Geckos? Spy for sticky situations

[Joanne98]

One day in the not-too-distant future, the Defense Department may dispatch a team of the country's most sophisticated spies to an enemy nation.

The secret agents won't speak several languages or be masters of disguise.

And they won't even walk on two legs.

They'll be robotic lizards - geckos, to be exact - that are able to climb walls and remain perched for days, covertly surveilling the terrain below with little risk of detection.

Stickybots, the name given to the 2-foot-long robots, were designed using the same principles that enable real geckos to scamper up and down trees with extraordinary efficiency.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/03/23/2008-03-23_spy_for_sticky_situations.html

[HeresyLives]

1. Well, they'd be noticeable

in Canada.

And in many other countries I'd think.

:rofl:

[alfredo]

2. We will soon be living in a prison without walls.

[tbyg52]

3. Just as long as they don't think the enemy is us..... ;-> nt

[alfredo]

4. We already are according to the bush junta.

[tbyg52]

5. I know - I was just thinking about that old Pogo cartoon.... nt

[alfredo]

9. Here's what you are talking about.

[tbyg52]

10. Yep, son...! ;-> nt

[alfredo]

11. Loved that strip

I now console myself with Over The Hedge.

[Buns_of_Fire]

6. And as their Official Cover, they'll be trying to sell us car insurance.

[Joanne98]

7. LOL

[galledgoblin]

8. big brother is AD-OR-A-BLE!! (n/t)