MIT builds swarms of tiny robotic insect drones that can fly 100 times longer than previous designs
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In the latest video about this by veritasium, he asked the researcher about ethics concern. the researcher insist that they dont care as humanity can decide for themself.
Meanwhile:
The new report also details the extent of MIT’s partnerships with Israeli military contractors like Elbit Systems, which supplies 85 percent of Israel’s killer drones, and Maersk, one of the world’s largest shipping companies, that has sent millions of pounds of military goods to Israel since the start of the war on Gaza. The Israeli military also sponsored several of the MIT projects with funds provided by the U.S. Defense Department.
https://theintercept.com/2025/01/16/mit-israel-military-funding-research-gaza/
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#BugsArentReal
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Neat a dildo and 4 rotating nipple toys
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That researcher is a real life Dr. Hoenikker. Vonnegut is probably shrugging in his grave
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Yeah I was gonna say like why are we even workshopping the name with a winner like that. Get this employee a bonus check!
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And it sucks, when you think inside Star Wars, such small drones are used only in medical or expensive surveillance and military applications.
But in real life it can really be a swarm of things worse than scarabs in The Mummy.
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Horizon Zero Dawn looking more eminent any day now.
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There is no way these things could spread poison instead of pollen is there?
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It wont be long now before the nanobots exist and the Borg can finally take over.
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“We are willing to ignore and downplay the ethical concerns as long as the money keeping coming in”
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-…his mother was completely consumed by robotic bees. So it goes.
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I've seen this episode of Black Mirror.
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How's this for an obscure reference? This reminded me of an episode of Max Headroom in which the wunderkind Bryce invented a robotic fly with a spycam that could be used to literally bug a room. They send it on a mission to uncover an evil plot and everyone is excitedly crowded around the screen and heaping praise on it. Then it manages to sneak into the evil lair where it promptly gets swatted, leaving Bryce shocked and devastated.
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They think there will be more profit in it, especially since bees can't be repurposed as weapons.
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Without a doubt they have those other use cases in mind too. Mentioning them is just not good for marketing in public.
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I’d rather not have robot bees. I’ve seen hated in the nation (black mirror episode).
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I guess I'm the only one thinking about how it's inevitable that birds and other animals will mistake them for real insects and die from ingesting these things, god knows what kind of toxic materials they're made of but I'm willing to bet it's not safe to eat them
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The MIT engineers agree. They said something to the effect of "If you could make a robotic bee, it wouldn't replace bees. It would be a terrible idea to try to use them for pollination... Just put that same amount of finding into conservation and researching bees, you would have a much better result."
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They also did this in Spy Kids
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