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DARPA preps 5-year MELT program to develop high energy lasers for directed energy applications, drone swarms

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The Pentagon's research funding arm is prepping a five-year program to develop high energy laser sources for directed energy applications...

Military Technology

Pentagon seeks wearable & handheld tech for soldiers to control multiple unmanned vehicles

Tim Hinchliffe1 year ago

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The Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is looking for commercial solutions to develop wearable and handheld controllers that will allow...

Technology

Pentagon announces 5 American-made drones available for US law enforcement

Tim Hinchliffe2 years ago

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A Pentagon official announces that the Department of Defense has five American-made drones that are available for use by US...

Technology

Pentagon taps private sector to develop drone swarms that can track people, objects in congested areas

Tim Hinchliffe2 years ago

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The Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit is calling on the private sector to develop autonomous drones that can track people, vehicles,...

Technology

Drones that can see without being seen ‘at night, underground, in the Arctic, and in fog’: DARPA

Tim Hinchliffe2 years ago

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DARPA is putting together a research program that could lay the foundation for autonomous vehicles with 3D vision that would...

Technology

US intelligence wants a super quiet spy drone for 10-pound payloads, military use

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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US spy agency IARPA is looking to build a super quiet spy drone that can deliver a 10 pound payload...

Technology

Spy agencies want to accurately ID people from drones and rooftops

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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Combining facial and body recognition from above, spy agencies are researching how to identify people at long range from drones...

Technology

How evolving drone tech is finding its way onto farms, police forces and beyond

Sydney Butler3 years ago

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Modern consumer and professional drones are the culmination of multiple fields of technological development. The radio-controlled aircraft industry has been...

Science Technology

Medical delivery drones are creating cross-industry job opportunities

Navanwita Sachdev3 years ago

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Last month marked the first time an organ was delivered to a patient via a drone, which utilized the combined...

Business Technology

Technology alone does not enhance competitiveness: Cornell Prof Soumitra Dutta

Navanwita Sachdev3 years ago

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"Technology has to be combined with a strong national vision, investments in education, and a supportive business environment to enable...

Technology

When will driverless deliveries become the norm?

Pat Rabbitte3 years ago

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Some time ago, we looked at services which were on the cusp of offering driverless deliveries. At what point in development...

Technology

Israeli ‘kamikaze’ drones swarm into US market, tiptoe towards autonomy

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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With the ability to hover over a target at high altitudes while awaiting the opportune moment to strike, a "kamikaze"...

Technology

Brain-computer interface allows for telepathic piloting of drones

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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After years of research, trials, and major funding, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is able to use a...

Business Technology

The Future of Business: Technology Every Organization Should Know About

Melissa Thompson4 years ago

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With autonomous vehicles roaming the streets, flying cars released to the public, and holographic technology in cell phones, it’s easy...

Technology

How technology is changing food

Nicolas Waddell5 years ago

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Obviously, it is impossible to live without food, and nowadays it seems it is becoming increasingly difficult to live without...

Technology

Drones, self-driving cars and bicycles banned for marijuana delivery in California

Daniel Sanchez5 years ago

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Several California startups are heartbroken over the state’s recent ban on drones for marijuana delivery. The ban comes amongst many...

Technology

5 Ways drones are transforming life across the planet

Guest Contributor5 years ago

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As drones become more advanced and affordable, their applications are spreading like the very wildfires they are now helping to...

Business

Amazon Go, Fresh and Prime Air: A triple threat for driverless delivery future

Tim Hinchliffe5 years ago

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Amazon is set to open a chain of grocery stores to compliment its online shopping portal while investing in driverless...

Technology

Aquila: Facebook’s drone to monopolize connectivity in developing nations

Tim Hinchliffe6 years ago

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Facebook announces the first successful launch of Aquila, the social media company's first drone to bring limited connectivity to developing...

Technology

Saviors in the Sky: could drones save 100s of construction workers’ lives each year?

Guest Contributor6 years ago

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With leaps forward in camera and AI tech, drones are now able to undertake a range of industry functions which...

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You may have heard of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his followers, commonly known as Rajneeshees or sannyasins, from the incredibly popular Netflix documentary “Wild, Wild Country.”

Well in today’s episode we speak with a former follower of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh cult to get a better understanding of how this society functioned, what it was like to live in normal society as a member of the cult, and what it was like on the famous Oregon ranch.

With our guest, Annie (who has asked to remain anonymous but showed her mala that she wore during her time as a Rajneshee to prove her affiliation with the cult), we find out how she first find out about Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and the Rajneeshees, and what inspired her to join their cult, where she goes into great detail about how she found them when she was 16 at an Alcoholics Anonymous event.

She also shares why life as a Rajneeshee was difficult off the ranch in normal society, as society often treated them with a mixture of suspicion, curiosity, and fear. In fact, she was fired from all of her jobs due to her membership in the cult, but she also explains how she saw this as a positive, “a trial by fire” as she claims.

Annie also goes into detail about what it was like visiting the ranch in 1983, when, she believes, much of the footage used in the documentary was filmed. She talks about the important role meditation played in being a Rajneeshee and what a normal day was like on the ranch.

She also shares her thoughts on how accurate the documentary was, how close she came to meeting Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and finally, how she left the cult in the end.

Overall, Annie explains why she doesn’t see the following as a religion or cult, but instead as a community and how this community had such an overall, lasting positive experience in her life.