Humane, creator of the fabulous and literally nonfunctional Ai Pin gadget — that’s “Ai,” not “AI” — has finally thrown in the towel. After Humane took $230 million in …
this is a remarkably interesting thing with a surprisingly narrow scope. I don’t know mil hardware/history well enough so I’m curious: would such opto-electric ewar actually have been a meaningful capability?
it was ridiculously expensive and almost useless. it’s a tank sized dazzler, and it’s also very visible to everyone when in use
today we have more powerful lasers that are also more compact, lighter and more efficient. i heard there’s some use in missile defense, and that even some combat shootdowns happened, but it’s still highly experimental and needs power source. fine on CVN, less so on land
this is a remarkably interesting thing with a surprisingly narrow scope. I don’t know mil hardware/history well enough so I’m curious: would such opto-electric ewar actually have been a meaningful capability?
it was ridiculously expensive and almost useless. it’s a tank sized dazzler, and it’s also very visible to everyone when in use
today we have more powerful lasers that are also more compact, lighter and more efficient. i heard there’s some use in missile defense, and that even some combat shootdowns happened, but it’s still highly experimental and needs power source. fine on CVN, less so on land
here you have perun video on this topic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGzL3fZgPZY
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