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MIT builds swarms of tiny robotic insect drones that can fly 100 times longer than previous designs (www.livescience.com)

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (5 children)

The new technology could increase crop yields dramatically without harming the environment.

That's a surprisingly benign use case, I was expecting far worse.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Plot twist: The crop is human misery.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Humans are the crops.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I'd rather just have bees.

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 2 months ago (6 children)

We all know where this is gonna end...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I've low-key started to think the only reason we haven't seen autonomous hunter-killer drones yet is that nobody's willing to break the seal, and I'm scared for what happens when somebody finally does.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (4 children)

My dear stranger, those already exist, and have been used in war to terminate key individuals.

We are living the dream.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Surveillance drones everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Surveillance is the "nice" version of it.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Anal probes everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Exactly! Flying, they are flying everywheeeaaahhhh!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (4 children)

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