Thursday, December 15, 2011

flying

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PmBPMWMHdo&hd=1
If I had the time and money, I'd definitely want to learn how to fly. Probably won't ever be able to fly a plane like that though. The F-35 would be awesome. The helmet mounted display lets you look down and view your surroundings as if the plane weren't there (via cameras looking out from the hull of the plane).

It's crazy how far technology has come in some ways, and how little it has progressed in others. The US Military is still flying the EA-6B and A-10, and NASA can't get a man on the moon for at least another decade even if it wanted to. Self-aware (or seemingly self-aware) robots in our lifetimes? Nope, don't think so. And yes, I've seen Watson and Siri in action.

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