Ohio company to sell a ‘flamethrower-wielding robot dog’ called the Thermonator (www.theguardian.com)
from Gork@lemm.ee to technology@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 2024 14:20
https://lemm.ee/post/30694770

Coming soon to a battlefield near you. If it can bypass the export controls, that is.

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autotldr@lemmings.world on 29 Apr 2024 14:25 next collapse

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Touted as “your ultimate firepower companion”, the robot’s uses include wildlife control and prevention, agricultural management, ecological conservation, and snow and ice removal, as well as entertainment and special effects, Throwflame said.

Following reports of the Thermonator’s release, some people were swift to mock the innovation on social media with comments such as “Just because we can, doesn’t mean we should.”

In the episode, a woman attempts to survive a post-apocalyptic world overrun with deadly robot dogs.

Under Maryland’s state law, destructive devices mean explosive, incendiary or toxic material that is combined with a delivery or detonating apparatus so as to be capable of inflicting injury to persons or damage to property.

They also include devices that have been deliberately modified, containerized or otherwise equipped with a special delivery, activation or detonation component that gives the material destructive characteristics of a military ordnance.

Meanwhile in California, residents are required to obtain a permit if they wish to possess a flamethrower that has a firing range of more than 10ft, CNN reported.


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rtxn@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 2024 15:24 next collapse

HANS! Bring the Flammenwoofer!

JaymesRS@literature.cafe on 29 Apr 2024 15:39 next collapse

For when you really want to set something on fire, but it’s just too far away.

SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee on 29 Apr 2024 17:46 collapse

I came here to ask why. Guess I got my answer.

LucidNightmare@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 2024 16:26 next collapse

Montag has started sweating…

mearce@programming.dev on 29 Apr 2024 21:30 collapse

Time to switch to ebooks

HubertManne@kbin.social on 29 Apr 2024 16:40 next collapse

come on people. im ashamed of you. fine. ill do it. what could possibly go wrong!?

jordanlund@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 2024 21:10 next collapse

What could possibly go wrong?

Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works on 30 Apr 2024 16:57 next collapse

I wonder if this would impact ny homeowners insurance? Lol

Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee on 30 Apr 2024 18:03 next collapse

Fuck, strap a fleshlight on it stick it in a fursuit and im game.

iAvicenna@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 2024 22:06 collapse

two words: civilian casualties