[Juenger-list] Ernst Juenger, the Technological Revolution and Titanism

[mvk575b@tninet.se (Bertil Häggman)]

A recent (February 2001) article on Ernst Juenger can be found
at www.linguafranca.com titled "Marathon Man". It contains
reviews of _Die Glassbienen_ in English (The Glass Bees), Neaman's
_A Dubious Past_ and Nevin's_ Ernst Juenger and Germany_. The mobile
glass bees is of course a prognosis of EJ from 1957 of what
is in full swing today. Zapparoni had worldwide dominance
of movies, household gadgets, and military secrets due to his
"liliputrobots" in the book.

As you know I have written extensively on this list from
to time on this particular prognosis of EJ. In Starck's fine
collection _Titan Technik_ from last year (in which of
course Olaf's contribution stands out) too little, in my opinion,
was devoted to the question, especially its military side
but also the civilian.

One has to proceed to a footnote in Harro Segeberg's contribution
to find a mention of "Liliput-Robots" and a reference to an article
in Time Magazine from 1996. Well, much has happened and
is happening in the military field.

Even the Chinese are following this area closely. I am referring
to an article by Major General Sun Bailin of the Chinese
Academy of Military Science (also from 1996).

Sun writes already then of Ant Robots, which can be controlled by sound. =
They can
be used to creep into an enemy's vital equipment and lurk there for as
long as several decades. They can be stored there in peacetime
and then remotely activated in wartime.

There are even plans to make small "blood vessel submarines" that can
undertake patrol missions within complex human circulatory
systems. Likewise they could be used as weapons.

Of course minirobots have their role in attacking the enemy's electrical
systems using an aircraft, for instance, to desperse these microscale =
electromechanical
system in the vicinity of the target. This can of course also be made
via computers.

Nanosatellites, small satellites that can be spread en masse over a=20
battlefield or across the earth to advance surveillance of every
territory.

These are only a few examples in the military field but many of these
systems can of course also be used in the civilian field. And, not to =
forget,
mush has happened in the last five years to advance the research
and possible production already.

Me thinks this is an area of EJs works that should be further explored =
more in
detail as the extensive research on Juenger's works continue into the =
21st
century.

Finally a thank you to Guenter and Tobias, who are doing so
much to keep this list live and informative.

With juengerian greetings

Bertil