Warring Futures: How biotech and robotics are transforming today's military

New technologies are changing warfare as profoundly as did gunpowder. How are everything from flying robots as small as birds to "peak warrior performance" biology altering the nature of the military as an institution, as well as the ethics and strategy of combat? How will the adoption of emerging technologies by our forces or others affect our understanding of asymmetrical conflict? New technologies are always embraced wherever there is the greatest competition for advantage, but quickly move out to the rest of us not engaged in sport or warfare. At this May 24 Future Tense event -- sponsored jointly by Arizona State University, New America Foundation, and Slate magazine -- a wide range of experts from the military, private sector and academia explored how these technologies will inevitably migrate to consumer markets and the broader culture, and what their impact will be. Part 1 of 4 - Welcome and First panel presentation featuring Stephen Coll, President and CEO, New America Foundation; Vice Admiral Joseph Dyer, President of the Government and Industrial Robots Division, IRobots; John Mogford, Acting Deputy Director, DARPA; Stephen Helms Tillery, Assistant Professort, Harrington Department of Bio-Engineering, Arizona State University.