#insectothopter

[yewknee]

Insectothopter

[orbesargentina]

Desde 1970 la CIA utiliza drones para propagar enfermedades https://bit.ly/48pNHUX

[hbkcozman]

The Debrief: Behind the Artifact - Insectothopter

[prozesa]

13 Dispositivos Espía que te sorprenderán [VÍDEO]

Los dispositivos espía son aparatos que permiten obtener información de forma oculta o discreta. Existen diferentes tipos de dispositivos según su función, tamaño y forma. En este vídeo vamos a ver 13 Dispositivos Espía que te sorprenderán: https://youtu.be/94dyhSi1szc Te puede interesar: - 13 Inventos para automóviles que merecen tu atención - 13 Inventos que pueden salvar tu vida Índice: - 0:16 Live stream wifi Glasses. - 1:22 HackyPi. - 2:26 PPSS Group cut resistant clothing. - 3:34 Smart window tint. - 4:34 Night Watchman Listening Device. - 5:32 PHONE SAFE SUMMIT NG4200. - 6:24 RPlate. - 7:20 H&K MP5K Operational Briefcase. - 8:23 Mini Laser Spy-Scope. - 9:12 True Night Vision binoculars. - 10:14 Rabbler. - 11:07 Dragonfly Insectothopter. - 12:07 Slime Tire Sealant.   Read the full article

[muyactual]

13 Dispositivos Espía que te sorprenderán [VÍDEO]

Los dispositivos espía son aparatos que permiten obtener información de forma oculta o discreta. Existen diferentes tipos de dispositivos según su función, tamaño y forma. En este vídeo vamos a ver 13 Dispositivos Espía que te sorprenderán: https://youtu.be/94dyhSi1szc Te puede interesar: - 13 Inventos para automóviles que merecen tu atención - 13 Inventos que pueden salvar tu vida Índice: - 0:16 Live stream wifi Glasses. - 1:22 HackyPi. - 2:26 PPSS Group cut resistant clothing. - 3:34 Smart window tint. - 4:34 Night Watchman Listening Device. - 5:32 PHONE SAFE SUMMIT NG4200. - 6:24 RPlate. - 7:20 H&K MP5K Operational Briefcase. - 8:23 Mini Laser Spy-Scope. - 9:12 True Night Vision binoculars. - 10:14 Rabbler. - 11:07 Dragonfly Insectothopter. - 12:07 Slime Tire Sealant.   Read the full article

[reignregine]

Personally Rei thinks this is stupid. She’ll do it and she’ll do her damn best, but that’s just because it’s in her nature. She has no interest in field work, she’s a behind the scenes kind of person and if it were up to her she’d have hacked into the security cameras and gotten photographs that way. It’s the following Vik and his little friend around all day that feels like a waste of time and overall odd. So maybe her head isn’t in it. And maybe, when she’s trailing him in the International Spy Museum (seriously?) she doesn’t remember to turn the flash off of her camera. It’s a new model from R-Tech, straight out the box. She’s not sure if it’s the obnoxious click or bright flash that gives her away, or the security guard who calls her out, all she knows is that when she turns to look back at Viktor he’s looking right at her. She sucks her teeth, “You were blocking the...Insectothopter.” she lies. But she knows it’s obvious. “I can’t believe this.” Flash, Regine? Really? @viktcr​

[spanky606]

@Regran_ed from @foundconscious - FUN FACT: The CIA have actually attempted to mimic the animal kingdom by creating remote controlled aircrafts for surveillance purposes. The projects were named “Project Insectothopter” and “Project Ornithopter”. —— The Insectothopter was a miniature unmanned aerial vehicle developed by the United States Central Intelligence Agency's research and development office in the 1970s. The Insectothopter was the size of a dragonfly, and was hand-painted to look like one. It was powered by a miniature fluidic oscillator to propel the wings up and down at the proper rate to provide both lift and thrust. A small amount of propellant produced gas to drive the oscillator, and extra thrust came from the excess gas vented out the rear. The project was abandoned when the Insectothopter was found to be too difficult to control in crosswinds. —— Project Ornithopter involved a birdlike drone designed to blend in with nature by flapping its wings. Another even smaller drone was designed to look like a crow that would land on window ledges and photograph, through the window, what was going on inside the building. —— #cia #surveillance #consciousness #awareness #awakening #freedom #freethinkers #spiritualawakening #nwo #agenda21 #illuminati #conspiracy #newworldorder #truth #chemtrails #thematrixisreal #4biddenknowledge #conspiracytheories #truthseeker #mkultra #sheeple #mindcontrol - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/BorUx9EnTvz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3eyfoz5359of

