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To: sea_urchin who wrote (6932)	6/7/2004 11:22:17 AM
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Nice stuff but... you ain't seen nothin' yet... Remember the last time you tried to kill a fly spraying insecticide like crazy?? And the fly kept buzzin' back at you? Here's a clue: Robotic Fly Project Takes Off By Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News June 14 - A joint military and university research project to develop a wee winged robot modeled after a housefly got a major lift recently as scientists invented the tiny mechanical wings necessary to give the device flight. Upon completion of the robotic insect, scheduled for next year, the faux fly likely will become the lightest weight autonomous robot in existence, weighing in at a mere tenth of a gram, or less than the weight of an average-sized paper clip. The robofly is part of an overall study, funded by the U.S. government's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Office of Naval Research, called Controlled Biological and Biomimetic Systems. dsc.discovery.com