Cringely writes his weekly article, this time on the odd but facinating tie-ins between a new Web 2.0 fishing site and the US department of defence. Apparently the tide as turned (ahem), and the innovation is now flowing (ahem) from the consumer market to the military market. The fishing site is so linked up, so video and real-time action, that the DOD wants the technology for the battlefield, instead of their current janky and WAY over-priced setup.
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A generation ago this sort of application would originate on the battlefield then slowly make its way into consumer applications. But today the consumer electronics market is so large and the rate of product development so fast that it isn’t surprising at all to see consumer technology leading the military.