U.S. Army to start testing high-tech combat goggles:
Rollout and field-testing of the U.S. Army's new targeting goggles -- called the Integrated Visual Augmentation System -- will begin next week, and they'll be distributed across the branch starting next year.
The do-it-all equipment, nicknamed "Frankengoggle," is designed to simulate the connected world of a fighter pilot in the sight picture of a combat soldier.
With a heads-up display and other technology, it is meant to bring situational awareness, normally found on fighter pilots' goggles, to combat soldiers, Army officials have said.
The system will be unveiled at the Association of the U.S. Army conference next week, and then distributed to 40,000 soldiers across the Army starting in 2021.
(Score: 2) by looorg on Thursday October 15 2020, @02:26AM (11 children)
Will it be a 3d-shooter type augmented hud telling gi joe their health, ammo and enemy locations? So war really does become just like a computer game. Perhaps it can even popup your achievements. Gamification of war.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 15 2020, @02:43AM (6 children)
Far more importantly, will it pop up advertisements?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by legont on Thursday October 15 2020, @03:32AM (4 children)
The real point is, solders are gonna watch whatever it shows while neglecting the real world. It's gonna end badly.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 15 2020, @07:47AM (3 children)
Science fiction has been dealing with such displays for a long time now. Today's military is still just learning, true. But, it is learning.
The individual soldier will learn to use his tools to his best advantage, or he will not. Those who will not learn will be referred to as "casualties" and "statistics". Surely you understand that shit happens.
(Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Thursday October 15 2020, @08:44AM
"Medic!"
(Score: 2) by legont on Thursday October 15 2020, @12:53PM (1 child)
We will see, off course, but I have low opinion about high tech gadgets especially AI ones. For a long time the US was chasing undeveloped militaries with them. I think we are to learn a hard lesson once we meet a sophisticated real enemy.
First bells are ringing already https://warontherocks.com/2015/11/millennium-challenge-the-real-story-of-a-corrupted-military-exercise-and-its-legacy/ [warontherocks.com]
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 15 2020, @04:35PM
There is a military maxim which summarizes what that link says.
The enemy always gets a vote.
https://www.csis.org/analysis/enemy-gets-vote [csis.org]
Also, the first casualty of war is the battle plan.
Those war games were always fun, because we always "broke the rules". All the rules.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday October 15 2020, @02:40PM
It did say combat googles? Or was that goggles.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 15 2020, @04:17AM
I mean, when objective markers are toggled by command, you can be damn certain that will be shown on the display. Whether the task is to disable a weapon or enemy, to keep watch (and provide sensor input), retrieve something or someone, etc. - if that thing gets blown up, or is no longer needed, or feasible, or whatever, a instant gtfo-regroup visually instead of audibly means that soldier doesn't need an attenuating earplug or a nearby ally to relay by voice, and no enemy nearby can overhear.
So, kinda.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 15 2020, @08:54AM (2 children)
As long as it makes a buck for the sales guy. Seriously America, stop spending money on fucking war and start spending money on educating your uneducated. It would make the world a safer place.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday October 15 2020, @02:52PM
When flirting with a black hole, it may not be immediately obvious when you cross the event horizon. You may not even realize it has happened. At this point, although it is not (yet) obvious, it is already too late. The destruction will begin. And will accelerate rapidly.
Too late to fix. The uneducated can be manipulated easily. They will believe anything. (Pizzagate, and others) The military industrial complex will happily provide the manipulation and fear to keep the money flowing into the right pockets.
I think SLS is just another symptom of the problem. If the actual will of the people were represented, this boondoggle would never have gone on this long. The will of the people is an illusion. Your vote is an illusion of control.
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 15 2020, @05:49PM
That's a cute suggestion, implicitly.
You're suggesting that America isn't really spending on education. Here, let me point it out for you:
"... and start spending money on educating your uneducated."
There it is. Cute!
Now, the ugly reality on the ground: The USA is regularly at or near the top of the world (depending on details of exactly how you measure the money) in dollars per pupil spent on education. Seriously. Don't take my word for it - go Google (or Duck) it yourself to your heart's content.
The problem isn't money. It's how the money is spent, and how the teachers are shackled by dictates (and, thank the unions, milking the situation). The USA also spends a hell of a lot of money on a social safety net - similar arguments apply.
