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Autonomous Unmanned Aerial System Delivering Newspapers to Doorsteps - I Want the Future Now

ByLance Winslow

The other day, someone had contacted me from India about unmanned ground vehicles, an engineer who also had some interest in UAVs and UASs (unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned aerial systems) mostly for military and defensive purposes. Apparently, India has removed Israel as a vendor for such, and they hope to build some of these units in-house in the future. But, it seemed to me that to have a legitimate conversation about unmanned autonomous or tele-robotically tethered unmanned technologies, one should be thinking a bit wider on the spectrum of applications, not just military. Okay so, let's talk shall we?

Far too often, I note that researchers and engineers are so busy discussing things in their own niche and for their own applications that they miss off the shelf products, and other ways of doing things in other industries. I find this to be a mistake because it is just this kind of linear thinking which reduces creativity, options, and makes problem-solving more difficult. Now then, the other day I was joking around with someone telling them that I was upset the newspaper delivery boy never got the newspaper exactly in the same place each day.

Further, sometimes it would land in the flower bed, or in the sprinklers, and even if the newspaper comes in a plastic wrap, it still has the opportunity to get soaked or ruined. It seems to me that a robotic system could deliver the newspaper quite a bit better. For instance and unmanned ground vehicle which knew the paper route, and since it was driving in the middle of the night, there would be less traffic on the roads for it to get into any kind of a problem. Further, because robots do not use eyesight, it hardly matters if it is during the night time or daytime, you can just adjust the optical flow sensors, lidar, stereo sonar, infrared system, or other sensors on the robotic unit for darkness.

And then it occurred to me; why use and unmanned ground vehicle, when you could use a small electric UAV? It wouldn't awaken anyone in the neighborhood, and since it would be flying around, a dog wouldn't be able to attack it. It could deliver the newspaper to the exact spot each and every day on your doorstep, and then fly away. Perhaps to a docking station on an unmanned ground vehicle which parks down the street in the neighborhood, and thus, could deliver 5 to 6 newspapers at a time.

Now then, if you wanted to develop this same system for military use, you would've solved almost every problem that the military has with the small unmanned vehicles, while you solved a real application in the real world. One which might even save the newspaper industry which is in a terrible world of hurt due to the rising costs, and trying to compete with online media. Indeed I hope you will please consider all this and think on it.

Lance Winslow has launched a new provocative series of eBooks on Future UAV Concepts. Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank; http://www.worldthinktank.net

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You Are a Terrible Person Because Someone Took Something You Said Out of Context - Huh?

ByLance Winslow

The other day, I was looking at a media poll, it was on one of the left-leaning news stations, and I was alarmed at their reasoning. You see, they had taken something at of context that one of the GOP candidates had said on the road. Then they played it over and over again critiquing his words. Now mind you it was definitely out of context, nevertheless at the end of the programming they did a little survey and asked people to Twitter, or text message the answer to their survey.

Next, they put the survey on TV showing that 67% of the people disapproved of what was said, and thought that the politician in question should not be president. Okay so, let's talk about this for second shall we?

It seems to me this is mass mind manipulation and brainwashing. Basically the media company is leading the answer to the viewers, and then posting the results of how many people they were able to snooker who called in to participate in a survey. This shows me of their ability to brainwash, and has very little to do with the individual who said something, that perhaps they should've said, because they should've known that the leftist media would've taken it out of context, which they did.

Apparently, our media has the ability to slander and berate someone as a terrible person, after they take something they said out of context. That's interesting isn't it? But isn't that really just office gossip gone wild? Isn't the media in this case just pandering to the inherent behavioral challenges of humans in mass mobs? Is that really all the better we are, is that all the better we can do in America? Is that the level of intelligence that we've come to expect? How is it that America has been so dummied down that they fall for this garbage hook, line, and sinker like a school of fish?

You are not a terrible person because someone said you were, you can only be a terrible person if you are a terrible person. Slandering someone's good name just because they are a politician is exactly why we don't have very many good people running for office. Because as soon as someone who is decent runs for office, this is what the media does to them, and our society follows. They build them up just to burn down, and the reality is they just don't care. Of course, a politician can run for office without saying anything, but as soon as they say something, someone blows it out of proportion, takes it out of context, and sends it viral across the Internet.

It's time for America to grow up. It's time for the media to catch a clue. If they have to use these types of innuendos, and create this type of sound and fury just to get people to tune in, then there's no wonder why they are going out of business. And if that were not for election seasons, they'd already have gone bankrupt. Maybe they are no longer needed, maybe their future demise is their own fault? Please consider all this and think on it.

Lance Winslow has launched a new provocative series of eBooks on the Internet and Media. Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank; http://www.worldthinktank.net

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Remembering Ravana - The King of Lanka

ByMadan G Singh

Ravana was the king of Lanka. In Indian folklore he abducted Sita the wife of Lord Rama and took her to Lanka (Ceylon). Rama then mounted an invasion army that crossed to Sri Lanka. In an epic battle Ravana was defeated and killed and the Lord Rama brought Sita back. This is all related in the Ramayana. He is reported to have ruled during the period 2554-2517 BC. Ravana was supposed to have 10 heads, but Lankans feel that this represented the 10 kingdoms that he ruled. Ravana is very much a historical figure and historians generally credit him as the ruler of Lanka with his headquarters at Polonnaruwa which is located in North Central Sri Lanka.

There has been a revival of sorts in Lanka and it is pointed out that Ravana had made great advances and also invented the pushpaka vimana or the airplane. In addition he is held in high regard as a physician. 7 medical books are credited to Ravana which were originally written in Sinhala and later translated to Sanskrit. Ravana's medical books are NadiPariksha, Arka Prakashata, Uddisa Chiktsaya, Oddiya Chikitsa, Kumara Tantraya and Vatina Prakaranaya.

Hindu texts of that period also credit Ravana as a man who ruled the 3 worlds and was a follower of Shiva, the creator and destroyer. He is reported to have been administered the juice of immortality by Shiva. He had also mastered the Vedas and all the religious books of the Hindus.

Hindu texts also agree that Ravana was a virile king, who was fond of women, his favorite wife being Mandodri. Indian texts in particular the Ramayana mention that Ravana abducted the lovely Sita from the Jungles of central India and took her to Lanka.

Why did Ravana abduct Sita? The Ramayana mentions he did this as an act of revenge for his sister Supernlakha, whose nose had been chopped off by the brother of Rama, Laxman. When Ravana took Sita to Lanka he kept her with him in a separate palace in Central Lanka. He visited her everyday and lavished gifts and presents on Sita. The Ramayana mentions that during this entire period of captivity of Sita, she remained chaste. This does not gel with the actual facts as a beautiful woman in the custody of a powerful king cannot be left untouched.

Hindu texts do not discuss the relationship of Ravana and Sita in any detail. He did lavish gifts on her but the core issue is untouched. As Rama was the 9th avatar of Vishnu perhaps in deference to Rrama this issue is left untouched. But now people in the 21st century can draw their own conjectures.

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