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Upcoming Military Robot Could Feed on Dead Bodies
Fox News ^
| 7/14/09
Posted on 07/14/2009 2:06:06 PM PDT by Kartographer
Robotic Technology Inc.
EATR robots roam a barren landscape as an unmanned drone flies overhead in an artist's rendering. EATR robots roam a barren landscape as an unmanned drone flies overhead in an artist's rendering. It could be a combination of 19th-century mechanics, 21st-century technology — and a 20th-century horror movie.
A Maryland company under contract to the Pentagon is working on a steam-powered robot that would fuel itself by gobbling up whatever organic material it can find — grass, wood, old furniture, even dead bodies.
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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: bodies; military; militaryrobots; robot; soylentgreen
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I still have chills running up and down my spine from reading this!
To: Kartographer
Outstanding. I propose we call it the Zombie.
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posted on
07/14/2009 2:08:08 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: Kartographer
Just wait until Sky-Net is activated.
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posted on
07/14/2009 2:08:36 PM PDT
by
usurper
(Spelling or grammatical errors in this post can be attributed to the LA City School System)
To: Kartographer
So it runs on voting liberals?
To: Kartographer
To: RichInOC
Sounds good, if they ate their own we could call them Democrats!
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posted on
07/14/2009 2:09:24 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
...fuel itself by gobbling up whatever organic material it can find — grass, wood, old furniture, even dead bodies.No thanks...sounds like my relatives that visit over Christmas.
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posted on
07/14/2009 2:09:29 PM PDT
by
IrishPennant
(RLT = Radical Left Terrorism...feel it????)
To: Kartographer
The scenario becomes real interesting when they are built and programmed to self replicate using organic matter.
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posted on
07/14/2009 2:09:40 PM PDT
by
mnehring
To: Kartographer
Ah, overtones of SOYLENT GREEN — one of my favorite Charlton Heston movies...
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posted on
07/14/2009 2:10:12 PM PDT
by
EagleUSA
To: Kartographer
Why do the bodies have to be dead? Aren’t live bodies organic enough for it?
Double-chill!
To: Kartographer
To: usurper
Have you ever thought maybe Obama is ‘Sky-Net’?
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posted on
07/14/2009 2:10:48 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
humans are now batteries for these robots
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posted on
07/14/2009 2:11:00 PM PDT
by
4rcane
To: Kartographer
Can I feed it my teenaged neighbors?
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Maybe they could build in a safety sensor which would scan for brain activity before it start cutting the bodies up for fuel, that way they be sure to get all the Democrats!
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posted on
07/14/2009 2:13:58 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
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posted on
07/14/2009 2:14:27 PM PDT
by
Bobalu
(If life was fair it would be the horse's turn to ride.)
To: Kartographer
These robots will be deployed outside the biohazard disposal hatch of Obama-care hospitals, hooked up to the local power grid.
Sustainable, eco-friendly energy?
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posted on
07/14/2009 2:14:27 PM PDT
by
DTogo
(High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
To: Kartographer
And I presume they’ll register them as Democrats?
BTW, tell our guys not to fall asleep in that battlefield.
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posted on
07/14/2009 2:15:36 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(_Resident of the United States and Kenya's favorite son, Baraaaack Hussein Obamaaaa...)
To: Kartographer
Have you ever thought maybe Obama is ‘Sky-Net’?
I usually think of him as a cross between Jim Jones and Chavez. Hadn't considered sky net.
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posted on
07/14/2009 2:15:48 PM PDT
by
Mount Athos
(A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
How about my worthless liberal yankee, loudmouth, arrogant, bitter, aged hippies that live next door?
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posted on
07/14/2009 2:16:19 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre)
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