Comments on: Dragonfly Spy Cameras Go Everywhere Insects Can

By: Newbeak

Newbeak — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:20:27 +0000

One fly (pun not intended) in the ointment-these things are attracting insect eating predators,according to something I read,so the designers have something else to contend with.

By: stacy

stacy — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:19:19 +0000

cool but is it for sale

I would pay arpund £20-£30.00 for it

By: Deltafly « Yes

Deltafly « Yes — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:09:52 +0000

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By: Jerad Kaliher

Jerad Kaliher — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:44:13 +0000

@synthpulse, that story was an interesting twist. I wouldn’t be surprised if these are already being used in the field as classified. You never do know what those sneaky guys are up to.

By: synthpulse

synthpulse — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:20:49 +0000

Mechanical dragonflies seen in the wild!!!

Check out this news story:

http://www.milforddailynews.com/opinion/x179810951

By: Jerad Kaliher

Jerad Kaliher — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:58:59 +0000

@puttputt, yeah Big Brother really has a different meaning these days, doesn’t it? At least now we know we’ll have to watch out backs from insects too.

By: puttputt

puttputt — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 08:09:31 +0000

Neat now the Government can use it to hunt down and spy on people. Oh joy! We will be living in a techno totalitarian society being watched 24/7.

By: Jerad Kaliher

Jerad Kaliher — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:59:41 +0000

@Gary M, that was my first thought too. However, the website says that it is capable of flying in high winds due to the shape and movement of the wings. I have no clue how it would fare in a rain or fire storm. Most likely not too great just yet.

The camera does have limited range. It would be great if they could add an infrared camera to track heat signatures.

As far as noise goes, they say that it makes the same amount of noise as an actual dragonfly and has a bio-heat signature. That means it can’t be tracked by run of the mill equipment.

By: Gary M

Gary M — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:19:47 +0000

It looks as if it needs another 5 or 6 years development. I note that a lot was filmed inside; the reason is probably that the machine couldn’t cope with any wind above a light breeze and, with those wings, a rain-storm or fire would be right out!

At the speed it travels and the range it has, it is of little use for spying, tracking spillages or victims of natural disasters – the operator would have to be in shouting distance of the object/person to get the thing to see them.

I’m not surprised that there is a musical backing track to this – what sort of noise does it make?

A nice bit of blue-skies development but I’m not buying shares in the company just yet. If I wanted the job done in this way, I’d get a radio-controlled model helicopter.

By: Jerad Kaliher

Jerad Kaliher — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:16:51 +0000

@lordmanilastone, smaller ones will be on the way soon enough. Even at 10cm, this little bugger is pretty amazing.