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> It was being pitched as the ideal way to assassinate people in a crowd - identify them by heartbeat signature, fly a drone in to drop a small explosive packag
by dpedu 7y ago
> It was being pitched as the ideal way to assassinate people in a crowd - identify them by heartbeat signature, fly a drone in to drop a small explosive package on their heads.
Hmm, if you're already shining a laser on your target it seems to me there are simpler ways to achieve your goal...
- ceejayoz 7y agoEventually, you'd mount the laser on the drone, and let it wander around the city doing a search.
- deepnotderp 7y agoHigh power lasers aren't easy at all to create and point. A bomb or gun is much easier.
- logfromblammo 7y agoThe targeting laser tells you, "yes, this is your target," and you just continue painting them with it until they die.
- anextomp 7y ago100% success, expected time until death 3-70 years with a 95% confidence interval