Thomas Wingard - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Who would've thought (Score 1) 231

by Thomas Wingard on Monday November 10, 2014 @03:18PM (#48352551) Attached to: Berlin's Digital Exiles: Where Tech Activists Go To Escape the NSA

I cant even have dinner conversation with someone over the age of 30 in the USA without rampant jingoism and political correctness. If I really spoke my mind I would be killed. By the state, by the minions of the state, by ignorance, and by complacence.

I have a cousin a nephew. Who is a 'veteran' (yet he doesn't even have his ID, his DD214, or any legit story about his service). I question everything they say. They randomly support this jingoistic attitude.

I have random friends at school. I can't tell them about the horrors I've seen. I don't dare. I don't want to be ostracized.

I served honorably.

Many soldiers. Many people who are patriots and supported the US feel this way. Are this way now. When, where and how do we take a stand for what is right?

I am over the age of 30, served honorably after being drafted, am not a fan of 'jingoism' or polictical correctness. I don't fear being 'killed' for what I say, though I realize coherent conversation is not the fruit of senseless babbling with closed minds. You might consider saving your 'pearls' for those who aren't wallowing with other swine. Thank you for your service.

Phase-Changing Material Created For Robots 35

Posted by samzenpus on Monday July 14, 2014 @02:26PM from the bend-it-shape-it dept.

rtoz writes In the movie Terminator 2, the shape-shifting T-1000 robot morphs into a liquid state to squeeze through tight spaces or to repair itself when harmed. Now a phase-changing material built from wax and foam, and capable of switching between hard and soft states, could allow even low-cost robots to perform the same feat. The material developed by MIT researchers could be used to build deformable surgical robots. The robots could move through the body to reach a particular point without damaging any of the organs or vessels along the way. The Robots built from this material could also be used in search-and-rescue operations to squeeze through rubble looking for survivors.

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