The Soldier is the Network

Roland Piquepaille writes "This article from InfoWorld says that "in the battle of the future, the helmet becomes a data retrieval device." It describes a scenario where soldiers are equipped with sensors and other networking equipment. "Each person is a network with routing capability to everyone else," says Peter Marcotullio, director of development at SRI International. This technology should be available in five years for the military, which probably means that we'll become networks ourselves ten years from now. Check this column for a summary. Please note that this article is part of a special report called "From the battlefield to the enterprise" which looks at why some key technologies -- deployed on a massive scale in Afghanistan and Iraq -- may hold promise for corporate IT."

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Scary

[CausticWindow]

Whatever will they cook up next? Bullets that "think for themselves"? People put far too much trust into "AI" and "computer controlled". If you knew how difficult it is to something so mundane as getting a robot to walk.. this seems ludicrous.

Have you ever read the warnings that come with the x86 assembly books from Intel? "Do not use for lifesupport systems" etc. etc. There you have it from the horses mouth.

I'm glad that I'm a pacifist, so I don't have to face these on the battlefield any time soon.

Re:Scary

[CausticWindow]

That's just the reason I'm registered as an atheist, smartass.