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According to a wide syndicated story , Israel is developing futurist weapons , including a nanotechnology - based bionic hornet no big than the real insect ( see this picture of a giant Asiatic hornet ) . This weaponized hemipterous insect would be able-bodied to chamfer , exposure and eradicate targets , easily manoeuver in urban landscapes . Did I say futuristic ? Not exactly .
Frankly , if you are going to spend your time reading what amounts to science - fabricated title relating to bionic hornets -there wo n’t even be prototypes for three years- you might as well take the real story .
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In his fantabulous 1936 brusk storyThe Scarab , science fabrication writerRaymond Z. Gallundescribes exactly what the Israelis seem to require - a remote - controlled robotic machine no large than an insect .
The Scarab paused on its perch for a minute , as if to determine for itself whether it was perfectly fit for action . It was a tiny thing , scarcely more than an inch and a one-half in duration … … With a buzz that any uninformed mortal would have mistaken for that of a mallet , it started out on its journey … … the Scarab buzzed into the great workroom as any intruding worm might , and sought the security of a umbrageous corner . There it studied its surround , transmit to its operator , far away now , all that it heard through its spike microphones and saw with its minute vision tubes . ( Read more about the Scarab flying dirt ball robot )
Even better , the Scarab had the power to deliver a somniferous " sting " upon command . observe also that the Scarab is right on top of the late trend , including wireless powerfulness ( seeWireless Power For Laptops , Cell Phones ? ) . ( Also , take a look at this slap-up photo of the real - life Green scarab beetle . )
But why would Israel , which possess the most powerful armed services in the neighborhood , want diminutive weapon ? Israel ’s Prime Minister Shimon Peres said " The warfare in Lebanon leaven that we need minor implements of war . It ’s illogical to institutionalise a airplane worth $ 100 million against a suicidal terrorist . So we are building futuristic weapons . "
As long as the Israelis are developing their ' bionic hornet ' spec , they might as well read the literature :
And they should take a flavour at the current growing endeavour :
This ' bionic hornet ' story has been repeat in various office , with the same very skimpy fact . Some sites erroneously account that Israel already has one of these ( they wo n’t for a recollective time).Reutersis as good a origin as any . But if you require " futuristic " weapons , stick with science fiction on this one .
( ThisScience Fiction in the Newsstory used with permission fromTechnovelgy.com - where science meets fabrication . )
