Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-9090085-20130706045355

Having watched the RTX RWBY Panel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8o4neUbtcc , I believe I can safely conclude (despite having not watched the episode) what the nature magic and technology in the series is:

It has sufficiently analyzed magic, which technology is made from.

"Magic" in this case is "Dust"

I get the impression from the section starting about 29 minutes in: "they use Dust in their weapons, but they don't have to use a weapon to use Dust".

And in reference to the Black trailer: "There are many applications of Dust." "Things glow."

What glows in the Black Trailer? Mecha Men and the Spider Droid. Which implies they are "Dust" animated golems of some description. The Spider Droid even stopped glowing right before trying to crush Adam, suggesting it ran low on Dust and couldn't fire at him.

What do you all think? 