Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoMosquito-sized drone is designed for Chinese spy missions — military robotics lab reveals incredibly tiny bionic flying robotswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down10
arrow-up199arrow-down1external-linkMosquito-sized drone is designed for Chinese spy missions — military robotics lab reveals incredibly tiny bionic flying robotswww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoThe CIA developed dragonfly drones in the 70s IIRC, though they had no active electronics and were heated by a laser to guide them (and possibly to measure acoustic vibrations). It’s not clear whether they found a practical use for them.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoFrom what I’ve read, they weren’t practical to use as keeping the laser on them was very difficult. That’s the public info, of course. Maybe it worked very well.
The CIA developed dragonfly drones in the 70s IIRC, though they had no active electronics and were heated by a laser to guide them (and possibly to measure acoustic vibrations). It’s not clear whether they found a practical use for them.
From what I’ve read, they weren’t practical to use as keeping the laser on them was very difficult.
That’s the public info, of course. Maybe it worked very well.