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DARPA Funds Remote Control Sharks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sunday-morning-new-baby dept.

An anonymous reader writes "From Undersea Spies: Turning Sharks into Robotic Sentries "It seems like science fiction, but the U.S. military would like to use sharks as underwater spies. The folks at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), who dream up the future of weapons and military systems, envision squads of sharks prowling the oceans with sensors that could transmit evidence of explosives or other threats.""

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  1. Re:Now all that's missing by Kierthos · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Damn, you beat me to it.

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  2. Friggin' lasers by MrNaz · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I know I'm late on this one and the joke has already been made. But there is no way in HELL that I'm not making a post about friggin' lasers. So here it is.

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  3. Let me be the first to ask... by alexhard · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Will they have frickin' lasers on their heads and/or will they run linux?

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  4. sharks with frickin' laser beams .. by rs232 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    'Dr. Evil: You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads!'

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