ever wanna

[robomama]

be a fly on the wall? check this out. the video is crummy but it's still a cool idea.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20020610/robofly.html?ct=2486.22359315963


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[MBiddy]

I want to be able to encase myself in a cocoon and emerge as a giant insect. With blades. Those horrible blades.

[mike pawlak]

i think i would rather be spiderman than the human fly.:cool:

[robomama]

that does sound better.
i think i would too!

[Ashley Weed]

Just makes it even easier for the government to watch you every moment of your life.

[MBiddy]

I wouldn't be a human fly. I think it would be a cross between a grasshopper, a cockroach and a mantis. It would be cool.

[Aaron Lussier]

That fly is by far the smoothest thing that I have seen in a while and I'd probaly want to be a fly not spiderman

[Jnadke]

Yeah? I'd like to see the battery....

[PhoenixMDM]

Definitley spiderman....

*ka-chhh* *ka-chhh* /me shoots webs around room

[srawls]

One of the mentors on our team that works at NASA was recently telling me that he was being moved from his current building to work on a new project. He'll be a machinist for a project at NASA Langely to make flying minature robots (basically, insects like this one). Sounds neat, and since I'm working there this summer I hope I'll be able to check it out! :)

Stephen

[robomama]

i hope you do to, stephen...keep us posted!!!

we'd all love to get the inside scoop!

[srawls]

Just to let you all know, I attended a Colloquium talk yesterday on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles here at NASA. The insect-like ones are mainly a DARPA project, as they have a 6 in max size restriction. The work here is on backpack-sized UAVs. We got to see a few examples, and they are very impresive.

Stephen

[oreocookeee]

has anyone every read the book 1984? this sort of reminded me of it.

[MBiddy]

When are the secret NASA military researchers going to develop Spider Tanks?