Purdue University's IDEAS Lab built an autonomous drone that tracks runners through dense forests completely without GPS or cloud networks.
By running 3D LiDAR mapping and obstacle-avoidance AI entirely on-chip, it can weave under tree canopies and predict target movement through blind spots in real time.
Massive implications for next-gen search & rescue and edge AI.
I have been told there are no coherent anti-jamming or anti-detection standards for the most common US military MANET radios (Harris, Silvus, Doodle etc)
Apparently there is also little to no desire for competitive trials under realistic adversary conditions
Seems important…
DJI is mass rolling out 1280 x 1024 thermal imaging for its Mavic-sized drones while American 640 x 480 imagers are on 6+ mo lead times
This should be a MASSIVE wake up call to the Western industrial base, fire alarms should be ringing.
This is funny because Shane is incredibly talented but the “prediction market” fig leaf is wearing really f*cking thin
The instagram ads Kalshi is serving make counter strike skin gambling videos look responsible by comparison
They’re targeting people living paycheck to paycheck with ads about how Kalshi can pay for a meal, groceries, or rent
Showing people with relationship problems videos about how happy their spouse could be if their “trade” hits on Kalshi
Suggesting to new moms how Kalshi can be part of their self care “me time” routine along with skincare and snacks
This is overtly predatory and evil behavior
The people betting their rent payment or their kid’s tuition are not sharps with special insight into the probability of world events. They are desperate people about to destroy their lives and families with gambling addiction
Lately it’s also become clear that the existence of these markets are actively affecting outcomes and enabling corruption and bad actors
The whole thing is so cynical and corrosive. It’s like what the Sackler family did with OxyContin
Stop stripping the copper wire out of America
Warhound, the brain child of Ben Lamm and Palmer Luckey, emerges from stealth to genetically engineer dogs for military and law enforcement.
https://t.co/Por7hr92K2
@floresv_i You’re right. I’m sure WWII would have gone better with Henry Ford, Philip Johnson, William Knudsen, Henry Kaiser, and Andrew Higgins in German concentration camps
Maybe we could have sent some of the scientists working on the Manhattan Project, VT fuze, and Penicillin too