CIA's goofy spy-robots

The CIA has celebrated its 40th by showing off its misbegotten spy-robots (mechanical, eavesdropping bumblebees, dragonflies and catfish!) in a private exhibit.

In the 1970s the CIA had developed a miniature listening device that needed a delivery system, so the agency's scientists looked at building a bumblebee to carry it.

They found, however, that the bumblebee was erratic in flight, so the idea was scrapped.

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(via Gizmodo)