While it's usually frowned upon (and probably treason-y) to prank the Pentagon, this is amazing ...

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Here's a look at a kooky-but-very-real-and-oh-yeah-these-are-your-tax-dollars program from the Pentagon's "Darpa" team, which apparently specializes in making sci-fi movies real. The newest project is dubbed "Avatar" and seeks to introduce robots that humans can control from a safe distance to do fighting for the U.S. Which never seems to go well in movies ...

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