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Stealth Sharks to Patrol the High Seas

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the friggin-laser-beams-not-included dept.

dylanduck writes ""Imagine getting inside the mind of a shark: swimming silently through the ocean, sensing faint electrical fields, homing in on the trace of a scent." That's what the Pentagon wants to do, says New Scientist. By remotely guiding the sharks' movements using a newly designed neural implant, the military hope to transform the animals into stealth spies."

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  1. Because Angry Striped Bass by Inhibit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    with laser beams are in short supply these days? Seriously? I mean.. mind controlled sharks rampaging through the waters to.. ah.. warn of potential dangers seems a bit far fetched and scary all at the same time.

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  2. Re:This is what I want as an american. by freedom_india · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    No wonder you have not been modded as insightful.

    Can't you understand that fighting terror is more important than your public transportation (which would harm campaign contributors like Ford, GM), better healthcare (harm for-profit hospitals)?

    I guess next you would want *gasp* the patriot act to be REPEALED???

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  3. Not worthy of mod points by arrrrg · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Apparently the mods have insightfully given this thread up to the "laser beam" jokes. After almost 90 comments and 1.5 hours, it looks like only 2 mod points have been expended so far.

  4. Re:Give me a break!!! by dougTheRug · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Let's watch a movie of my baby being born. Hey wait, where are you going?

  5. Re:Wonderful by BungoMan85 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ^tr00f

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  6. Big question ! by this+great+guy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The question is will these sharks run Linu... I mean in Soviet Russia, do sharks get spie... huh no will they be equipped with freaking lasers ?! Damn it becomes harder and harder to keep track of the Slashdot subculture's memes.

  7. Re:Lasers... by wthomasoh · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Everyone knows there is no such thing as Sea Bears. They are a myth. Squidward

  8. Re:Americans, more discusting than russians by far by Stormwatch · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Maybe we can re-design the human race (tranhumanist future) so that we can engineer out all the aggressive/competitive/religious crap, things would be better and we would have no wars and no 911 etc, by believers agains non-believers.
    Why would that be necessary? People can live in peace, as long as they're civilized. And that's not biology, it's a cultural matter. It'd be easier to reengineer our mindsets through education to reach a non-agressive state. Converting believers into disbelief sure would help. In the long run, bombing every madrassa out there would be better than destroying Al Qaeda's facilities.
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  9. Re:The Shark That Failed... by dodobh · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hiss on line 3, something about being compared to lawyers and libel....

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