Somebody at DARPA is a Fan of Daniel Suarez
byRemember those augmented reality glasses that the daemon operatives like Loki used to connect to the Darknet? Well, DARPA did…
DARPA Designing Augmented Reality Goggles to Fight Friendly Fire
Remember how the Beastmaster could see through the eyes of his pet eagle? DARPA does. And it’s pursuing augmented reality goggles tech that’ll let troops see through the eyes of a nearby unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in order to more accurately target its weapons.
The issue of accurate targeting and weapons-fire has a renewed interest in the wake of NATO mistakenly destroying rebel armor in Libya rather than Gadhaffi’s hardware, but it’s never been an easy task. One of the very best ways to deliver today’s smartest weapons is to have an “eyes-on” soldier in the field near the target relaying real time data up to the aircraft that’s about to drop a bomb–but this situation is not often practical or desirable and can be dangerous for both the soldier and the incoming aircraft.
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Very cool. If John was not so busy with his new company, he probably could tell his readers how to combine this off-the-shelf modified tech with DIY drones.
An always fun thought experiment is to figure out how far ahead DARPA really is in the lab compared to whatever toy they feel comfortable giving a press release. And then there’s what exists on the drawing board that is technically feasible but not particularly economical at the present time to pursue seriously. Imagination usually far outstrips budgets
April 12th, 2011 at 7:51 am
Wow. This actually seems like an amazing idea that can be implemented easily. You could even have a laser mount in the frame of the glasses that gives direct grid cooridinates and near simultaneous targeting data to the aircraft datalink/computer.
April 12th, 2011 at 4:10 pm
Hi Ski,