The Future of Battlefield Communication

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/19/Ralph_Osterhout_Invention_Is_the_Mother_of_Creativity

Serial inventor Ralph Osterhout discusses his innovative solution for rapidly communicating information across the battlefield using an ad hoc, self-healing mesh network. He also relays his astonishment at the military's reluctance to trust its soldiers with complex technologies.

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Ralph Osterhout, a self-described "serial-inventor" is proof that the challenges of creating solutions for opportunities is the same; whether its coming up with a new category of toys or designing field weapons for the military.

With more than 40 patents and countless products he's designed, Ralph's success may provide a path for everyone to twist what they already know to create new ways to entertain. - D.I.C.E. Summit

Known as a serial productizer of technology, Ralph Osterhout regularly ricochets between Advanced military Systems, High-tech Toys, Electronic Intelligence and Consumer Products. His major customers are the Department of Defense, major Toy Companies and perfromance-oriented product companies, worldwide. The common thread: high performance, low cost and meaningful innovation.

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[WarVideo]

Thats why the US ARMY is going down hill, the mentality descibed of the PEO. "These guys are stupid" "I want them to shoot when I tell them to" Top down centralized control. Next war, if we fight someone that can operate faster, we are going to get our asses handed to us.

[PrivateSlacker]

Those politicians don't hate you because you killed a useless boondoggle.

They hate you because you canceled a large jobs project for their constituents and made it harder for them to launder money. They didn't care that it was making useless equipment that soldiers rejected.

[jvolstad]

I like HF Radio as well. No need relay sites.

[jvolstad]

I trained my troops to be independent thinkers. We all did that. Developed leaders as well.

[godmadeu]

@MrJoviun  oh have I touched a nerve? your mother was a whore, a new direction? that was one, i can't wait for your next fail.

[MrJoviun]

@godmadeu they are like soldiers except they have webbed feet.

[godmadeu]

@MrJoviun soilders?? soilders ?? what the fuck is soilders , idiot

[MrJoviun]

@szalam555 soilders need it

[badger5079]

Enemy of the state...Denzel Washington. Will Smith starred in that film.

That's awkward. He mixed up his black actors.

[szalam555]

GTFO with war , we don't want war! who needs this communcation shit?

[Efferts]

Realize there's (supposedly) no discrimination between financial classes, education, race, religion, or creed in the military.

Only rank determines how you're treated. Rank determines how much work & time you put in. A teen born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Olympic-level agility, & University-level education is portrayed as a piece of shit while an E1 or E2 in the service. It's a brand new world.