More Star Wars

There has been a bit of new news to come out, yes even more. The characters in the teaser have been named. Im not going to go through them all because you can look it up yourself if you want, or you probably already have. Something interesting to point out about the names. All were named first and last name, all except two. Finn, the frightened stormtrooper at the beginning and Rey, the woman on the speeder bike that looked like a fridge. Not giving these characters last names leads me to believe that they are quite important last names, a certain Skywalker or Solo possibly? I suppose we will find out.

Something else I want to also jump back into is another possible plot to the movie. Now that the rebels are becoming the large power in the galaxy and the empire is becoming the underdog, planets may realize that the rebels are just as commanding, or places that are no longer under rebel control turn chaotic. Wouldn't it be cool, if we had to choose a side based on our belief of whats better? There isnt just a clear cut good guy vs bad guy, both sides have pros and cons. Just a cool thought i had, i would love that to be the actual plot just because it provides some almost necessary grey area that would fit into the Star Wars universe nicely.

Future of Warfare

Warfare on the modern battlefield has gotten quite technical. Think back just 100 years when the tactic was hide in a trench and suffer huge casualties. Think back 100 years before that when the tactic was charge each other and the side with more soldiers usually came out on top. Yes, now we can launch missles from the sky and use remote controls and robots to do some of the fighting. But man is still an integral part of warfare. But man is not alone, he is accompanied by quite a bit of gear and tech. Between his rifle, ammo, helmet, rations, boots, backpack and everything inside. Yes the soldier is quite over encumbered. In fact, multiple studies suggest just that. The modern day carries so much weight it just isn't healthy. Going to another topic I have hinted on and may be talking about more is the solution, a robotic solution. But not the replacement of limbs, just an exo suit. An exo suit is just an exo-skeleton. Something that would increase not only weight capacity, but speed, agility, most physical preformances. Plus it looks cool. A lot of video games have been showcasing exo suits, and we draw alot from science fiction while we move into the nonfictional future. Who knows, the next soldier could appear to be the same as a Call of Duty coverphoto.

Future of Sports

I love soccer/football and wonder what the future holds for sports in general. Will we have something like Podracing in Star Wars or something more chill and less... Dangerous?. Looking into news on sports lately, a lot of changes and questions revolve around the safety role in sports. The rise in safety concerns isn't due to these sports being safer, rather the reason is it's easier to detect problems or health damage. If anything sports have gotten safer over the years. Look at football uniforms from 20-30 years ago and compare them to now. They are much more bulky and padded than before. Over time, sports will inevitably get safer just because of better health practices and treatments. But with them possibly being a problem, could it lead to something else playing the sport. With robotic advancements possibly the future would have Robot fighting sports, like Real Steel. Without having to pay contracts to robots like human players, it would be cheaper, it also eliminates the health concern, plus it would be cool to watch. But if mankind devolves into madness or some economic depression hits us, leaving us to worry about more important things like food on the table and not about others bruises and scratches, then possibly we could get some interesting Jabba the Hutt mobster sports...