Guest Morgan Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532492,00.html?test=latestnews A horrifying apocalypse begins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boo Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 and it's steam punk watmm loves steam punk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triachus Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 possible Most IDM Thing 2010 contest runner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adjective Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 that's one of the saddest headlines in recent memory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr Salads Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Robotic Technology Inc.'s Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot — that's right, "EATR" Oh god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlisuite Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 seriously this is seriously going to seriously far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsaicin Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 hoyl fuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 not steam punk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 277: 930-933 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 It's not like it was specifically designed to eat dead people. The article says it feeds on biomass, that can be loads of things. People should take care of their dead anyway, all kinds of nasty diseases come from piles of rotting corpses, so it's more like the robot is doing the local population a favor by picking up their slack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boo Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 not steam punk. it's steam powered, it's a robot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 277: 930-933 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 The robot's not punk as long as it doesn't rebel against its parents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 not steam punk. it's steam powered, it's a robot lol i didn't read the article, just the picture didn't look very steam punk. consider me corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba69 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Thats awesome. I think there must have been a thread on this a few months ago(or somewhere else), because I definatly remember reading about EATR. I don't remember them mentioning the dead body thing though, just the biomass generality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joshier Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 There was an article about a clock that eats flies, however it's inefficient and oil is used because it is a good power source. If they wanted a better power source they would use solar energy or something. The clock was never self powered because the energy from 'consuming' dead flies was so little. EDIT; it does use solar energy too, however automobile companies are going to spend more money on generating electricity from solar or other electric means than these guys so I think that tech will come from them, not the military (this time). http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/carnivorous-clock-eats-bugs-counts-down-to-doomsday/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wall Bird Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Great. Now the war machines can eat the planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 possible Most IDM Thing 2010 contest runner hhahahahaaaaahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theSun Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 chainsaw = awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JohnTqs Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 i have one of these, gets my dungeon proper clean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Inevitable, and a good idea. Get over it, meat-based prudes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ezkerraldean Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 fucking amazing/terrifying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 maybe it can eat land mines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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essines Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 ZOMBIE ROBOTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 ZOMBOTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 It occurred to me just now that a military robot that ate the living would probably be more useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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