While Russia’s army might be a rusted-out hulk full of reluctant conscripts, the People’s Republic of China strives to remain relevant in the 21st century. Catch the fascinatingly deadly video, courtesy of Tyler Rogoway, showing how the PRC seeks to automate war in a very disturbing fashion. Of course those drones are cheap knock-offs of the real deal pioneered in these United States. Aligning with The Drive‘s story, Ina Fried has an exclusive announcement where Boston Dynamics Pledges Not To Weaponize Its Robots which is a hopeful and high-minded goal, but remember Google ditched its unofficial motto of “Don’t Be Evil”. Rather than building teentsy drones to perform a public good, A Box Of 200 Mosquitos Did The Vaccinating In This Malaria Trial and Max Barnhart isn’t even joking here. If ‘skeeters are great vectors for diseases, why not flip the script and have them deliver vaccines? Just wonder if those ‘healthy’ bites will itch as bad as the bad ones. (CS)
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