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Morphing Micro-Drone Is Half Bat, Half Cockroach, Creeps Us Out

anti-hello-kitty — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:01:47 EDT

Reminds me of the Zanti Misfits Outer Limits episode:

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anti-hello-kitty

Morphing Micro-Drone Is Half Bat, Half Cockroach, Creeps Us Out

Sons of Norway — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:31:42 EDT

Nice toy for the kids but what the hell are you going to see? Goons running around with weapons. Very unstable video and poor quality. I hope the USAF has better gear for the rollout, because they probably spent a few pennies developing it.

Sons of Norway

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riqgeez — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:53:24 EDT

yup, that's the biggest beatle I ever saw!

riqgeez

Morphing Micro-Drone Is Half Bat, Half Cockroach, Creeps Us Out

deathbychichi — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:36:37 EDT

It's a very early iteration of an Imperial Probe Droid.

deathbychichi

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kbarrett — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:30:22 EDT

@BigViper: The proper term is "hivemind".

One stray cultural meme, and a dozen people post the proper response meme within minutes.

kbarrett

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Lupison — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:41:26 EDT

It makes me want to play Homeworld again. Swarm baby!

Lupison

Morphing Micro-Drone Is Half Bat, Half Cockroach, Creeps Us Out

aec007 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:16:59 EDT

@CultofMac:
Kurzweil is right. Look at those people wearing buttplugs in their ears... errr.. BT headphones....

aec007

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Erzengel — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:11:56 EDT

Or most probably is the fact that they are planning to develop a large drone that will carry 50 of these little beasts, ready to burst out of its belly at any time.

CARRIER HAS ARRIVED.

Erzengel

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Polybius — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:11:20 EDT

Sorta reminds me of the remote controlled bug in The Fifth Element...

Polybius

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ripfire — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:40:07 EDT

I know they cut the budget, but damn... Do they have to resort to camera phones?

ripfire

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apeguero — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:55:51 EDT

I guess they used up all development money on this drone but never accounted for a half-way decent cam with steadycam or a tripod...

apeguero

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trailingedge — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:15:05 EDT

that video gave me a headache

trailingedge

Morphing Micro-Drone Is Half Bat, Half Cockroach, Creeps Us Out

discounteggroll — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:57:41 EDT

@dremon21:
that's a pretty redundant statement

har ha.. it's friday, give me a break

discounteggroll

Morphing Micro-Drone Is Half Bat, Half Cockroach, Creeps Us Out

gatordent — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:39:54 EDT

he is probably not supposed to have recorded this in the first place.

gatordent

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dremon21 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:34:38 EDT

If I ever saw one of those, Id probably flip out and squash it or maybe drown it in some raid!

dremon21

Morphing Micro-Drone Is Half Bat, Half Cockroach, Creeps Us Out

dremon21 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:33:05 EDT

If I ever see one of those, Id probably flip out and squash it or drown it in some raid!

dremon21

Morphing Micro-Drone Is Half Bat, Half Cockroach, Creeps Us Out

W3WEASEL — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:28:19 EDT

Did someone kick the camera man in the nuts? He seems to have some difficulty holding the frame.

W3WEASEL

Morphing Micro-Drone Is Half Bat, Half Cockroach, Creeps Us Out

hagrun — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:16:12 EDT

You'd think people training in shooting guns could at least make an attempt to hold a camera steady.

hagrun

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BigViper — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:57:59 EDT

@Babysealclubber:DAMMIT! I was gonna use the clvoerfield ref..... curse you parallel thinking

BigViper

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discounteggroll — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:36:50 EDT

@strider_mt2k:
actually, to the US military it's really a bipod with a kickstand

discounteggroll

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amehrich — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:01:20 EDT

@fastmike: technically it's a kilt. still wanna see?

amehrich

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fastmike — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:25:40 EDT

any idea if an up the skirt shots available ?

fastmike

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strider_mt2k — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:42:57 EDT

Christ, how many beers to they give these vendors before videoing a demonstration nowadays?

It's called a TRIPOD, defense contractor.

strider_mt2k

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Stacky Botrus — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:27:58 EDT

Whoever did the video for this is an asshole. FOCUS. Get off the crack and hold the damn camera steady.

Damn fool.

Stacky Botrus

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Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:59:47 EDT

It's called a tripod. They're available in Wal*Mart for under ten dollars. Seriously, you get millions to develop your prototype, but you can afford a stick to put your camera on? The only thing this was missing was a up the nose shot saying how scared they are.

But that thing is cool.

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy

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CultofMac — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:30:37 EDT

This is the type of tech that really gets me jazzed to observe technological progress as it begins to round the exponential curve and rocket into the sky.
Kurzweil says it'll only be a few more years until our technology transcends our own biology, maybe 2060 or so.
We will all carry a processor on our person that is capable of trillions of times the calculations that a normal human brain can do, our dying flesh will be replaced with man made organs.

I just want my own R/C bat/roach aerial spy attack drone robot. Undoubtedly they sport such a thing in vending machines in Tokyo

CultofMac

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Empyfree — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:29:44 EDT

Somebody please tell them the steadicam was invented aaages ago!

Empyfree

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Babysealclubber — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:25:38 EDT

Maybe what's creeping you out is the cloverfield-esque video footage at the end...

Babysealclubber