It's a Bird, It's a Plane....

OkieTigerTK · Mar 1, 2011

well, it's both.

this is really cool. the part about the insects is (imo) pretty fascinating.

SAN DIEGO – You'll never look at hummingbirds the same again.

The Pentagon has poured millions of dollars into the development of tiny drones inspired by biology, each equipped with video and audio equipment that can record sights and sounds.

They could be used to spy, but also to locate people inside earthquake-crumpled buildings and detect hazardous chemical leaks.

The smaller, the better.

Besides the hummingbird, engineers in the growing unmanned aircraft industry are working on drones that look like insects and the helicopter-like maple leaf seed.

Researchers are even exploring ways to implant surveillance and other equipment into an insect as it is undergoing metamorphosis. They want to be able to control the creature.
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Tiny spy planes could mimic birds, insects - Yahoo! News

Swerved · Mar 1, 2011

OkieTigerTK said: ↑

well, it's both.

this is really cool. the part about the insects is (imo) pretty fascinating.

Tiny spy planes could mimic birds, insects - Yahoo! News
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Here's some video of the DARPA project with the insects.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFguLwUT5lg&playnext=1&list=PL4E4258B4110C1792]YouTube - remote controlled beetle by DARPA[/ame]

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It's a Bird, It's a Plane....

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