Runaway

Yes, like the 1984 flick ‘Runaway’ starring Tom Selleck. The plot for that film was that small industrial ‘bots were running around killing people. Selleck’s character was assigned to a police unit that exterminated such wayward bots. Well folks the plot is coming true. At least the ‘bot piece is.

It may have seemed like just another improbable scene from a Hollywood sci-fi flick – Tom Cruise battling against an army of robotic spiders intent on hunting him down.

But the storyline from Minority Report may not be quite as far fetched as it sounds.

British defence giant BAE Systems is creating a series of tiny electronic spiders, insects and snakes that could become the eyes and ears of soldiers on the battlefield, helping to save thousands of lives.

Now part of the key to this ‘bot army will be wireless technologies — Wifi, UWB and others. The reason being that if you are going to send in a ‘bot you want to see the target and make assessment of next moves. Then possibly having identified the target use the ‘bot as the targeting sensor for an appropriately designed warhead.

The world, when I leave it, will be more like Star Wars than I ever could have imagined..

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