Monday, February 4, 2008

Future Pilots Are Precursors To Borg


The jointly developed American/British F-35 Strike Fighter is probably one of the most advance and high-tech warplanes to enter service in the next few years. Even their pilots will be equipped with some crazy technology. Take for instance their helmets which allows them to see right through their own aircraft fuselage to the ground below. A group of cameras on the outside of the fighter feed high-resolution images into the helmet, and of course no pilot is complete without night vision.

That's not all, the fighter is equipped with sensors to detect the pilot's head movements and all tactile information appears in a heads up display. Okay, I'm just waiting for the part when he tells me resistance is futile.

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