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Build Your Own Camera, Launch It Like a Grenade

Posted by timothy on from the sorry-about-the-eye dept.

angry tapir writes "Meet the Firefly. Israeli defense contractor Rafael Armament Development Authority calls it a 'revolutionary concept in tactical intelligence,' but really it's a wireless camera that's shot 500 feet in the air by a grenade launcher. And if a couple of hackers at the Defcon hacking convention get their way, soon anyone will be able to buy this type of military grade technology for only US$500."

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  1. Re:Am I the only one... by hcs_$reboot · · Score: 4, Funny

    You probably spend too much time on Angry Birds...

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  2. Re:What good is this for? by davester666 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is a great business model. Sell a product where your clients will just launch it away and immediately have to buy another one.

    Lather, rinse, repeat.

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  3. Re:What good is this for? by jpapon · · Score: 4, Informative
    From TFA:

    The powder didn't fully ignite, the miniature camera flew about 30 feet into the air -- apparently too fast to transmit images back to the 5.8Ghz wireless receiver they were using -- and their parachute partially incinerated.

    So clearly it has a parachute. Why don't you read before you complain about how you think it should work?

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