It has been a plot device in several video games and films over the last few decades. There was an eponymous (and quite bad) movie made in 2005. Also Robert Lud

It has been a plot device in several video games and films over the last few decades. There was an eponymous (and quite bad) movie made in 2005. Also Robert Ludlum used it in his novel The Prometheus Deception So, it is not really that obscure either. edit: I just found a New Scientist article from 1995 which seems to take the idea somewhat seriously. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14619750-300-cherry-red-and-very-dangerous/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14619750-300-cherry-r...