Palmer Luckey raises $200 million to genetically engineer war dogs
dangerousminds.net
A look at the story of Palmer Luckey and Ben Lamm combining their companies to launch Warhounds, a startup to genetically engineer and clone dogs for war.

Palmer Luckey of Anduril is teaming with Ben Lamm of Colossal Biosciences to launch Warhound, a startup dedicated to genetically engineering and cloning dogs for service in war, police work and first responder work.

Speaking to Wired, Lamm explained that the project was twofold. One part of the project would oversee the genetic engineering and cloning of the ideal dogs for war, and the other would develop tech for them to use on battlefields.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Boston Dynamics has been soft-launching them for years

    Boston Dynamics made a robodog that doesn’t immediately trip over it’s own feet on gravel and has a thirty minute active runtime before it needs a two hour recharge.

    Then they’ve dropped a fuckton on marketing and lobbying to keep the investment cash pouring in.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Then they’ve dropped a fuckton on marketing and lobbying to keep the investment cash pouring in.

      Dancing robots jumping around. Show me a robot placing something into a box after it fell to the ground. I’m sure with another 50 million one can hand you a screwdriver.