Visual augmentation to include color range, gamma spectrum and infrared. Light enhancement like night vision devices would work also, as infrared will not spare you from that hole in the snow, at night.

Wider hearing range, would be great to hear all the things some animals can and would allow for farther vocal communications. Ability to tune out unwanted ranges (dog whistles)

Olfaltory sense that would allow for the early warning of a poisonous atmosphere. CO2, other gasses.

Not a sense really but the ability for the brain to process more information yet treat it like a true storage device where data can never be forgotten without sending you to the ER with an aneurism.

Upon cliking on the news link, you are presented with a video and a link to show the transcript. Content seems interesting (informative) but I feel the summary should be expanded to cover excerpts of the transcript.

Not your typical Syria-related locale but yes, busted. Hmmm, goat-cheese falafel factory.

Dude, curse you! you made me spit out my banana cream pie at my waitress.

I tend to agree with most of your post. On the quoted statement though, yeah, plenty of batshit crazy people out there without an imaginary being telling them to go batshit crazy, but religion does have a way to make that number of people a tad larger than the other group out of an implied divine justification for their actions.

Eerily familiar actually, when I became a civilian in Germany after my US Army stint there, while asking for my German version of the social security card, I was innocently asked for my religion. Naively I said Catholic (have become a fundamentalist Atheist since) l didn't think much of it until I received my first paycheck.
Bam! Church Tax.
Getting that removed, to my dismay, required me to sign a fairly Papal-looking document stating I was never to ask for the church to marry me, bury me, baptize my children and/or receive any and all services from the church.
I did, and have not burned in a shower of fire and brimstone yet.

... to Vulcan High Command: Do not send any further scout crafts to this location. Our attempt to setup a surveillance station has been foiled by an unexpected, yet primitive, weapon system. Cannot ascertain whether the weapon is of Earth origin as the markings on it are not in the expected Earth-based language. We have seen the markings on archival footage belonging to the alien race responsible for the enormous reptilian-like monster sent to destroy Earth cities. Live long and prosper. *End of transmission*

Io, per esempio, il benvenuto ai nostri signori fusion italiana

I do agree that in the "real world" we absolutely need good PM's and good BA's, especially when you have to deal with larger scales, industrial or financial amongst others. Where I work I happen to manage (yes, I am one of those in "management") both PM's and BA's, and also manage a good chunk of developers, dba's, network folks, systems management and other tech-folk. My PM's and BA's are handpicked for their effectiveness and their ability to "get it" and translate the tech-speak to business-speak and vice versa, and not get railroaded by the business side wanting my techs to "do it quicker and cheaper at all costs" or my techs wanting to pull wool over the business side eyes; I view them as my cops yet they have the respect of both sides.

The issue becomes when you as a company start feeling that in order to be more competitive, you can solve the issue just by increasing the number of PM's and BA's which in turn will invariably generate more work, yet your tech base is left either with the same numbers or is reduced to make room for those new inbound PM's and BA's.

That’s where comments like our esteemed colleague “kiwimate” come from IMO, and while I don’t condone the arrogance in that statement, I do understand how frustrating it is to see these “ill-defined” positions overwhelm the rest.

If you manage these positions actively and effectively, you CAN live in harmony. When you get complacent and start thinking that power points and spreadsheets alone will solve your problems, then you’ll have a room full of “kiwimates” holding pitch forks and torches and your ability to be an effective manager is toast. My $.02

"...alerting a remote operator when it encounters something that shouldn't be there."

People
Large Animals
Vehicles
John Connor
Other Robots

In a heavy Scottish accent: "Hello Computer?"

Fry, it's been years since medical school, so remind me. Disemboweling in your species, fatal or non-fatal?

Oh my! no, example only