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  • thesightless
    Someone will marry me. Hell Yeah!
    • Jun 2004
    • 13567

    this week's sign of tghe apocalypse

    US 'plans stealth shark spies'

    Sharks with implants are planned to be released off Florida

    Pentagon scientists are planning to turn sharks into "stealth spies" capable of tracking vessels undetected, a British magazine has reported.
    They want to remotely control the sharks by implanting electrodes in their brains, The New Scientist says.
    It says the aim is "to exploit sharks' natural ability to glide through the water, sense delicate electrical gradients and follow chemical trails".
    The unusual project was unveiled last week in Hawaii, it says.
    'Steering' sharks
    The research is being funded by the Pentagon's Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), according to the magazine.
    Remote-controlled sharks do have advantages that robotic underwater surveillance vehicles just cannot match: they are silent, and they power themselves


    The New Scientist


    It aims to build on latest developments in brain implant technology which has already seen scientists controlling the movements of fish, rats and monkeys.
    "Neural implants consists of a series of electrodes that are embedded into the animal's brain, which can then be used to stimulate various functional areas," the magazine says.
    It says such devices are already being used by scientists at Boston University to "steer" a spiny dogfish in a fish tank.
    The next step for the Pentagon scientists will be the release of blue sharks with similar devices into the ocean off the coast of Florida.
    As radio signals will not penetrate the sea, communications with the animals will be made by sonar.
    The US navy has acoustic signalling towers capable of sending sonar signals to a shark up to 300km (187 miles) away, the magazine says.
    It says the scientists will be particularly interested in the animals' health during the tests.
    "As wild predators, it is very easy to exhaust them, and this will place strict limits on how long the researchers can control their movements in any one session without harming them.
    "Despite this limitation, though, remote-controlled sharks do have advantages that robotic underwater surveillance vehicles just cannot match: they are silent, and they power themselves," the magazine says. The project was discussed at the 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting of the American Geophysical Union in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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  • daveman
    I love the colors!!!
    • Jul 2005
    • 1221

    #2
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    are they ill tempered sharks?
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    • KinKyJ
      Platinum Poser
      • Jun 2004
      • 13438

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      - "Swim Willy, swim!"
      - "STFU you little piece of shit, you're fucking up my cover"

      Hey, how 'bout training baby crocodiles to swim thru the sewers and locate Al Quaida toilets? I bet it's a lot harder to hijack a plane with your ass bitten off

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      • sammwalk
        Gold Gabber
        • Jun 2004
        • 769

        #4
        Re: this week's sign of tghe apocalypse

        Originally posted by daveman


        are they ill tempered sharks?
        beat me to it lol

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        • Yao
          DUDERZ get a life!!!
          • Jun 2004
          • 8167

          #5
          Re: this week's sign of tghe apocalypse

          Originally posted by daveman
          "I just want freakin' sharks with freakin' laser beams attached to their heads. I that too much to ask?"
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          • Yao
            DUDERZ get a life!!!
            • Jun 2004
            • 8167

            #6
            Re: this week's sign of tghe apocalypse

            Originally posted by KinKyJ


            - "Swim Willy, swim!"
            - "STFU you little piece of shit, you're fucking up my cover"

            Hey, how 'bout training baby crocodiles to swim thru the sewers and locate Al Quaida toilets? I bet it's a lot harder to hijack a plane with your ass bitten off
            lol...think they could sniff out terrorist kaka? Man I'd love to see that happen...
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            • neoee
              Platinum Poster
              • Jun 2004
              • 1266

              #7
              Re: this week's sign of tghe apocalypse

              Since they will be sending signals through the water, what is going to prevent someone from sending their own signals and hi-jacking the shark?
              "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security." -Benjamin Franklin

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              • KinKyJ
                Platinum Poser
                • Jun 2004
                • 13438

                #8
                Re: this week's sign of tghe apocalypse

                Originally posted by Yao
                lol...think they could sniff out terrorist kaka? Man I'd love to see that happen...
                Hell yeah man, it has a very distinct scent of semtex and halal food. That's Al Quaida's weak spot...

                @ neoee: there are far more easier counter measures than sending signals, just show those fish a picture of Roy Scheider and they'll turn into sushi instantly

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                • neoee
                  Platinum Poster
                  • Jun 2004
                  • 1266

                  #9
                  Re: this week's sign of tghe apocalypse

                  Originally posted by KinKyJ
                  @ neoee: there are far more easier counter measures than sending signals, just show those fish a picture of Roy Scheider and they'll turn into sushi instantly
                  Good point
                  "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security." -Benjamin Franklin

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