{"id":4765,"date":"2022-02-16T11:38:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T10:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/16\/dystopian-robot-dogs-are-the-latest-in-a-long-history-of-us-mexico-border-surveillance\/"},"modified":"2022-02-16T11:38:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T10:38:57","slug":"dystopian-robot-dogs-are-the-latest-in-a-long-history-of-us-mexico-border-surveillance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/16\/dystopian-robot-dogs-are-the-latest-in-a-long-history-of-us-mexico-border-surveillance\/","title":{"rendered":"Dystopian robot dogs are the latest in a long history of US-Mexico border surveillance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Activists have argued that the tools in use \u2013 drones and towers equipped with night vision and radar \u2013 make the region dangerous to migrants<\/p>\n<p>When the United States\u2019 Department of Homeland Security announced in early February it was training quadruped \u201crobot dogs\u201d to help secure the US-Mexico border, the department\u2019s spokesperson described the nearly 2,000-mile region as \u201can <a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/newsletter-daily\/introducing-robot-dogs-designed-to-increase-security-at-us-borders-advanced-technology-customs-and-border-patrol-south#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20southern%20border%20can%20be,is%20all%20about%20robot%20dogs.%E2%80%9D\">inhospitable place<\/a> for man and beast, and that is exactly why a machine may excel there\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But, of course, people do live, work, and try to eke out a living<strong> <\/strong>in this \u201cinhospitable\u201d desert space \u2013 leaving one to question what, exactly, the robot dog is meant to excel at?<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2022\/feb\/16\/robot-dogs-us-mexico-border-surveillance-technology\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/6c7c2daed7f2f348a194eb14399c64bc11e42a53\/0_856_6610_3965\/master\/6610.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=90f391cef0ffd34c947c57f9b0ae0219\" title=\"Dystopian robot dogs are the latest in a long history of US-Mexico border surveillance\" \/>Activists have argued that the tools in use \u2013 drones and towers equipped with night vision and radar \u2013 make the region dangerous to migrants<br \/>\nWhen the United States\u2019 Department of Homeland Security announced in early February it was training quadruped \u201crobot dogs\u201d to help secure the US-Mexico border, the department\u2019s spokesperson described the nearly 2,000-mile region as \u201can inhospitable place for man and beast, and that is exactly why a machine may excel there\u201d.<br \/>\nBut, of course, people do live, work, and try to eke out a living in this \u201cinhospitable\u201d desert space \u2013 leaving one to question what, exactly, the robot dog is meant to excel at? Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activists have argued that the tools in use \u2013 drones and towers equipped with night vision and radar \u2013 make the region dangerous to migrants When the United States\u2019 Department of Homeland Security announced in early February it was training quadruped \u201crobot dogs\u201d to help secure the US-Mexico border, the department\u2019s spokesperson described the nearly &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/16\/dystopian-robot-dogs-are-the-latest-in-a-long-history-of-us-mexico-border-surveillance\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dystopian robot dogs are the latest in a long history of US-Mexico border surveillance<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4765"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}