Electronic Warfare Insects Coming Soon 187
Mike writes "British defence giant BAE Systems is creating a series of tiny electronic spiders, insects and snakes that could become the eyes and ears of soldiers on the battlefield, helping to save thousands of lives, and they claim that prototypes could be on the front line by the end of the year. A fascinating development to be sure, but who thinks this won't be misused domestically for spying and evidence gathering?"
Included in the story is a link to a creepy little (scripted, rendered) demo video of these robots in action.
the video (Score:4, Informative)
not necessarily (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Thousands of lives? (Score:1, Informative)
Re:the video (Score:1, Informative)
What do you mean with you don't know Dune [wikipedia.org]?
Re:save lives? (Score:3, Informative)
Which is why I included nuclear bombs in my examples. ;) What irks me is when things that are used offensively are put in the same group as things that are used defensively. To put it succinctly:
Armor saves lives
Weapons may reduce casualties, but please don't put it in a same group as armor. That's an attempt at whoring the words "save human lives" in order to sell a product.