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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."

6 of 331 comments (clear)

  1. Lasers... by dmitrygr · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Bring on the laser beams!

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  2. Yada yada, laser beams, yada yada by demonbug · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "Umm, why does that shark have frickin laser beams on it's head?"

    "For scale, you idiot!"

    Can't have our RPS(wflb)'s* eyes too big for their stomachs, now can we?

    * Remotely Piloted Shark (with frickin laser beams)

  3. Freakin lasers? by ecorona · · Score: 0, Redundant

    But do they have freakin' lasers on mounted on their heads?

  4. It leaves one question unanswered... by ikarys · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Do they have any fricken lasers?

  5. Hey this gotta be here. by JollyFinn · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1. Put control chip on shark.
    2. Put control chip in monkey.
    3. Put computer interface chip on man.
    4. Upgrade computer interface chip with control chip.
    5. Profit.

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  6. For one, I'm sure... by jjustus · · Score: 0, Redundant

    that the sharks will welcome their new remote-controlling human overlords.