robots like the Talon detonate explosives on the ground. But where are the humanoids? Roboticist and author Daniel H. Wilson makes the case for a humanoid robot army. More » -
#airplanes
Predator C Avenger Revealed, Now Kills Kills Faster Faster
These are the first images of the stealthy Predator C Avenger in flight. With a 66-foot wingspan, the latest and deadliest Unmanned Aerial Vehicle yet can fly for 20 hours powered by its jet engine. More » -
#fire
Acer Predator Desktop Gaming Units Recalled For Minor House Burning Issue
About 215 of Acer's ASG7200 and ASG7700 units were just recalled by the consumer product safety commission because their internal wiring could get "bent or stripped", causing them to overheat and create a "burn hazard." More » -
#golf
Argon Laser Putter Delivers Birdies With Predator-Like Efficiency
If the Predator were a golfer, he'd hunt his prey—the pin, in this case—with this tri-laser equipped putter. More » -
#steampunk
Steampunk Predator Stands Guard Over Junk Shop
Officially we are sick to death of steampunk, but we are willing to make an exception for a Predator with the skull of his alien adversary stuck to his spear. Currently the 8-foot statue stands guard outside of a London junk shop as a means of luring customers in to buy useless old crap. Whether it is successful in that endeavor is unclear, but the owners of the junk shop are not so attached that they are unwilling to sell it off to the highest bidder. Unfortunately, that bidder will have to pony up at least 5000 British pounds to take it home. That's about $9200 to us Yanks. More » -
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#gaming
Acer Goes for High-End Gamers With Predator PC
With its sassy orange and black body, the Predator is Acer's riposte to HP's Voodoo and Dell's XPS and Alienware lines. Running an Intel Quad-Core processor, the desktop PC also has liquid cooling, a Blu-ray Disc drive and four swappable SATA disk drives, and uses Nvidia's SLI graphics technology. Full stats below the gallery. More » -
#letired
Predator Pilots Are Most Fatigued Military Flight Crews
According to a just-released Navy research paper, pilots of the MQ-1 Predator unmanned air vehicles are the most fatigued crews in the military, which seriously affects job performance, operational safety and family relationships. The most worrying thing is the reasons why and the lack of a clear solution: More » -
#rcwar
U.S to Deploy an Entire Squadron of Unmanned Aerial Drones in Iraqistan
The U.S. has commissioned an squadron of General Atomics' MQ-9 Reaper drones like the one above, shown at Creech Air Force Base. The Reaper will do more than surveillance, carrying up to 14 satellite-guided Hellfire missiles that can cause some serious damage. Click for a super-high resolution version of the Reaper showing all its naughty bits. More »
