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"Network-centric warfare" is the hot concept in modern military thinking—soldiers fighting not just with weapons but within a web of sensors and computation, giving them and their commanders superior awareness of the battlefield. But the problems this approach was conceived to solve are timeless. I'm here, the enemy is out there somewhere. How do I find them? How do I keep track of them? Once the battle has started, how do I know where to move? Heck, how do I even keep track of my own people?
Long before IoT concepts littered the world, the navies of the early 20th century were among the first to take a systematic approach to answering these questions. Sail had given way to steam and European colonies had metastasized around the world. Warships were moving faster and required coordination across greater distances than ever. Meanwhile, telegraphs and radio allowed instant communications at previously unheard-of distances. All of this combined to create a revolution in how navies used information.
The article is an interesting vision into naval battlefield information and how it has evolved over the past two centuries.
(Score: 2) by Chocolate on Friday March 27 2020, @09:59AM (2 children)
Nice idea, but let's be more practical. The humans around me are potential deadly virus carrying minions of death. Can a phone app detect people around me and sound a proximity alarm if anyone gets too close?
Maybe some ultra sonic sensors or light based distance checking? There's a market for this right now I bet.
Of course, people could just keep 6 feet away but no that's not happening.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 27 2020, @03:43PM
I'm standing on your toes, peering into your eyes, and breathing on you, waiting for you to do something about it . . .
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday March 27 2020, @06:07PM
There is already an app for Navel Warfair. Several in fact which play the classic Battleship bored game.
The people who rely on government handouts and refuse to work should be kicked out of congress.