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CIA Animal Tech: Bats, Cats and Rats As Covert Operatives

I was surprised to learn that the CIA has had a long though not always fruitful relationship with the animal kingdom. In Spycraft, the authors describe many clever animal-assisted devices, from the dead-rat dead-drop pouch to the "acoustic kitty," a cat with a remote listening system embedded in its body. And what's this about the 1 million bats the CIA's precursor, the OSS, were gonna use to firebomb Tokyo during WWII? More »

2:20 PM on Thu May 22 2008
By Wilson Rothman
10,797 views, 35 comments

Latest by StarChaser Tyger: There was a show on one of the science channels about the bat bomb... it would have worked, and they more »

retromodo

Hamster Wheel Powered Toy Car

Here's a old but good idea in honor of Fuzzywuzzymodo: power a toy car by hamster. The Flintstones would approve. I personally think its a better use of hamster power to rig a traditional gerbil wheel with a generator capable of charging a battery which in turn can charge a USB device. I mean, how else are the vermin going to pay their rent? Vid after the jump. [PetGadgets] More »

10:23 PM on Mon May 5 2008
By Brian Lam
4,961 views, 36 comments

Latest by frigg: @bosskev: Surely some higher power is preventing our potentially exploitative use of hamster images even when posted in their honor. more »

sinking ship

Microsoft Rumored to Release Blu-ray Xbox 360 "as Early as May 2008"

With the HD DVD ship sinking faster than the Titanic, the rats are quickly abandoning the ship: according to rumors, Microsoft may be releasing a Blu-ray-based Xbox 360 soon. We don't know if the rumor is real, although it seems reasonable to expect it. The only real question is when. Their Microsoft insiders are saying May. We are saying maybe. [Smarthouse]

7:31 AM on Mon Feb 18 2008
By Jesus Diaz
28,849 views, 58 comments

Latest by wellbanto: Each of you keep going back to HD DVD & Blu, the physical media is going away like the tape, more »

portable media

Rats! Rats! Rats! Devouring Employees Alive at XM

Did you know that in addition to cheese, peanut butter and small children, rats also enjoy dining on fiber optic cable? More »

3:05 PM on Fri Feb 9 2007
By Matt Buchanan
312 views, 14 comments