Flies, bats, birds, there is no boundary on the pitiable need of the powers that be to pervert the forms of all manner of creatures. Evil Robots are becoming more and more able to peep into your windows and dissolve the Fourth Amendment right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures. Yeah, remember that one?

Evil Robot Bird? Uh, yeah, we would roundly define that as "unreasonable"...

"Unmanned aircraft maker AeroVironment got an additional $5.4 million to further develop the diminutive aircraft that can fly into tight spaces undetected, perch and send live surveillance information to its handlers.

Last Fall, AeroVironment, got $4.6 million initial funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop the Stealthy, Persistent, Perch and Stare Air Vehicle System (SP2S), which is being built on the company's one-pound, 29-inch wingspan battery-powered Wasp unmanned system."

Dirty Bird

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