The U.S. Army wants a six-inch spy plane that will gather data on sights, sounds, and smells in urban combat areas. It has given the University of Michigan's College of Engineering $10 million and five years to help make "the bat" plane happen.
Researchers plan to equip the plane with tiny cameras for stereo vision, directional microphones, and nuclear radiation and poisonous gas detection devices.
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- helicopters can do that just put all the spygear on an rc heli
and your done!! save the taxpayers money what's wrong with
government?They have bats on the brain I guess.Or maybe
they have em in their closet.... (Read the rest) - Posted by: sphericalone Posted on: 10/17/08 You are currently: a Guest | Log in | Terms of Use
Cool movie toy!!
jerang@... | 03/14/08
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RE: (Photos: Bat plane to spy for U.S. Army)
darren.hayes32@... | 03/17/08
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Heck, for 2 million
GuidingLight | 03/18/08
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Heck, for 1 million
Web Smart | 03/22/08
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Berkeley?
Dr. John | 03/18/08
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RE: Berkeley?
jbaviera@... | 03/18/08
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Military Should Invest A Lot Into Remote Controlled Robots
P. Douglas | 03/18/08
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Already doing that
techr@... | 03/19/08
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Bazerkley
rotro300@... | 03/18/08
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RE: (Photos: Bat plane to spy for U.S. Army)
sphericalone | 10/17/08
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sphericalone | 10/17/08
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