We are unsure how to start with that one. It's, in short, unbelievable. Technologist Cody Oliver was digging through eBay for parts to construct a robot vehicle that Elon Musk could drive around Burning Guy, when he discovered surplus equipment from defense companies Omnitech Robotics and Ionatron. The constituents were initially in the military's Joint Improvised Blast Neutralizers, or JINs -- remote-controlled lightning guns made to disable IEDs. But, the storyline rapidly goes from interesting to terrifying. Oliver soon discovered the weapons were cobbled together largely from off-the-shelf parts, including a Linksys router using the ghd serial numbers crawled off, and didn't have even fundamental security. The now upon the market JINs were controlled on the standard 802.11 Wi-fi compatability signal, using the file encryption switched off -- departing the multimillion dollar products susceptible to insurgents. Ultimately the various components were considered unfit for Musk's RC art vehicle. Read all the horrifying particulars in the source link.
[Thanks, Chris]
[Image credit: Cody Oliver]
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