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Spy drones than mimic birds.
by pixxel 2y ago
Spy drones than mimic birds.
- 9dev 2y agoIt’s going to get interesting when the conspiracy theory becomes reality. Imagine the future historians browsing the Reddit archives going like, ”they knew!!“
- Super_Jambo 2y agoMore likely that sensible mainstream journalists will laugh at people under Govt surveillance because they sound like the reddit conspiracy nuts from their youth...
- oefrha 2y agoWhat conspiracy? CIA had spy pigeons among other animals half a century ago, which is public info by now.[1] They are very proud of it too. > While many of the animal programs studied by CIA were never deployed operationally—or failed for a variety of technical, logistical, or behavioral reasons—collectively they demonstrate the incredible innovation and creative thinking that has come to characterize everything that our Directorate of Science and Technology does. [1] https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/natural-spies-animals-in-espionage/ https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/natural-spies-animals-in-e...
- 0xEF 2y agoEvery good conspiracy theory starts with a truth, I guess. I had no idea about the CIA thing. I just always assumed the "birds aren't real" meme to be a way of showing how ridiculous the police state is going to become in the next decade or so as surveillance gets more and more weaponized against the people it was supposed to protect.
- dr-detroit 2y ago[dead]
- butlike 2y agoI always took "birds aren't real" to be an absurdist take on paranoia
- JKCalhoun 2y agoLike the Chinese one? https://interestingengineering.com/military/chinese-special-forces-bird-drones https://interestingengineering.com/military/chinese-special-...
- mapt 2y agoMilitary contractors have been producing teaser videos on the subject for maybe fifteen years now.
- gattr 2y agoMakes you wonder what will come first: - energy-efficient, long-lasting, mechanically optimized robotic "birds" - good-enough understanding of the avian brain connectome & operation, such that all you need is a bunch of fine wires stuck in it, and a small CPU sending commands (local and remote operation, etc.)
- Cthulhu_ 2y agohttps://www.reddit.com/r/BirdsArentReal/ https://www.reddit.com/r/BirdsArentReal/
- veunes 2y agoIt’s like the ultimate bio-inspired stealth tech.