From the Offender Locator to the MySpace app, Apple has almost everything covered in the world of maximizing the use of the iPhone. We know that the possibilities are endless and could eventually involve robots and the military.
Get your anti-Skynet rhetoric ready, because it's already happening.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) 30-man crew lead by the head of the Humans and Automation Lab (HAL), Professor Missy Cummings, began a project as a result of Cummings' experience flying F/A-18 Hornet fighters for the Navy. She said that the layout and lack of ergonomic design inspired her to improve human-robot interaction.
The $5,000 project, plus the cost of iPhones for each student, could help make many people's lives, including the military, so much easier. Cummings said: "Our philosophy is that humans have important jobs they need to do, and should not worry about low-level housekeeping, telling a UAV to go from point to point."
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