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Pentagon Drafts Kids To Build Drones and Robots
Written by samzenpus   
Friday, 27 January 2012 06:05

FG_AUTHORS: samzenpus


MrSeb writes "In a world where warfare is fast becoming fielded by remote controlled and autonomous robots, innovation is the key to victory. The most technologically advanced superpower can see more, plan better, and attack from further away than its inferior adversaries. What better way to revolutionize the drone and robotics industry than use the brilliant minds of our children? That's what DARPA and the Defense Department's research and development arm thinks, anyway. The Manufacturing Experimentation and Outreach Initiative, part of the Adaptive Vehicle Make project, is slated to reach a thousand schools in and out of the country, roping in the brightest minds to develop robotics and advance technology in new and interesting ways. Funded by the Department of Defense, the program comes with a steep cost: The DoD wants unlimited rights to everything the students build. It sounds almost like something Orson Scott Card would dream up."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Read more: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/Yj3jzJPo3pY/pentagon-drafts-kids-to-build-drones-and-robots

 

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