The usurpation of nature’s ingenuity to destroy us in the works.
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With the
Miniature flying robot among TIME’s 2011 best 50 inventions
Rapidly flapping wings to hover, dive,
climb, or dart through an open doorway, DARPA’s remotely controlled Nano Air
Vehicle relays real-time video from a tiny on-board camera back to its
operator. Weighing less than a AA battery and resembling a live hummingbird,
the vehicle could give war fighters an unobtrusive view of threats inside or
outside a building from a safe distance. This week, TIME Magazine named
the Hummingbird one of the best 50 inventions of the year, featuring it on the
November 28th cover.
“The Hummingbird’s development is in keeping with a long DARPA
tradition of innovation and technical advances for national defense that
support the agency’s singular mission – to prevent and create strategic
surprise,” said Jay Schnitzer, director, Defense Sciences
Office.
And the mosquito drone! What the F is This?
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