DARPA to Turn Humans into Batteries
Soon, machines will use us for power.
A research project by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) seeks to exploit the untapped power reserve of the human body. By utilizing piezoelectric and thermodynamic power generation components, the researchers hope to provide enough energy for a suite of planned embedded technologies.
Some readers may be familiar with piezoelectric components, which generate electricity from the vibrations created by movement. The DARPA initiative is also looking into generating power from thermodynamic reactions—such as the difference between body temperature and the surrounding air—much like how these boots from Orange generate electricity to recharge gadgets
The main objective of the project is to create enough power to drive a bunch of military-friendly gadgets. Examples include "Sensor-studded clothing worn by a soldier tracks his movements and vital signs", and "contact lenses that function as computer screens" and receive information via radio.
In The Matrix franchise, robots enslaved humankind as a source of power. They turned humans into giant living batteries, tapping the thermal and kinetic energies produced by our bodies. While machines intelligent enough to take over are awhiles away, they'll at least know how to use as batteries when the time comes.
Embedded Technologies: Power From the People (Image: josephwharton on Flickr)
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Comment by fireguy on July 21, 2010 at 9:16pm
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Biomass-Eating Military Robot Is a Vegetarian, Company Says (Yeah Right, Fireguy says)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,533382,00.html
A steam-powered, biomass-eating military robot being designed for the Pentagon is a vegetarian, its maker says.
Robotic Technology Inc.'s Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot — that's right, "EATR" — "can find, ingest, and extract energy from biomass in the environment (and other organically-based energy sources), as well as use conventional and alternative fuels (such as gasoline, heavy fuel, kerosene, diesel, propane, coal, cooking oil, and solar) when suitable," reads the company's Web site.
But, contrary to reports, including one that appeared on FOXNews.com, the EATR will not eat animal or human remains.
Dr. Bob Finkelstein, president of RTI and a cybernetics expert, said the EATR would be programmed to recognize specific fuel sources and avoid others.
“If it’s not on the menu, it’s not going to eat it,” Finkelstein said.
“There are certain signatures from different kinds of materials” that would distinguish vegetative biomass from other material."
RTI said Thursday in a press release:
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Comment by Tara on July 21, 2010 at 8:25pm
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We have been batteries now for some time. If we the slaves weren't running most of the machines, whether they be for war, manufacturing, production, computers and all other technologies, the machines would not keep on a ticking because it takes bodies and minds to keep them well oiled and tuned up. Without us, the machines would cease to exist.
So.....in a sense, we are batteries for the machine, are we not?
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