return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoRobot dogs priced at $300,000 a piece are now guarding some of the country’s biggest data centersfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square131linkfedilinkarrow-up1356arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1348arrow-down1external-linkRobot dogs priced at $300,000 a piece are now guarding some of the country’s biggest data centersfortune.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square131linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareteyrnon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoAren’t EMP’s hard to induce though? Like there is a big one in a nuclear explosion, but outside of that, how can you make one without megawatts of power connected to a vehicle sized device?
minus-squareEightBitBlood@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIt’s not as hard as you’d think! 🙂 Mostly because of advances in HPM tech in the last couple years. https://www.emsopedia.org/entries/high-power-microwave-hpm/ Even 9 years ago, you could build one from an old microwave, that could likely cause a lot of issues near a data center: https://youtu.be/80kDn4vit_w
Aren’t EMP’s hard to induce though? Like there is a big one in a nuclear explosion, but outside of that, how can you make one without megawatts of power connected to a vehicle sized device?
It’s not as hard as you’d think! 🙂 Mostly because of advances in HPM tech in the last couple years.
https://www.emsopedia.org/entries/high-power-microwave-hpm/
Even 9 years ago, you could build one from an old microwave, that could likely cause a lot of issues near a data center:
https://youtu.be/80kDn4vit_w