What do u think of this idea to make society go GREEN-ER ? clever ? dumb ? laughable ? feasible ? bleh ?
I ask this because I have an idea which could work, but would cost £££’s heh.
Green-Robo-Cops. Thats essentially the idea. upright ‘public sanitation’ law enforcers, designed to move on ground (and in future by air, using jet-packs) via a series of wheels rotating against a belt. It can spin around 360 and reach speeds of up to 45mph (60mph in emergencies where it must pursue occupants of a vehicle).
Green-Robo-Cops will be about 5 foot tall and will be equipped with a highly improved (self updating) version of the current ’sat nav’ technology. They will also be able to rely on night vision as well as thermal imaging detection, facial recognition software (feedbacks all this data to a mainframe server held at one of the MI6 buildings) and will be capable of being in operation 24/7 365. It’s solar powered Energy Cell will boast a whopping 500% power storage, so that it can do its job for one whole year non stop, always heading back to the green-cop station for re-charging.
The idea is simple if you’re not quite on the same page. Want a packet of crisps or a banana but don’t want to walk around to locate the nearest public bin ? go ahead, shove that empty packet of crisps behind that bush and hurl that banana skin over that fence. Nobodies looking. HAH! Robo-Green-Cop is!
And so, it approaches you peacefuly at a gentle speed of 3mph with its eyes flashing red. And in a soothing voice it kindly urges you to pick up your rubbish and dispose of it in a bin. If you fail to comply it will ask again politely. Fail to comply again and a cylindrical arm with claws ejects outwards and it will swing it repeatedly at your un-sanitary body. If you run it will chase you and fire a web to trap you. It will then drag you to the nearest police station where you will pay a hefty fine of £1000.
If you think you can outwit it in a car, think again. Capable of reaching speeds of up to 60mph on public roads , 0-60 in under 5 seconds, upon reaching the side of your moving vehicle it will fire spikes into your tyres rendering your vehicle obsolute for the road.
I think the time has come where human police officers should become intelligence law enforcers, and be safe from the barbarism currently on our streets. You can’t kill a robot , and neither can you bribe nor intimidate one.
What do you reckon then, a good idea ?
October 2nd, 2009 at 6:09 am |
Expensive. Have you priced a Prius lately?
October 5th, 2009 at 2:13 pm |
Wow! How Orwellian! Big Brother monitoring our every move so we don’t toss a gum wrapper.
October 5th, 2009 at 4:43 pm |
whats next, taking candy from babies? If you said something that the programmer didn’t like the sparks would make you useless?
Take it to a SciFi forum, this is not even a serious idea.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:21 pm |
Not a good idea. Robocop turned eco-nazi. “Turn off your car! You have 10 seconds to comply….This is a tuesday. You have only been approved for thursday driving, citizen number 4533211. you now have 5 seconds to comply!”
October 8th, 2009 at 1:55 pm |
Ummmm, in a word? No. Sorry!
October 11th, 2009 at 4:46 pm |
Not feasible at all. Though I am one of the most environmentally conscience people you will ever meet I do not need the government having any more control of my life.
When I see someone throw something out I pick it up and put it in the proper bin for recycling, that is how I help control what goes to our landfills.
We each have a responsibility to the environment but there are those that do not care so I do extra duty to make up for those I can.
October 14th, 2009 at 6:19 pm |
I think as a tax payer, I would LOATH to pay for such things. I would also HATE to live in a society which had such things. Have all children been properly fed, clothed, educated, loved/nurtured, and received proper medical/dental care, before a single penny was put into such robots (that would be my attitude)?
However….I think you are highly creative, and imaginative!!! I think you should write sci-fi books! Possibly you could set aside some of your earnings for parks that provided lovely walking areas for humans, and habitats for wildlife. Don’t stop using your imagination….you’re very clever.
~Garnet
Permaculture homesteading/farming over 20 years
October 17th, 2009 at 4:31 am |
Well something like that IS heading our way pretty soon.
Orwellian – deffinately, but doesn’t even require new technology as you propose.
Research on RFID chips. A transponder chip – about the size of a grain of rice, can recieve and send signals over 400 yards to a reader.
These have already been implanted into prisoners in the US, Students (saying ‘I am Borg’) and is proposed to be used on UK prisoners. Soon to be implanted at birth in hospitals – along with regular blood tests.
These chips can also be screen-printed or embedded within products instead of a barcode. They are now in use for Gilette products, and certain Japanese products.
As Credit cards can also contain the chip, paying for food can now be as easy as walking into a shop – and walking out with it. The scanners scan your chip – for ID, Your card – for bank details, and all your shopping in the bags – automatically debiting your card on the way out.
This has already been on trial in Japan.
It does however link every purchase you make directly to you personally.
In the near future, if you do drop a crisp packet, it can be found weeks later, scanned to find when it was bought and by who, and you will recieve an automated fine through the post – Don’t worry, it will have automatically been deducted from your account. If you don’t have enough euros in your account, they will probably just turn up and arrest you.
Welcome to your future.
October 19th, 2009 at 1:16 pm |
It seems like a good idea provided the robot does not attack humans! Otherwise yes!
October 20th, 2009 at 1:37 pm |
Well the Hearts and Minds thing doesn’t appear to be working too well so I vote for you!
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:54 am |
Why go to all that trouble. All that is needed is a modest expansion of the already incredible network of video cameras watching your every move. There are very few places not covered by security cameras already. Just extend the network as is happening daily. Then add the necessary software /volunteer busy bodies and hey presto, you infringe on the environment and you recieve notification that £500 or whatever has been deducted from your account as fine for dropping that gum wrapper, and a print out of the video covering the offense can be sent to you on payment of just another £50.
No need for lots of dramatics and energy wasting. You can not escape! If you want to challenge the fine, go right ahead, go take it to court, but be warned the whole gory details of your life as recorded on security cams may be presented as evidence!