The 1600 Crew, in it's quest for the zenith of silliness never fails to disappoint.
The Pentagon's defence scientists want to create an army of cyber-insects that can be remotely controlled to check out explosives and send transmissions.
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Darpa believes scientists can take advantage of the evolution of insects, such as dragonflies and moths, in the pupa stage.
"Through each metamorphic stage, the insect body goes through a renewal process that can heal wounds and reposition internal organs around foreign objects," its proposal document reads.
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A winning bidder would have to deliver "an insect within five metres of a specific target located 100 metres away".
The "insect-cyborg" must also "be able to transmit data from relevant sensors, yielding information about the local environment. These sensors can include gas sensors, microphones, video, etc."
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Darpa's previous experiments to get bees and wasps to detect the smell of explosives foundered when their "instinctive behaviours for feeding and mating... prevented them from performing reliably", it said.
Obviously those damned bees and wasps had not heard Claude Allen's missives on "Abstinence in Service to America"™.
I guess if Mothra shows up in downtown DC, we'll know who to blame. Right? Mothra v. Darth Cheney...I'd pay to see that one.
posted by Jo Fish on 03.23.06 at 12:32 AM
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"Darpa believes scientists can take advantage of the evolution of insects, such as dragonflies and moths, in the pupa stage"
I thought these bug fuckers didn't believe in Evolution!
Shouldn't they be prayin for these critters instead???