2005oct04. So DARPA is hosting this Grand Challenge thing again. Robot vehicles. Not remote control – these are vehicles that can maneuver around a given area, avoid obstacles, etc, independently. Like you or I, but with less swearing and more battery drainage. Like a Rhoomba, but way bigger and no cleaning. Last year, everyone sucked. In the future, when random killing machines are driving through our houses, we can look back and say, “I remember when they couldn’t get their shit together.” This movie clip from the Princeton Team is priceless. It’s almost perfect comic timing. Also, I must say for someone who doesn’t really get creeped out by technology, just watching this movie squicked me out. Oh look it up already. [via lemonodor.com]
