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Cool ! Can it be weaponized ? I mean, could it do better than some hypothetical tiny AI controlled robots in, e.g., earthquakes rescue missions ?
by johnchristopher 7y ago
Cool ! Can it be weaponized ? I mean, could it do better than some hypothetical tiny AI controlled robots in, e.g., earthquakes rescue missions ?
- 14 7y agoWhen this came up the other week I thought of little mice driving around the fields in their mini tractors plucking weeds out of the ground with no herbicides sprayed.
- anigbrowl 7y agoThat's not what weaponized means..
- johnchristopher 7y agoThat was a joke...
- grogenaut 7y agoThey had pidgeon guided bombs and missiles in ww2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon I laughed a bit when I saw the project head... Of course that's who.
- mftrhu 7y agoThey were never built, but during that period people had absolutely wild ideas. Great Britain was considering building 10 kton nuclear mines, to be buried along the borders of Germany and to be detonated in case of a Soviet invasion. Even if buried, those mines would just end up freezing, so some bright mind came up with the idea of putting live chicken inside them, to keep the temperature up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Peacock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Peacock
- lostlogin 7y agoThe bat bombs were tested, with entirely predictable results. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb
- rz2k 7y agoPigeons were also used for ocean search and rescue. https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/10/02/Coast-Guard-clips-wings-of-pigeon-project/4773339307200/ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/10/02/Coast-Guard-clips-wi...