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From the 70's... your imagination can just run wild with what they might be using today. It's both very cool and somewhat scary.
by ohashi 16y ago
From the 70's... your imagination can just run wild with what they might be using today. It's both very cool and somewhat scary.
- stcredzero 16y agoFrom the 70's indeed. In fact, it looks like the CIA tried to implement a device from 70's juvenile Sci-fi. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Dunn,_Invisible_Boy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Dunn,_Invisible_Boy
- lwat 16y agoI'm highly skeptical about that dragonfly from the 70s. I think it's a mock-up at best, there's no way they made something useful for surveillance etc the size of a large dragonfly. Not in the 70s. Researchers working on this for decades can barely do this today!
- grandalf 16y agoI'm guessing all it did was fly around loosely controlled if at all. The miniaturization is impressive, but they were not likely able to do much more than a small internal combustion engine in the 70s. Today however I would not be surprised if such devices exist and are in practical use.
- philsalesses 16y agoThat's the recruiting pitch they use, but in all honesty, I think it's bogus. Things have changed. Researchers are now more likely to take a job elsewhere than volunteer to be locked away in the depths of Langley. We have no grand enemy and those capable of developing such technology are choosing to work for contractors instead Background on this device: has been declassified for some time and it's main defect was that it can not function in over 2-3 knots, both from an acoustical recording quality and navigation standpoint.