Re: Tiny 1/4 inch robot announced

From: Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Date: Mon Feb 12 2001 - 23:13:59 MST


BillK wrote:

> Would you even notice if this crawled under your doorstep one night, sidled
> along the edge of the wall and lurked in the corner watching and listening?

Snoopware will have to find physical entry (unless it is carried tick-like
on yourself, and then falls off). We have cheap, high-resolution CMOS sensors
which can detect motion in a retina-like fashion.

Such a thing coupled to a MEMS mirror galvanometer and a powerful semiconductor
laser could make a windowframe an impenetrable barrier to flying insects.
Kinda like a fly/mosquito Star Wars. Should be fun to watch.



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