Sunday, June 27, 2004

PopSci design competition: "personal occupation kits"


Among the finalists in the 2004 Popular Science design competition:
"The horrendous situation in Iraq highlights the thorny challenge of liberation by a superpower: The liberated don't necessarily buy into the program...In this concept, autonomous surveillance systems watch foreign news broadcasts for any foment of anti-American sentiment to identify areas in need of intervention. The geographical coordinates are beamed to airplanes carrying the smart bombs; the bombs explode and shower, not explosives, but small, flower-like packages containing assorted bits of Americana."
Link (Thanks, Brian Wong!)



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