http://defensetech.org/2009/05/06/minority-report-meets-the-bridge/ The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security Sat, 26 May 2012 04:14:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://defensetech.org/2009/05/06/minority-report-meets-the-bridge/#comment-84395 Foreign.boy Thu, 07 May 2009 20:48:44 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=4479#comment-84395 I WANT 10! I WANT 10!

]]> http://defensetech.org/2009/05/06/minority-report-meets-the-bridge/#comment-88991 CJ Thu, 07 May 2009 14:41:08 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=4479#comment-88991 I'd like to see the military take 1 brigade and equip them with all these toys and have them fight a Red Flag exercise against another brigade that is stripped of all this nonsense, but that can have it's pick of choice tactical gear and increase training. They can run the exercise multiple times in multiple environments and see how it shakes out. My money is on the leaner, meaner brigade wiping the floor with the toy brigade. I’d like to see the military take 1 brigade and equip them with all these toys and have them fight a Red Flag exercise against another brigade that is stripped of all this nonsense, but that can have it’s pick of choice tactical gear and increase training.
They can run the exercise multiple times in multiple environments and see how it shakes out.
My money is on the leaner, meaner brigade wiping the floor with the toy brigade.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2009/05/06/minority-report-meets-the-bridge/#comment-88990 TDS4S Thu, 07 May 2009 02:12:07 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=4479#comment-88990 Another brilliant technological answer in search of a question. One thing our military needs for sure is more effective micromanagement tools. Providing the TOC with a sexy screen flooding out more information than any mind could possibly process is guaranteed to give the BDE CDR the false confidence that makes micromanagement inevitable. Nothing quite like senior leaders with live-feed super awareness who know nothing about everything and therefore refuse to trust the scout with eyes on. Can I get a "hooah" if you've been there? Another brilliant technological answer in search of a question.
One thing our military needs for sure is more effective micromanagement tools. Providing the TOC with a sexy screen flooding out more information than any mind could possibly process is guaranteed to give the BDE CDR the false confidence that makes micromanagement inevitable. Nothing quite like senior leaders with live-feed super awareness who know nothing about everything and therefore refuse to trust the scout with eyes on.
Can I get a “hooah” if you’ve been there?

]]> http://defensetech.org/2009/05/06/minority-report-meets-the-bridge/#comment-88988 ohwilleke Wed, 06 May 2009 22:01:07 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=4479#comment-88988 FWIW, neither Philip Dick, nor the screen writers who adapted his story for the silver screen, ever intended to take a stand against cool user interfaces for computers, despite the generally anti-utopian tone of Minority Report. The again, the newly released book "Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life," by Winifred Gallagher, makes a compelling case that multi-tasking is bad. DRS Technologies may believe that the holy grail is a "system that could handle an infinite number of applications." But, I find it hard to imagine of more dreadful example of counterproductive feature bloat. FWIW, neither Philip Dick, nor the screen writers who adapted his story for the silver screen, ever intended to take a stand against cool user interfaces for computers, despite the generally anti-utopian tone of Minority Report.
The again, the newly released book “Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life,” by Winifred Gallagher, makes a compelling case that multi-tasking is bad. DRS Technologies may believe that the holy grail is a “system that could handle an infinite number of applications.” But, I find it hard to imagine of more dreadful example of counterproductive feature bloat.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2009/05/06/minority-report-meets-the-bridge/#comment-84390 John Moore Wed, 06 May 2009 21:10:50 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=4479#comment-84390 All good and well till we have a tech enemy who can then use our own data against us. All good and well till we have a tech enemy who can then use our own data against us.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2009/05/06/minority-report-meets-the-bridge/#comment-88987 Schrott Wed, 06 May 2009 20:55:43 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=4479#comment-88987 maybe google Earth on steroids... Just wait, they are working on the airborne screen. maybe google Earth on steroids… Just wait, they are working on the airborne screen.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2009/05/06/minority-report-meets-the-bridge/#comment-88986 The Cenobyte Wed, 06 May 2009 19:18:29 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=4479#comment-88986 Sounds like a pretty simple combination of a MS surface style touch screen interface (think giant iphone) and google earth. Honestly it sounds like someone spent a lot of time re-inventing the wheel here. Concept it good for commanders though, I mean have you ever used google earth? Sounds like a pretty simple combination of a MS surface style touch screen interface (think giant iphone) and google earth. Honestly it sounds like someone spent a lot of time re-inventing the wheel here. Concept it good for commanders though, I mean have you ever used google earth?

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