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I keep wondering if the person who came up with the name was a Charlie Stross fan. Stross's Laundry Files novels feature a hybrid magical/technological device

I keep wondering if the person who came up with the name was a Charlie Stross fan. Stross's Laundry Files novels feature a hybrid magical/technological device codenamed Scorpion Stare. It's a weapon rather than a surveillance technology, but it's also built into government surveillance systems as a hidden feature. And the technology behind it was discovered by dissecting actual gorgons (which are a real thing in the Laundryverse).

cushychicken 7y ago
Stick an FPGA in a digital camera and vaporize whatever you like! Love it. Laundry Files are a great read. One of my all time favorites.
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NeedMoreTea 7y ago
We best hope this drone doesn't have a basilisk module in the software then!
archgoon 7y ago
Just don't send him an email. :) http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/01/psa-gorgon-stare.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/01/psa-gorg...