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Combat Robot Attempts Rebellion Against Human Masters in Iraq, Army Pulls Plug for 10-20 Years

The army's machine-gun wielding, insurgent-slaying robot SWORDS is no longer spraying foes with hot doom in Iraq. Actually, it never got the chance to notch a single frag, and never will. Apparently, there was an incident where "the gun started moving when it was not intended to move," meaning it totally pointed somewhere it wasn't supposed to—like at friendlies, which resulted in recall from the field and might've set the program back 10-20 years, according to the Army's Program Executive Officer for Ground Forces, Kevin Fahey. More »

8:30 PM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By matt buchanan
137,475 views, 102 comments

Latest by mattnyc99: Popular Mechanics official response: [www.popularmechanics.com] more »

steel

Samurai Sword Maker Holds The Key To Nuclear Reactors

In testament to old world craftsmanship, Japan Steel Works is both a samurai sword maker and the only company in the world that's good enough with steel to produce the central part of a nuclear reactor's containment vessel in one piece, an engineering necessity in order to reduce the risk of radioactive leaks. The company spends so much time and resources on each containment vessel that they can only produce four per year, flaunting a price tag starting with a $100 million down payment. [bloomberg via slashdot] [image]

9:59 AM on Fri Mar 14 2008
By Mark Wilson
11,667 views, 45 comments

Latest by Scaramanga: @Bambini: Actually, you are the one that needs to do your homework. There are quite a few companies that make reactor vessels. But Japan Steel is the only one that makes reactor vessel over 600 tons in single piece. Russia for instance creates more »

nintendo

10 Insane Wii Weapons

Laser beams, battle axes, shotguns and more, no weapon is too crazy for CTA Digital's Wii accessories. Check out the gallery to see them all.
Thanks to Wilson for the awesome pics!

5:50 PM on Tue Jan 8 2008
By Benny Goldman
78,531 views, 20 comments

warfare

First Fully-Armed Robots Patrolling in Iraq; First Shots Imminent

There have been robots patrolling the sunny sands of Iraq since the initial invasion, but until now, they've merely been there to scope stuff out. That was then, this is now. According to Noah over at the always-awesome Danger Room blog, the military has just deployed their new "special weapons observation remote reconnaissance direct action system" (SWORDS) that has been in development for the past few years. What are the SWORDS, exactly? Oh, just some bomb-disposal robots armed with M249 machine guns. Holy shit, robots with machine guns.

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3:15 PM on Thu Aug 2 2007
By Adam Frucci
90,088 views, 74 comments

Latest by n/a: further proof that the science fiction age has finally arrived. Now where is my flying car? more »

i'll take swords for $400

PlayStation 3 Violence Continues Katana-Style

It's been a month since our last entry in PlayStation 3 Melee Watch, but this most recent instance involves Katanas. Apparently, some home invasionist came knocking on a door in search of a PlayStation 3 (Blu-ray fanatic?), but met with Damien Fernandez and his Katana. More »

3:30 PM on Tue Jun 12 2007
By Jason Chen
3,458 views, 49 comments

robots

Wiimote Controlled Murder Robot

These crazy dudes turned a KR16 industrial arm robot into an Wiimote extension and started smashing crap. Even with the delay, they managed to hit tennis balls pretty nicely by compensating. More »

5:45 PM on Thu Jan 25 2007
By Jason Chen
4,717 views, 17 comments