Comment on MIT builds swarms of tiny robotic insect drones that can fly 100 times longer than previous designs

Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• AJ1@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I guess I’m the only one thinking about how it’s inevitable that birds and other animals will mistake them for real insects and die from ingesting these things, god knows what kind of toxic materials they’re made of but I’m willing to bet it’s not safe to eat them

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• floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Without a doubt they have those other use cases in mind too. Mentioning them is just not good for marketing on a public news site.

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• NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The public use case.

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• _stranger_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Plot twist: The crop is human misery.

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  • Iheartcheese@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Well then fucking harvest me and get it over with

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• TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Humans are the crops.

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  • double_quack@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    *corps

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    • 0x0@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      *corpses

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    • 0x0@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      *corpses

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    • 0x0@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      *corpses

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