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Every part of RATS is tailored for use on a battlefield. A soldier could make an unmanned plane a “buddy,” for instance, and track its progress on a map using his phone. He could then access streaming video from the plane, giving him a bird’s eye view of the area. Soldiers could also use the buddy list to trace the locations of other members of their squad.
Raytheon Sends Android To Battlefield [Forbes.com]
It’s Google Latitude one-over. Add to that the “Aliens”-eque helmet-cam/biometrics reporting systems and I expect they’ll soon add the beeping, green radar motion sensor (with Bill-Paxton-provided audio cues).
It’s Google Latitude one-over. Add to that the “Aliens”-eque helmet-cam/biometrics reporting systems and I expect they’ll soon add the beeping, green radar motion sensor (with Bill-Paxton-provided audio cues).
