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They need that tech tanks use to keep their gun level, that multi axis gyroscope thing. This is the sort of tech crossover that could make military spending mor
by lostlogin 3y ago
They need that tech tanks use to keep their gun level, that multi axis gyroscope thing. This is the sort of tech crossover that could make military spending more acceptable.
- HWR_14 3y agoHis cellphone uses GPS and connects to other computers over the internet using TCP/IP, but I guess you're waiting on pizza gyroscopes to see any valuable tech crossover relative to this project.
- gregoryl 3y agoImagine the things achieved if the money being spent wasn't focused on military applications.
- HWR_14 3y agoI imagine military applications for "know where something is in world" and "have network of computers communicate in a damage resistant way" are no more costly to develop than non-military applications.
- science4sail 3y agoHard to say. Would the research even have occurred if there weren't military applications? At the end of the day, there are only a few ways to get politicians to fund research: * War (physics, chemistry, computer science, psychology) * Fortune-telling (astronomy, economics, political science) * Immortality (medicine, fine art, humanities)
- mschuster91 3y agoTo illustrate just how capable that tech was even back in 1986, look at 1:45 of this Bundeswehr video demonstrating a Leopard tank carry a keg of beer and not lose a drop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2mcO6l-0cY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2mcO6l-0cY
- dronodeath 3y agoIt’s actually a stein of beer, carried on the end of the barrel of the tank’s main gun, for others that like me did not understand. It’s cool.