Israel developing anti-militant "bionic hornet"

SUBMAN1 · 11-20-06, 03:31 PM

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel is using nanotechnology to try to create a robot no bigger than a hornet that would be able to chase, photograph and kill its targets, an Israeli newspaper reported on Friday....

http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...ST-WEAPONS.xml

Perilscope · 11-20-06, 04:06 PM

Very interesting, I can't wait and see in about three years. Also that bionic glove seems interesting too, imagine face to face being able to bend the enemies rifle just before he/she tries to fire...LOL

bookworm_020 · 11-20-06, 07:10 PM

I can see the sales of fly swats increasing in the areas surounding and occupied by Israel!

I sure some one is now working on a "Fly Spray" as we speak.

I wonder if they will have a "stinger", so they could inject a sedative or posion into to a target?

Iceman · 11-20-06, 11:00 PM

I was watching some military future weps show and I saw an idea they had to create many many small helicopter or plane type drones that could be deployed over a large area using solar and or battery's and stay aloft indefinatly to provide a blanket of surveliane in an area using cameras/sensors...thought that was a cool idea for the remote mountain regions where you are trying to spot peeps hiding out...good ideas.

The Avon Lady · 11-20-06, 11:30 PM

I was wondering why lately the honey I add to my tea had silicon chip shavings in it. :hmm:

bookworm_020 · 11-20-06, 11:33 PM

If it had problems with its software, would it be referred to as "computer bugs"?

Yahoshua · 11-21-06, 12:17 AM

I suppose so........but could you imagine trying to run a deconfig on that thing? I mean, where in the world would you plug in the USB cable or port interface? <-----(brief humor)

kiwi_2005 · 11-21-06, 03:06 AM

That is one cool weapon they inventing!

Only problem is what will happen when it gets in the wrong hands?

Kapitan_Phillips · 11-21-06, 03:30 AM

Sounds like something out of a comic :P

STEED · 11-21-06, 05:00 AM

We are very clever dreaming up new ways to kill each other.

Yahoshua · 11-21-06, 08:45 AM

What if it stung a U.N. "bystander," could they take the case to British courts and sue?

Konovalov · 11-21-06, 09:08 AM

Is this not that little super hero Fearless Fly? So long as his super power spectacles don't fall off he is invincible. As the opening credits from the cartoon said, "no fly-swatter can harm him, no fly paper can hold him, no insecticide can stop him!" This might bring back some memories for old timers here.

Spoon 11th · 11-21-06, 11:10 AM

This kind of weapon would be perfect to fight the war of drugs. Just release a billion of these insects from a plane and they will chop down any cocaine or opium field in minutes.

Grayback · 11-21-06, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Spoon 11th

This kind of weapon would be perfect to fight the war of drugs. Just release a billion of these insects from a plane and they will chop down any cocaine or opium field in minutes.

Then once they were finished we'd have to deal with a hundred million unemployed and coke-addicted bugs.

August · 11-22-06, 01:07 AM

If it works it's the advent of the "smart bullet" and could mean a huge change in warfare.

11-20-06, 07:10 PM	#3
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I can see the sales of fly swats increasing in the areas surounding and occupied by Israel! I sure some one is now working on a "Fly Spray" as we speak. I wonder if they will have a "stinger", so they could inject a sedative or posion into to a target? __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

11-20-06, 11:30 PM	#5
The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I was wondering why lately the honey I add to my tea had silicon chip shavings in it. :hmm: __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

11-20-06, 11:33 PM	#6
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	If it had problems with its software, would it be referred to as "computer bugs"? __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

11-21-06, 12:17 AM	#7
Yahoshua The Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,493 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I suppose so........but could you imagine trying to run a deconfig on that thing? I mean, where in the world would you plug in the USB cable or port interface? <-----(brief humor) __________________ Science is the organized unpredictability that strives not to set limits to mans' capabilities, but is the engine by which the limits of mans' understanding is defined-Yahoshua

11-21-06, 03:06 AM	#8
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	That is one cool weapon they inventing! Only problem is what will happen when it gets in the wrong hands? __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

11-20-06, 04:06 PM	#2
Perilscope Sonar Guy Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Montréal Posts: 399 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Very interesting, I can't wait and see in about three years. Also that bionic glove seems interesting too, imagine face to face being able to bend the enemies rifle just before he/she tries to fire...LOL

11-20-06, 11:00 PM	#4
Iceman Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mesa AZ, Arizona, USA Posts: 1,253 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I was watching some military future weps show and I saw an idea they had to create many many small helicopter or plane type drones that could be deployed over a large area using solar and or battery's and stay aloft indefinatly to provide a blanket of surveliane in an area using cameras/sensors...thought that was a cool idea for the remote mountain regions where you are trying to spot peeps hiding out...good ideas.

11-21-06, 03:30 AM	#9
Kapitan_Phillips Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 3,903 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	Sounds like something out of a comic :P

11-21-06, 05:00 AM	#10
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	We are very clever dreaming up new ways to kill each other. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

11-21-06, 08:45 AM	#11
Yahoshua The Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,493 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	What if it stung a U.N. "bystander," could they take the case to British courts and sue? __________________ Science is the organized unpredictability that strives not to set limits to mans' capabilities, but is the engine by which the limits of mans' understanding is defined-Yahoshua

11-21-06, 09:08 AM	#12
Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Is this not that little super hero Fearless Fly? So long as his super power spectacles don't fall off he is invincible. As the opening credits from the cartoon said, "no fly-swatter can harm him, no fly paper can hold him, no insecticide can stop him!" This might bring back some memories for old timers here. __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)

11-21-06, 11:10 AM	#13
Spoon 11th Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 689 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	This kind of weapon would be perfect to fight the war of drugs. Just release a billion of these insects from a plane and they will chop down any cocaine or opium field in minutes.

11-22-06, 01:07 AM	#15
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,199 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If it works it's the advent of the "smart bullet" and could mean a huge change in warfare. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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