Throwflame launches fire-spitting robo-dog from Hell Picture Boston Dynamics' nightmare fuel robot dog Spot. Now imagine it 1,000 percent more terrifying. Imagine no more because "the future of fire delivery has arrived," according to Ohio pyromaniacs Throwflame. Youtube Video Enter the Thermonator, introduced as the "first-ever flamethrower-wielding robot dog." "This …
Err, that needs more explanation. Why would you be ejected for trying to buy a Helicoil thread repair kit?
The mechanical engineers where I used to work, wouldn't even put a screw in -without- a helicoil. They generally worked with aluminum, and a helicoil is a lot stronger than a plain Aluminium tapped hole.
Fire is the ultimate weapon of war.
Chemical weapons, too hard to clean up when you need to take the position. Biological, uncontainable. Nuclear, too big and leaves fallout.
But fire, fire destroys all, fire feeds on everything the enemy holds dear, their forests, their crop fields, their homes, their precious works of art, their factories, their children, ect. All of these are consumed by the fire and converted into even more energy to inflict harm upon the enemy. And once it is over there is nothing left behind to stop you capturing the position, just harmless ash.
Send a swarm of these robots in and they can clear out a trench line without having to risk your own men. They are 1/3rd the price of an NLAW so you can treat them as disposable.
Wow! Never seen a dog pee like that before, but apparently it does happen to people too, mostly because of enlarged prostates ... (or not?)
Actually it does. The best way to stop a wildfire isn't to try extinguishing it with conventional means, it's to put a firebreak in its path. One way to do that is with a back fire, a smaller controllable burn that uses up all the fuel before the uncontrolled fire can arrive. It's believed to be the origin of the phrase "fight fire with fire". These robots might be a good way to set back fires, as they can be deployed closer to the main fire without risk. This would minimise the area in which the wildfire must be allowed to spread to.
On the other hand: flamethrower dogs.
I mean, yes, you're not wrong. But they're planning on selling these things to the public.
The police regularly "defuse" bombs by blowing them up in controlled detonations. That doesn't mean giving random members of the public access to remote controlled cars with bricks of C4 strapped to them GTA style is a good way to reduce explosive related property damage...
In the Second World War there were a number of tanks fitted as flamethrowers, one being the Churchill Crocodile.
If one of these nasty machines was knocked out the crew bolted for their lives, as it was known that anyone connected to the weapon was likely to be summarily shot. The same thing also happened if a soldier carry a man-portable flame weapon was seen, he could be the subject of massed incoming fire.
The same should be the fate of this monstrosity, get the largest slab of concrete or stone and squash the damned thing flat.
We all know the prime market for this is paranoid billionaires building "survival bunkers", who'll want these as guard dogs.
Most of those billionaires are building these bunkers on islands that will be almost the first casualty of climate change, anyway, so it's a moot point. Basically they're another thing for rich idiots to spend their money on instead of paying their minions a living wage.
for the man who has everything. There must be any number of alternative phrases and suggestions that would sell this monster. Just a few samples: The ideal remote BBQ lighter! The modern way to start your traditional bonfires! Purchase the optional programmable action pack to automate your pest control tasks!
The Register 
Biting the hand that feeds IT
Copyright. All rights reserved © 1998–2024
