New York City Public Squashes Dream of Police to Use Robot Dogs on the Streets
By Nicholas West The creator of Black Mirror – the dystopian sci-fi series – has famously said that he chose to stop making episodes because…
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Gym Owner Details Constant Harassment by Canadian COVID Police State — 16 Visits, No Fines (Updated)
By Nicholas West It’s a difficult time to be an entrepreneur with a physical location that can be held hostage by the ever-changing COVID restrictions…
The Ever Expanding Business of Drones and Anti-Drones
By Nicholas West As the global drone arms race continues to expand, so do the counter measures. As I’ve covered over the last decade, the…
“Metalhead” DARPA Robot Enlisted by Police to Enforce Social Distancing
By Nicholas West The move toward using robots in law enforcement, private security, and even to scare away the homeless, has been a decade-long trend…
DARPA Asks for Help Completing its Flotilla of Drone Warships
By Nicholas West In April 2016 I reported that DARPA was hard at work on a plan to introduce 132-foot “Sea Hunter” drone warships to…
U.S. Military Seeks A.I. “Quarterback” to Call Plays for The Internet of Battlefield Things
By Nicholas West Similar to its civilian counterpart, The Internet of Things, the military has been trying to increase the integration between physical objects, data…
ROBORDER: EU and U.S. Testing Drone Swarms to Handle “Illegal Border Activity”
By Nicholas West Here comes Skynet. Earlier this year in May it was reported by The Intercept that the EU had been working with member…
HARPA: New Agency to Use A.I. to Screen Mental Health for Gun Ownership?
By Nicholas West Most people have heard of DARPA — the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — that is informally known as the mad science…
Big Tech, Russia and U.S. Under Fire for A.I. Warfare; “Campaign to Stop Killer Robots” Doubles in Size
By Nicholas West Renewed attention over artificial intelligence for use in warfare (“killer robots”) is being brought to the forefront with the recent Convention on…
U.S. Army Tries to Calm Residents About Upcoming Wave of Military Drills Starting Aug. 30th
By Nicholas West Nothing calms the public quite like gunfire in heavily populated areas. Nevertheless, the U.S. Army has plans to do just that starting…
U.S. Military Designing A.I. Missiles to Seek and Destroy Targets from 40 Miles Away
By Nicholas West Unlike my previous post that took a lighthearted look at the newest Robo-Dog on the market, which has a Doberman head filled…
Man’s Best Friend? A.I. Robo-Dog Gets a Doberman Head
By Nicholas West While I don’t subscribe to the idea that there are inherently bad breeds of dogs, Hollywood has done its best to create…
U.S. Customs Continues to “Modernize” Its System to Include Biometrics For All Passengers
By Nicholas West One aspect often lost in the immigration debate is the rollout of government solutions that are set to restrict the freedom of…
Prepping Has Gone Mainstream: Politics, a “Culture of Fear,” or a Return to What’s Been Lost?
By Nicholas West This article contains excerpts from Issue 28 of our premium monthly newsletter — Counter Markets. When the reality show Doomsday Preppers aired…