RE: Robobugs set to spy for Pentagon
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From: FREE FALL (system's down)
Date: Apr 23, 2007 12:31 AM
From: Toll Road and a Pay Toilet (labotomized labrats)
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=44914&in_page_id=34
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Insect... or robot?Tiny robot insects that mimic flying bugs are being developed by US defence chiefs to spy on enemies, it was revealed on Wednesday.
The Pentagon's Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency has sanctioned work on four 'robobugs' weighing less than 10g (0.3oz) each, and with a 7.5cm (3in) wingspan.
It is hoped to have prototypes flying in 2008.
The aim is for the bugs to carry tiny spy cameras. The bugs should be far more manoeuvrable than micro-sized conventional aircraft.
But mimicking an insect's figure-of-eight wing beat – to give optimum mid-air agility – is proving tough, New Scientist reports.
From: FREE FALL (system's down)
Date: Apr 23, 2007 12:31 AM
From: Toll Road and a Pay Toilet (labotomized labrats)
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=44914&in_page_id=34
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Insect... or robot?Tiny robot insects that mimic flying bugs are being developed by US defence chiefs to spy on enemies, it was revealed on Wednesday.
The Pentagon's Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency has sanctioned work on four 'robobugs' weighing less than 10g (0.3oz) each, and with a 7.5cm (3in) wingspan.
It is hoped to have prototypes flying in 2008.
The aim is for the bugs to carry tiny spy cameras. The bugs should be far more manoeuvrable than micro-sized conventional aircraft.
But mimicking an insect's figure-of-eight wing beat – to give optimum mid-air agility – is proving tough, New Scientist reports.
posted by Gandolfo at 4/23/2007
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