Summary:
Two hunters were arrested in Maryland after unknowingly shooting a robo-deer, a
technology used by the Maryland Natural Resources Police, designed to catch
hunters hunting illegally or out of season. The park owns three robo animals
for this purpose: robo-deer, robo-bear, and robo-turkey. The hunters, David
Few, age 21, and Brian Stitley, age 24, were driving down a road in Leonardtown
when they got out of their truck, directed flashlights at the deer, and proceeded
to shoot the dummy several times with crossbows. They were greeted, not long
after, by Maryland authorities. However, even though most of the charges were
dropped because the robo-deer sustained only minor injuries, the Maryland
Natural Police Resources now know that their robo-deer works effectively.
Synopsis:
Those hunters deserved to get caught. They shot the deer multiple times and
still didn’t realize it was a robot. However, the more important issue is the
rapid growth in technology. The people of our generation have made a robo-deer.
A few years ago microwaves were new tech and smart phones were sci-fi. Now we
have robo-deer that help to catch criminals. It sounds like science fiction. It
makes me wonder if things like this were so amazing in the industrial age. Did
people think about packaged food and skyscrapers in the same way? Did they look
at telegraphs and light bulbs and wonder what kind of fantasy world they were
living in? This might not be a question for the computer age, but a question
for all new technology. Are we realizing our own science fiction?
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