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Stunning Australian Time-Lapse Short: "First Footprints"

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CuriousLurker7/14/2013 3:38:37 pm PDT

re: #15 Gus


Looks like an insect cyborg drone to me. Somebody better tell Snowden to look out for the mosquito drones. //

In 2008, the U.S. Air Force showed off bug-sized spies as “tiny as bumblebees” that would not be detected when flying into buildings to “photograph, record, and even attack insurgents and terrorists.”

Many flying insect drones were developed into prototypes that year, but look again at the fly drone that could fit on the tip of your finger. Gizmo Insider suggested, “We’ve heard of a fly swatter, but what about a marksman trying to shoot down every fly he sees within a 100 yard radius. The future of warfare and intelligence collection just got a whole lot more sophisticated.” That was five years ago, so what insect spy drones exist now that the public doesn’t know about? […]

http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/future-drone-surveillance-swarms-cyborg-insect-drones