well, here's the latest tonne-shitload of garbage littering the streets of Free Planet, the drop-and-hope future surveillance menace known as MAVs or Micro Air Vehicles:
The project, which is based at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, was revealed in the March issue of the National Geographic magazine.
Air Force officials said they have already produced tiny remote-control prototypes - but they consume so much power that can only operate for a few minutes. Researchers estimate that it will take several years of advances in battery technology to make the designs feasible.
Still, the Air Force has a clear concept of what it hopes to accomplish with the program. [source DAILY MAIL]