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Tech NewsElon Musk Shares Painfully Obvious Idea About the Difficulty of Self-Driving Cars
Elon Musk, one of the wealthiest people on the planet, sent a tweet Thursday night about the real problem with self-driving cars. And as you can probably guess by now, it’s one of those things that sounds profound until you stop to think about it for three seconds. That’s more or less Musk’s brand at … Continued
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Tech NewsApparently the Pentagon Is Thinking of Giving Jetpacks a Try
If you need further proof that we are living in a literal science fiction movie right now, look no further than the fact that the U.S. Defense Department is thinking about strapping jetpacks onto its special forces cadres. Well, actually the term they are using is “portable personal air mobility system,” but you get the … Continued
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Tech NewsU.S. Navy Documents Discuss Creating a ‘Spacetime Modification Weapon’
The U.S. Department of Defense spent close to half a million dollars—at least $466,810—on fringe science research, in the hopes of someday creating an aircraft that bends the laws of physics. That news comes via a new report from the War Zone, which recently acquired DoD documents from a public records request as part of … Continued
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Tech NewsU.S. Troops Asked About Using ‘Heat Ray’ Weapon Against Protesters, According to Whistleblower
Federal troops in Washington, D.C. considered using high-tech weapons, including sound cannons and so-called “heat rays,” against protesters outside the White House in June, according to sworn testimony from a whistleblower with the D.C. National Guard. The new evidence was obtained by both NPR and the Washington Post late Wednesday, and it’s just one more … Continued
By Matt Novak
