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Can ‘Manhacks’ Be Far Behind?

Posted Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 at 5:43 am

The Register recently had an interesting report on new, tiny helicopter survelliance drones. It looks like Skynet is developing eyes and ears.

 

Thumbnail of a 'manhack' robot from the game Half-Life 2.

Image of a 'manhack' robot from the game Half-Life 2.

 

In this case though, Skynet isn’t the only thing that comes to mind. When I watched the above movie with the sound turned off, my brain supplied the distinctive buzzing noise of “manhacks” from Half-Life 2. For the uninitiated, manhacks are flying Skilsaws that travel in swarms.

I, for one, welcome our new flying robotic circular saw overlords.

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