AeroVironment/DARPA Nano Hummingbird UAV flying

AeroVironment video of flight tests of its Nano Hummingbird flapping-wing nano air vehicle, developed for DARPA. Battery-powered and remote-controlled, the hummingbird-like prototype uses flapping wings for propulsion and control. Carring a video camera and downlink, the prototype has a wingspan of 16cm (9.5in) and weighs just 19 grams (0.66oz). It can hover for 8 minutes, remaining stable in gusts up to 5mph, and reach up to 11mph in forward flight.

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[coSMia2010]

It's amazing all-right, but there are millions of things more useful than a hi-tech spying device. Does the over armed, over supplied, over-manned, and woefully under trained police forces need another expensive toy, to spy on innocent civilians with????

[BombCenter]

Being mindful of mentally disabled people like yourself, I typically keep my posts brief and obvious in meaning, but in this instance I failed to anticipate the severity of your condition; namely your ability to read and correctly interpret the underlying meaning of one sentence. For this I apologize. As an aside, I've always found golf and fishing uninteresting, though I do quite enjoy 'bolling.' I'm 'bolling' everyday. I 'boll' so hard muthafuckas wanna fine me.

[GENE Hall]

IWANT ONE

[Drcrazy93]

weight requirements...

[teargardens]

All of the willfully ignorant scientists are serving the luciferian NWO police state. Do you really think it will be used for just search & rescue?!

[smedcalf]

Although the sound is authentic, I have to agree with you... it's much too loud!

[smedcalf]

Install a poison dart on this and it's a perfect assassination tool. They'll never know what him them!

[xxGLhrMxx]

It's a shame that thing is noisy as hell and would definitely be noticed

[coSMia2010]

Yes lechnoid, that would be <3warming.. but DARPA works for the Dep. of Defense, and Law Enforcement is becoming more militarized by the day, you would know that if you took your own advice about not following mainstream media. To think this tech will be used benevolently is just naive.

Don't know how "interesting" I, or anyone else is.. but our activities could prove very interesting to a country whose 'Prison Industrial Complex' is almost as large as their 'Military Industrial Complex'

[Anonymous User]

Sure would be heart warming to hear of a device this small helping rescue a small child that fell down a mine shaft...or people trapped under a building destroyed in an earthquake. Unmanned devices are starting to be used by First Responder forces across the nation. They will help save many lives. I would think most people would support that.

Follow less mainstream media and realize that not all technology is a threat to your privacy. After all, how interesting do you think you are?

[Jussi Poikkeus]

i think they'd be better staying with the plastic simple water gun toys etc. hahahahahaha

[Janice S]

@coSMia2010 Good point.