My hawk’s eye has spotted some very dangerous prey, TRED-ers. And I can’t help thinking that the brainiacs of Earth are just ASKING for trouble. Researchers at Harvard and MIT are experimenting with the new discovery of SHAPE-SHIFTING programmable matter! Oh yes, people, be very afraid. Apparently researchers “are actually making progress” on this new fringe science that could one day lead to “morphing aircraft and ground vehicles, uniforms that can alter themselves to be comfortable in any climate, and ’soft’ robots that flow like mercury through small openings to enter caves and bunker complexes.”
This article on Wired tries to put a positive spin on the whole thing, saying that “a soldier could even reach into a can of unformed goop, and order up a custom-made tool or a ‘universal spare part.’” Yes, we’d love our military personnel to be able to change the tire on their Humvee with just a glob of programmable ooze. But what if this goo becomes sentient? I mean, we all came from the primordial soup.
What if this gunk turns into giant, flesh-pounding robots, eating entire cities of helpless humans? And even more scary is this Intel angle — using this programmable matter to create 3D replicants of people in REAL TIME! “These 3D models would be physical entities, not holograms. You could touch them and interact with them, just as if the originals were in the room with you.”
Oh, help us, Obi-Wan. You’re our only hope!