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Meet the CIA’s Insectothopter - Sadly, the 1-gram spy craft couldn’t withstand a gentle breeze, but later dragonfly-inspired UAVs proved far more capable http://ift.tt/2BRoIu7

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Meet the CIA’s Insectothopter - Sadly, the 1-gram spy craft couldn’t withstand a gentle breeze, but later dragonfly-inspired UAVs proved far more capable

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The Insectothopter, a mechanical dragonfly built by the CIA in the 1970s with an oscillating engine driving the wings and a fuel bladder with liquid propellant for additional thrust. It was guided by a laser beam and intended as a listening device. https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdWings/comments/e87tp6/the_insectothopter_a_mechanical_dragonfly_built/?utm_source=ifttt

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[jasonrhope]

CIA has a new dragonfly-inspired Insectothopter

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[technato]

Meet the CIA’s Insectothopter

Sadly, the 1-gram spy craft couldn’t withstand a gentle breeze, but later dragonfly-inspired UAVs proved far more capable

Photo: CIA Museum

Photo: CIA Museum

It was the 1970s, the Cold War was in full swing, and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s Office of Research and Development had developed a miniaturized listening device. But they didn’t have a good way to maneuver the device into place without raising suspicions.

After scrapping the idea of a mechanical bumblebee, CIA engineers prototyped a dragonfly to carry the bug. Dubbed the Insectothopter, the bug-carrying bug was the agency’s first insect-size unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and it seemed to show potential. Under ideal conditions, it had a range of 200 meters and a flight time of 60 seconds.

Photo: CIA Museum

Flight Kit: The propulsion system for the Insectothopter was based around a miniature fluidic oscillator, which moved the wings up and down to mimic a real dragonfly’s flight.

In taking a cue from nature, CIA engineers were wise to choose the dragonfly. Dragonflies are nimble aerialists, able to hover, glide, and even fly backward. They can turn 180 degrees in three wingbeats. The Insectothopter’s 6-⁠centimeter-long body and 9-cm wingspan were well within the range of an actual dragonfly’s dimensions. Plus, dragonflies are native to every continent except Antarctica, so their presence would be unremarkable, at least in the appropriate season.

According to a CIA description, the robobug was supposed to work like this:

A laser beam directed at a bimetallic strip in the insectothopter’s tail guided the device. That same laser beam acted as a data link for the miniature acoustic sensor onboard the craft. A miniature oscillating engine drove the wings; the fuel bladder contained a liquid propellant that when mixed with an oxifier created additional thrust.

Unfortunately, even the gentlest breeze blew the 1-gram Insectothopter off course. It’s unclear if the laser guidance and data link were ever implemented. In any event, the UAV never flew an actual spy mission.

Decades later, though, dragonflies remain popular research models for UAVs. Beginning in 2005, students at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands created the DelFly to compete in an international micro aerial vehicle (MAV) competition. The original design, with a wingspan of 50 cm and a weight of 21 grams, wasn’t exactly dragonfly size. Several iterations later, the DelFly Micro debuted with a more realistic 10-cm wingspan and a weight of only 3.07 grams. This robotic dragonfly carried a video camera and transmitter to send live video. In 2008, it set a Guinness World Record as the “smallest camera plane.”

Meanwhile, toy companies began marketing radio-controlled robotic dragonflies. Time magazine named WowWee’s FlyTech Dragonfly one of the best inventions of 2007, although reviews suggested that crosswinds also posed a challenge for this tiny flyer. With 20-cm translucent wings imprinted with a faux circuit design, pudgy white-and-green body, and glowing blue LED eyes, the FlyTech wasn’t exactly fit for spycraft, but it proved popular with both kids and adults.

More recently, engineers have taken a different approach to building a better robotic dragonfly. Researchers at Draper, in Cambridge, Mass., and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Janelia Farm are genetically modifying real dragonflies so that their nervous systems respond to pulses of light, and then equipping the insects with a backpack of electronics. The cybernetic MAV is called DragonflEye. While technologically intriguing, it does raise ethical concerns about tinkering with nature and about the nature of surveillance.

The Insectothopter is currently on display at the CIA Museum. However, because the museum is housed within the secure CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., it is not open to the general public. Instead, the agency has made photos of the device available online, along with this historic footage of the MAV in flight:

An abridged version of this article appears in the January 2018 print issue as “Spy Vs. Dragonfly.”

Part of a continuing series looking at photographs of historical artifacts that embrace the boundless potential of technology.

About the Author

Allison Marsh is an associate professor of history at the University of South Carolina and codirector of the Ann Johnson Institute for Science, Technology & Society there.

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