Now, if you want to tell the USA to stop throwing stupid money after smart, we're all with you, and would just love to hear what your plan is on that one.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 15 2020, @03:00AM (2 children)
GET YOUR ASS TO MARS
GET YOUR ASS TO MARS
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 15 2020, @03:38AM
I, and that whatever-you-call-it, came from Mars, you insensitive clod.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday October 15 2020, @03:03PM
Getting to Mars is the easy part. Surviving on Mars is the hard part. The Earth could survive a Nuclear war between two parties and still be more livable than Mars. Sure, we have enough nukes to totally screw nearly everything. That's not a terribly likely scenario, though. Most likely, any nuclear war would involve a couple sides blasting each other. Not, every single place on the planet, like some comic villain. Even with huge amounts of radiation floating around, the Earth would be much easier to survive on, than the likes of Mars. We have tons of resources here, could deal with radiation, radiation sickness, and sterility from radiation. Even, if we had to create some survivable compound like we would on Mars, it would still be much easier to survive on Earth than Mars. We have vast mineral resources, plant resources, and atmosphere that is suited to us. Sure, in the event of a nuclear holocaust, we'd have some serious problems, but humanity would more likely survive than not. Except in the worst or the worst case scenarios, which to be honest, isn't something you really need to care about.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 15 2020, @03:02AM (1 child)
WO2020060606
Here is the patent for Microsoft 1. WO2020060606 - CRYPTOCURRENCY SYSTEM
USING BODY ACTIVITY DATA
Look at the patent number, literally, "world order 2020 666." This from the
same guy who is publicly saying he wants to put microchip tracking on every
human on earth to prove you have been vaccinated, to allow you to buy or
sell.. Bill Gates needs to Beg God for forgiveness. Science with out Gods
standards is propelling humanity towards a calamity of biblical proportions.
Even if Bill repents, Elon Musk has made and is rolling out a 5g satellite
grid around the whole earth and brain chips. This is not a joke, this is
some fucked up shit..
- Revelation 13:16:
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to
receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads.
- Revelation 14:9:
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man
worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or
in his hand, 10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God,
which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he
shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy
angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.
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MAKE AMERICA LOBOTOMIZED AGAIN
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The Untold Story of JFK's Sister, Rosemary Kennedy, and Her Disastrous Lobotomy
https://people.com/politics/untold-story-of-rosemary-kennedy-and-her-disastrous-lobotomy/ [people.com]
The Forgotten Story Of Rosemary Kennedy, Who Was Lobotomized So That JFK Could Succeed
https://allthatsinteresting.com/rosemary-kennedy-lobotomy [allthatsinteresting.com]
The Truth About Rosemary Kennedy's Lobotomy
A never-before-seen photo surfaces of the forgotten Kennedy, who, after a disastrous
lobotomy, was rarely heard from again
https://people.com/books/rosemary-kennedy-the-truth-about-her-lobotomy/ [people.com]
When Rosemary was 23 years of age, doctors told her father that a form of psychosurgery
known as a lobotomy would help calm her mood swings and stop her occasional violent
outbursts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Kennedy#Lobotomy [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 1) by DannyB on Thursday October 15 2020, @03:03PM
Don't forget the side effect described in Revelation 16:2.
Too late. America already lobotomized. Disinformation so complete people don't even know what to believe any more. (Pizzagate) Should I wear a mask and social distance during a pandemic? That such a question could be asked illustrates the lobotomization.
Own your beliefs and opinions.
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(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 15 2020, @03:56AM (4 children)
Vincent Ferrer powerfully detailed five virtues revealed in Scripture that distinguishes the sheep: "simple innocence, ample mercy, steadfast patience, true obedience, and worthy penance."
First, simple innocence is when a person "lives simply, nor hurts anyone in his heart, by hating, nor by defaming in speech, nor striking with hands, nor by stealing. Such a life "is called simple innocence, which makes a man a sheep of Christ."
In each case, St. Vincent next colorfully details reasons why. A sheep doesn't attack with horns like a bull...
...nor bite with its teeth like a wolf, nor strike with hooves like a horse... if you wish to be a sheep of Christ, you should strike no one with horns of knowledge or of power, for lawyers strike by the horns of knowledge, jurists, advocates, or men who have great knowledge. Merchants by deceiving others. Lords and bullies strike with the horns of power, plundering or injuring, and extorting, using calumnies and threats, and the like. Listen to what the Lord says by the mouth of David: ‘And I will break all the horns of sinners: but the horns of the just shall be exalted' (Psalm 74:11).
"Biting" is to defame your neighbor's reputation, and devour by saying "nothing good praising someone, but only the bad," so "defamers are not the sheep of Christ, but wolves of hell."
Kicking like horses means to despise. Therefore, he warns, "children, do not hate your parents; nor parents, children; nor young people, old folks; nor the healthy, the sick; nor rich, the poor; nor masters, their servants; nor prelates, their clergy; and vice versa. It is clear what is simple innocence."
Second, ample mercy means distributing your God-given temporal and spiritual gifts to the needy. "Because," Vincent illustrates, "among all the animals a sheep is the most beneficial of animals. For the sheep by growing wool, shows us mercy and benefits of mercy, because how many poor people does a sheep clothe?" Sheep give milk and food to eat to. We imitate and give love this way: our wool is "external and temporal goods, bread and wine, money and clothes and the like." The milk is "interior and spiritual goods, by giving good teaching to the ignorant... If you have the milk of knowledge, of devotion, or of eloquence, you should give to those not having them." Vincent reminds of Jesus telling the sheep, "For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink... naked, and you covered me" (Matthew 25:35-36).
