Monthly Archives: January 2009
Unkillable Modular Robot
1 CommentsJanuary 31, 2009 – 8:41 pm
Cool, Very Cool.
0 CommentsJanuary 30, 2009 – 7:41 pm
Time for some awesome. When we here at Electric Spectre think about Antartica it usually conjures up images of Kurt Russel fighting shape shifting aliens. This time we have some kick ass time lapse video of the cold continent in all its glory. Looks nice there. I should go.
Shoot To Kill!
0 CommentsJanuary 29, 2009 – 10:10 pm
We don’t fuck around in Britain when it coms to aliens.
RAF pilots have tried to BLAST UFOs out of the sky under a top secret Government directive, it was claimed last night.
Nick Pope — who worked on the Ministry of Defence’s UFO desk for three years — revealed the rules of engagement for the first time.
He claimed RAF pilots had fired at UFOs on several occasions — but failed to bring them down.
He added: “We know of cases where the order has been given to shoot down — with little effect to the UFO.”
We’ll get the blighters next time.
LINK (The Sun)
Remote Contolled Rhino Beetle
0 CommentsJanuary 28, 2009 – 9:03 pm
DARPA are at it again. This time our favourite architects of military weird are funding quite successful research to remotely control a rhinoceros beetle.
Researchers at the university controlled the movement of beetle wings and some other parts using radio signals sent to the six electrodes on its brain and muscles. They equipped the beetle with a module incorporating a circuit to send signals to the electrodes, wireless circuit, microcontroller and battery. The university has so far succeeded in several experiments of electrically controlling insects, but it used a radio control system this time.
For what purpose does the university conduct such a research? Considering the fact that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the US is funding the research, it may be intended for military purposes.
Commenting on this point, the university said that the technology can be utilized for peaceful purposes as well. In fact, the radio-controlled beetle can be useful in places that are too narrow or dangerous for a human to enter and for many other purposes.
I’m doubting there will be peaceful purposes involved. I’m expecting weaponized scorpions and spiders going into combat situations controlled by an army of griefers. Horrible
LINK (Tech On)
It Will Not Die
0 CommentsJanuary 28, 2009 – 8:29 pm
Forget cockroaches surviving a nuclear blast, the planet’s new overlords once we’ve killed ourselves in some way on another, is the jellyfish. That is, unless they are planning on taking out humanity themselves. They have a pretty good advantage over us. Immortality.
The Turritopsis Nutricula is able to revert back to a juvenile form once it mates after becoming sexually mature.
Marine biologists say the jellyfish numbers are rocketing because they need not die.
Dr Maria Miglietta of the Smithsonian Tropical Marine Institute said: “We are looking at a worldwide silent invasion.”
The jellyfish are originally from the Caribbean but have spready all over the world.
Turritopsis Nutricula is technically known as a hydrozoan and is the only known animal that is capable of reverting completely to its younger self.
Having stumbled upon the font of eternal youth, this tiny creature which is just 5mm long is the focus of many intricate studies by marine biologists and geneticists to see exactly how it manages to literally reverse its aging process.
I was scared of jellyfish before I knew this. Now I know the little fuckers can’t die, hitting them with a spade has become less fun.
LINK (Telegraph)
