Military Archives - Herbert R. Sim

The Post-Human Military: When One Soldier Commands Fifty Machines

August 5, 2026

In future, brain-computer interfaces (BCI) will enable a single human to control swarms of machines - a one-man army. The first post-human army may not arrive as metallic infantry marching across a bat...

China’s Battery Breakthrough Could Change Warfare Forever

October 5, 2025

Opinion, Visual Arts

In my illustration above, featuring a high-tech laboratory scene showing engineers examining next-gen battery modules next to military robot prototypes. Battery breakthroughs, more than dazzling AI alg...

The New Arms Race: Global Military Investment in Exoskeleton Technology

July 7, 2025

Opinion, Visual Arts

In my illustration above, I showcase an EPIC battle of the future, where soldiers are equipped with exoskeletons. For decades, powered suits have lived mostly in science fiction — Starship Troopers, Ha...

“Voice of God” Technology: Directed Sound, Microwave Hearing, and the Myths in Between

April 24, 2024

Opinion, Visual Arts

Above is my illustration depicting a night-time skyline with faint, translucent waves beaming from high-rise antennas onto people walking in the street below, suggesting a possible large-scale application i...

The Soldier of the Future: How Exoskeletons Are Redefining Battlefield Endurance

September 9, 2023

Opinion, Visual Arts

In my illustration above, I attempt to showcase how a 'Soldier of the Future' is equipped with Exoskeleton (inspired by 'Edge of Tomorrow' movie), fighting alongside with military robot dogs and drones. ...

Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems: The Debate Continues

January 4, 2019

Opinion, Visual Arts

The global movement to maintain meaningful human control over the use of force in autonomous weapons systems gained momentum in April this year in the course of the fifth international meeting on lethal autonom...

Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems: Ban or No Ban?

September 26, 2015

Opinion, Visual Arts

Referencing Iron Man 3 (2013), I attempt to illustrate and portray myself as the pilot of a 'Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems' suit. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ...

Mapping the Human Mind: Will the BRAIN Initiative Lead to Freedom – or Mind Control?

October 21, 2013

Opinion, Visual Arts

In my illustration above, I feature "The Unfinished Portrait of Consciousness" where scientists collectively draw on an interactive giant computer screen of the human mind. They complete neurons, blood vess...

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