Archive for the ‘The Future of War’ Category

THE DRIEST PLACE ON EARTH

Monday, March 16th, 2009

One of the themes of Sleep Dealer is the impending water crisis, and likely ‘Water Wars.’ As water becomes more and more scarce, and the ‘free market’ is used to parce out the remaining supplies, bizarre, and nightmarish consequences are sure to await.

Our incredible post-production supervisor, Jess Levin sent along this article about the nightmare coming true…

Check the slideshow out - it’s all true, but looks a lot like our science fiction.

DRONE VS. DRONE?

Monday, March 16th, 2009

An interesting article here — now it’s not only the U.S. that is using drones. Apparentely, Iran is also launching drones, and the U.S. is taking them out. Could the future of war be drone versus drone? Robot versus robot?

Check out the article.

Attack of the Killer Robots

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

From Spiegel Online ”The US Army’s latest recruits are 1 meter (about 3 feet) tall, wear desert camouflage and are armed with black M249 machine guns. They also move on caterpillar tracks and — thanks to five camera eyes — can even see in the dark.”

Read More: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,500140,00.html