arstechnica ,
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You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000

Thermonator, the first "flamethrower-wielding robot dog," is completely legal in 48 US states.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/you-can-now-buy-a-flame-throwing-robot-dog-for-under-10000/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

aapis ,
@aapis@mastodon.world avatar

@arstechnica america is a failed state lmao

collectifission ,
@collectifission@greennuclear.online avatar

@arstechnica Is this within the Boston Dynamics terms?

Bit_form ,
@Bit_form@corteximplant.com avatar

@arstechnica can we fucking not?!

Selena ,
@Selena@ivoor.eu avatar

@arstechnica 🤦

kmetz ,
@kmetz@chaos.social avatar

@arstechnica well, don‘t burn yourself in the foot.

cd0 ,
@cd0@mastodon.social avatar

@arstechnica Excuse me, steward? I appear to be sitting in the wrong future, can I please move to a different one?

DEDGirl ,
@DEDGirl@mastodon.world avatar

@arstechnica this seems greeaat. 👀

mloxton ,
@mloxton@med-mastodon.com avatar

@arstechnica
American TechBros: Hey, let's do something so stupid that we fuck up our own chances of having nice things. Yee-haw!

soundconjurer ,
@soundconjurer@mstdn.social avatar

@arstechnica a twist on Black Mirror's killer dog? Just what we needed.

beandev ,
@beandev@social.tchncs.de avatar

@arstechnica

This is fine. 🔥

space_wrangler ,
@space_wrangler@mastodon.social avatar

@arstechnica
What could possibly go wrong?

thatandromeda ,
@thatandromeda@ohai.social avatar

@arstechnica Oh but "It also includes a LIDAR sensor for mapping and obstacle avoidance". Safety first!

angusm ,
@angusm@mastodon.social avatar

@arstechnica “The dog incinerated my homework.”

thatandromeda ,
@thatandromeda@ohai.social avatar

@arstechnica OMG and they actually suggest snow removal as if we are not out here living on former MIT President Karl Compton's green earth https://alum.mit.edu/slice/1948-mit-president-mayor-try-salt

darkoneko ,
@darkoneko@shelter.moe avatar

@arstechnica ah, typical USA.

jor ,
@jor@eldritch.cafe avatar

@arstechnica Not frightening at all. 😬

Outpost42 ,
@Outpost42@mastodon.social avatar

@arstechnica Brings new meaning to the term "Hot Dog"

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
@ChemicalEyeGuy@mstdn.science avatar

@arstechnica This is very bad news for and his grifters. in the cult cannot resist buying a flame-throwing dog, and the $10,000 will clean-out their savings that would otherwise go to for and other shit! 😂

Busybelle ,
@Busybelle@federated.press avatar

@arstechnica Why does this even exist?

GhostOnTheHalfShell ,
@GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai avatar

@arstechnica

I can imagine people walking that in a park.

kristen_d ,
@kristen_d@mastodon.social avatar

@arstechnica just what we need 🤪

CGM ,
@CGM@mastodon.scot avatar

@arstechnica "flame-throwing robot dog" - what could possibly go wrong? 🤔

TheMattou ,
@TheMattou@piaille.fr avatar

@arstechnica Still less scary than a goose with a knife

koushiniku ,
@koushiniku@hachyderm.io avatar

@arstechnica $9420? Did Elon set the price?

Slipp ,
@Slipp@mastodon.social avatar

@arstechnica surely this can't go wrong at all

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