New CIA Tech Museum: Spy Scat and Robo-Fish

PSaltyDS writes "According to this AP story, the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology is celebrating its 40th anniversary by revealing a few dozen of its secrets for a new museum inside its headquarters near Washington. When the CIA's secret gadget-makers invented a listening device for the Asian jungles, they disguised it so the enemy wouldn't be tempted to pick it up and examine it: The device looked like tiger droppings. Besides the jungle transmitter, the exhibits include a robotic catfish, a remote-controlled dragonfly and a camera strapped to the chests of pigeons and released over enemy targets in the 1970s. There is also an International Spy Museum in D.C. with more pics, including an early version of the Pigeon-Cam."

Comments

Interesting, but ...

[richg74]

This new museum sounds really interesting, but just to avoid disappointment for anyone who is planning a visit to the DC area:

It is accessible only to CIA employees and guests admitted to those closed quarters.

The International Spy Museum mentioned is open to the public, but admission is quite pricey: about $10 per head, if I recall correctly.

I loved the NSA museum

[way2trivial]

http://www.nsa.gov/museum/

this place has a enigma you can touch, and free coloring books for the kids (free as in tax dollars)

You mean Acoustic Kitty?

[Robber Baron]

Here's a link.