What would be better is an authoritative body charged with the mandate of inspecting Internet infrastructure and determining if they are vulnerable or not and provide them with solutions to fix their issues. Of course, someone has to pay for this, but still, I think it would make more sense. But that's just my opinion.

Wouldn't it be more efficient if the drones were in space, away from our atmosphere? And if one can harness power in such a way that it can be wirelessly transmitted, wouldn't that also be "in the wrong hands" a weapon of some rather next level form of mass destruction?

Ignorance is bliss....

without a product is pretty useless.. I could watch the last 20 yrs worth of sci-fi and patent a crap load of ideas with theoretical concepts, but, no implementation means nothing.

I won't be working for Google anytime soon! :)

yeah, nothing is perfect.

not the point..but kudos for being a wiseass.

the problem isn't that I wouldn't trust a Robot Driver, but, how can you be sure it won't get hacked? or malfunction? Some things should always be left to be in control by a human. Intuition isn't something a robot can acquire.

If the developer is the owner of the software and has provided warranty for the software and/or as a selling points, uses the accuracy and reliability of the software and, assuming this, that the users of the product are following all the rules and guidelines and the software fails.. then, there could be a point towards this. So, this becomes a question of what are you selling, how much are you willing to back it up and finally, if there are any disclaimers, are they easily understood? Nothing is infallible. Considering the platforms being used, etc.. It's hard to make anything fool proof, so, how much QA was done? and are people using the product as it is intended on the devices it is meant to work on? And let's talk a professional software with proper SDLC. That means there is QA, UAT, PROD, etc.. It's not just the developer. So, this can easily be a grayish area.

There is allegedly a link to post book reviews.. and I can't find it and can't get anything useful in Google. The FAQ page refers to it, but that's it, so, how does one post a book review?

.. we can know if there was life on Mars, is to explore the planet using actual humans with the proper tools. And then again, for the most part, while wanting to know if there "WAS" life on the planet is something that we would really like to know, the more pertinent question is "can we somehow make it habitable for us?" What is on the planet which could help us make it viable? Obviously, in science fiction there is a concept of "terraforming" which we do NOT actually have the technology for, but in the end, it comes down to this: Is there something we can use for fuel? is there energy to be worked with? is there raw matter we can manipulate? Is there water? Can we build radiation proof shelters? You know, those sort of questions...

Much about this world isn't fair. But the saying is "ignorance is bliss".
However, it is NOT sustainable to plead ignorance and to be complacent about such issues.
Considering the amount of technology, especially in the communication field it isn't possible for this type of information to remain hidden.
Which means that for those of us living well, we must shoulder this responsibility.
In a nutshell, common sense dictates that we should spread our standards of living everywhere and that somewhere along the way, we should recognize that the current economic models make no sense, the way the planet is government in such a fragmented manner is utter chaos and we really need as humans to come to grip with the stupid and irrelevant issues of racism and beliefs and we should work together as one.

I just think that robots will more than likely be treated like a house, a car, a boat for that matter. It's a proprietary ownership type of feeling, we call all of these things "she".. for your car, "she's a beauty, she can go 0 to 60 in 3 seconds.. " you know.. I mean.. the bottom line is that I would find it hard to believe that IN combat, there would be "emotional' attachment to a robot. More than anything else, fear that it broke and/or someone stole it, etc.. What if you have a douche bag commanding officer put the fear of god in you if the robot doesn't come back intact, etc.. I don't know.. I just think that you are fighting for your life, you can't be emotionally attached to a thing, you just use the thing.

A dog is a pet, it has emotions among other characteristics that it shares with humans and as such a dog's loyalty is akin to love of its owner and vice-versa. But a robot? It is just a thing. Now, I don't think it's an 'emotional' bond between robot and human, but just a proprietary reaction of valuing the robot as a possession. It's like people and their cell phones, which they will even sleep with. It's not the love of the cell phone, it's just the dependency of having it for use whenever they see fit.

I used to love my BlackBerry.. I bet they would have wished to have been bought by Microsoft instead.