Wed Mar 2, 2011 16:05 GMT |
Several banks and companies have in recent months published reports about the ‘World in 2050’. While I greatly admire such research, I have previously written about the limitations of such exercises. Nonetheless, I believe that there is indeed a strong case for crafting scenarios for what the world will look like in 2050, or even… [Read more]
Tags: Battlestar Galactica, China, Chung Kuo, counterfactuals, cyberspace, international orders, Isaac Asimov, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Ken MacLeod, LSE, Paul McAuley, prediction, robots, science fiction, space warfare
Posted in: Asia, China, Emerging Europe, General, Geopolitics, Political Risk, US
Tue Mar 9, 2010 17:33 GMT |
Anyone following the US ‘War on Terror’ will probably be aware that America is increasingly using drones – unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – to carry out airstrikes. They may also be aware that remote-controlled robots are being used for the purposes of bomb disposal in places such as Iraq. The growing use of unmanned platforms… [Read more]
Tags: bomb disposal, implications, Karel Capek, P.W.Singer, rebellion, rise of the machines, robots, UAVs, UCAVs, unmanned aerial vehicles, Wired For War
Posted in: Book Review, General, Geopolitics, Political Risk, US