Weapons Technology

Science and violence converge in modern warfare. While the finest minds of the 20th century have improved human life, they have also produced human injury. They engineered radar, developed electronic computers, and helped mass produce penicillin all in the context of military mobilization. Scientists also developed chemical weapons, atomic bombs, and psychological warfare strategies. Rational Fog explores the quandary of scientific and technological productivity in an era of perpetual war.

With over one billion active users spread across 154 countries, it makes TikTok one of the most popular social media platforms as of 2023. But is this platform a friendly site to share creative visions, or is it a weapon of mass destruction?

People love radio. It's been the most effective way to get your message across to a wide audience for decades. The written word, on the other hand, doesn't really have the same level of power that radio has. You can't hear a blog post about your product name, but you can hear us talking about it on your favorite podcast or in an audio commercial for your website. Audio files take up less bandwidth than their written counterparts, and this means that you can reach people from across the world with relative ease.

Tens of millions died during World War II as the warring powers raced to create the best fighter planes, tanks, and guns, and eventually that race extended to bombs which carried enough power to destroy civilization itself. While the war raged in Europe and the Pacific, a dream team was working on the Manhattan Project in America, a program kept so secret that Vice President Harry Truman didn’t know about it until he took the presidency after FDR’s death in April 1945. During this time, J. Robert Oppenheimer emerged as an extraordinary scientific mind in the United States.

In recent decades, rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have revolutionized various industries, including healthcare, finance, and transportation. Within the military realm, AI has emerged as a transformative force, promising to reshape the way wars are fought and won. The integration of AI technologies into military applications has led to the development of autonomous military weapons, which operate without direct human intervention.