Third, steadfast patience takes different forms, such as when someone "suffering from injuries inflicted or spoken to him does not want to concern himself with taking revenge. Rather he loves everyone in general, and prays for them all." The analogy? The "sheep is a most patient animal, for if harassed while eating, or if struck, it does not defend itself, but goes elsewhere, nor does it avenge itself like a dog or a goat would do, but humbly yields. O blessed is the person, man or woman, who has such patience, and takes no vengeance for injuries, but forgives, as God forgives him."
Fourth, true obedience means ordering all thoughts, words and actions according to God's will, not ours, just as sheep are so obedient that a child with a staff easily "can easily guide 30 or 40 sheep." Remember Psalm 23? Remember Jesus illustrating the shepherd was able to leave 99 safely alone as he searched for the lost sheep?
Vincent Ferrer's simple summary for the shepherd's commands includes these: "First that we live humbly" because Jesus said "learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart" (Matthew 11:29). Those with pride aren't Christ's sheep but the devil's goat. Second, give with mercy and generosity. Who "disobediently goes by the way of avarice by committing usury, robbery, theft, etc., is not a sheep of Christ, but a goat of the devil." Next, we must "walk by the way of cleanness, of chastity, etc." Matthew 19:12). "Whoever therefore goes by the way of uncleanness and the filthiness of lust and carnality, such is not a sheep of Christ but a goat of the devil."
Fifth, worthy penance must be performed for sins we've committed. The Angel of the Apocalypse emphasizes no one is exempt from sin, As Ecclesiastes (7:21) noted, "For there is no just man upon earth that does good, and sins not."
"Therefore worthy penance is necessary, by sorrowing for sins and proposing not to relapse, confessing, and making satisfaction. And in this way penance makes a man a sheep of Christ." To make the analogy, he explains in detail how a sheep is modest, but concludes a goat reflects "the notoriously shameless person, because everyone knows his wicked life and sins, like wicked clergy, and other notorious cohabiters, nor do they wish to cover it up with the tail of penitence; they are impenitent."
"do penance now, forgive injuries, make restitution of any ill-gotten goods, live up to and confess your religion; If it were certain that in a short time this town was going to be destroyed by fire, would you not exchange all your immovable goods for something that you could take away with you?"
- source: part of an article here: http://www.ncregister.com/blog/joseph-pronechen/600-years-ago-the-angel-of-the-apocalypse-warned-us [ncregister.com]
- regarding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Ferrer [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 15 2020, @04:05AM
Fascinating. I think this is content-bombing to either:
Probably other options, regardless fascinating to observe in the wild.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by aristarchus on Thursday October 15 2020, @06:34AM (2 children)
Seriously, what other response could there be to a guy_/notherguy submission? Strange, how republicans attract flies.
(Score: 4, Touché) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday October 15 2020, @02:56PM
See, here's what you're missing: If you submit a science/tech story that isn't chock full of astoundingly biased fuckwadery, it'll probably reach the front page. You should try it sometime.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday October 15 2020, @03:12PM
It could have been a journal article. But that would require putting a name to it. Even a fake name.
After reading that article, I would point out . . .
Don't be an Anonymous Coward.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 15 2020, @04:09AM
By "sight picture" does this AI written article mean, "vision"?
tangent!
Very interesting that one of the big tells for AI is of course troubles with concepts around qualia and ineffability. Yet emotive content, both in delivery/tone and when emotions are topical, is fine because it's as easy to mimic as bipedality.
/t
(Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Thursday October 15 2020, @04:18AM
Forget binocular vision - if trained from a young age input from a dozen eyes might be allowed. Maximum shot placement recognition and accuracy adjustments. That's one note from the 40k universe's Termite armor that I thought was pretty koo.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 15 2020, @12:48PM (1 child)
Is a balance between having the right information and not getting distracted with the wrong.
When things are happening fast, less is likely more,
So in the heat of battle, what would be useful to see In this gadget?
Night and rear vision.
The scope on your rifle.
Drone's or buddy's eye view.
Comms for outside help (Close air and artillery?)
Maybe IFF in the unlikely event that it could be trusted
(Assuming an off switch for each to adjust the distraction levle)
What would likely not?
What time it is
Your status and location
Your command chain
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday October 15 2020, @03:17PM
FriendFiend or Foe. Which people should you shoot? Which ones have received the covid vaccine? Are they registered with a political party?To transfer files: right-click on file, pick Copy. Unplug mouse, plug mouse into other computer. Right-click, paste.