13-foot 12,000-pound mechanized robot suit now for sale in Japan — from venturebeat.com by John Koetsier

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Enormous 13 foot tall, 4 ton robot

 


 

From DSC:
These items cause me to reflect yet again on the state of our hearts...as it doesn’t take much to think of the next steps in terms of using such robots as instruments of war. Do you think I’m stretching a bit too far here?  How about after considering the following interactive visualization that Google just created?

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Small Arms Trade Graphic by Google - August 2012

 

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