In the throes of the Covid-19 pandemic, flush with federal relief money, the Honolulu Police Department made national headlines for spending $150,000 on a robot dog. A four-legged machine that can walk and even dance, Spot was ostensibly purchased to take people’s temperatures at a city-run homeless encampment, an explanation that attracted so much criticism … Continue reading Honolulu Police Spent $150k On A Robot Dog. It’s Playing Dead