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Grenade-Style Wireless Camera For Combat

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you-gotta-be-kidding-me dept.

nk497 writes "A new wireless camera called the I-Ball is being developed to be shot into locations using a grenade launcher so troops can see what lies ahead. The I-Ball sends real-time, 360-degree video back to soldiers while it's flying through the air and when it lands."

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  1. overkill by RemoWilliams84 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why not just shoot the grenades in there. Then you'll know what lies ahead (bodies).

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    1. Re:overkill by bev_tech_rob · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...or just add an explosive to it....will be able to see the surprise on their faces before they are blown to bits...

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    2. Re:overkill by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Didn't you learn anything from Titanic? Women and children first

    3. Re:overkill by kungfugleek · · Score: 5, Funny

      Next week's headline: US Military invents a grenade with a "Surrender" button. Throw the grenade, and if the enemy wants to surrender, they can simply press the button and the grenade deactivates. Maybe it opens up and dispenses little handcuffs to all of them and a gps showing them where the nearest US POW camp is. That way, they can all cuff themselves and use the GPS to find the nearest surrendering station to check themselves in. Maybe it'll come with a little PDA so they can register their favorite meals and preferred accommodations and check off special needs like "wheelchair accessible", "wake-up call", and "preferred method of torture".

  2. Pointless invention. by iamapizza · · Score: 5, Funny

    What, nobody uses Google Earth anymore?

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  3. Re:"Being developed" = "Hey, I got an idea" by sckeener · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sure the inventor got the idea after getting caught installing a wireless webcam in a girls gym room.

    'what if I could just roll it into the bathroom? Maybe make it look like a softball or something. Oh...oh...and I need to be able to shoot it from far away so if they find it, I'm not caught.'

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