http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/ Engadget Comments for COM-BAT swoops in to gather data on reconnaissance missions http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/Mar 19th 2008 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/
So we can't expect this flapping around houses soon.]]>Mar 19th 2008 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/Mar 19th 2008 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/
It is a model to show the army what they want to build]]>Mar 19th 2008 11:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/Mar 19th 2008 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/Mar 20th 2008 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/> COM-BAT

I see what you did there.]]>Mar 19th 2008 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/Mar 19th 2008 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/Mar 19th 2008 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/Mar 19th 2008 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/Mar 19th 2008 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/



It is of the upmost importance to note that the above sentence was based purely on the assumption that I too would be a mobile phone as opposed to the species homosapien. Ultimately though, if this were the case then said phone and myself would be mere tangeable objects and not sentient beings, therefore rendering any acts of intercourse 100% improbable.]]>Mar 19th 2008 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/
Officialy the most embarassing internet post of my 19 years on this earth.

Nothing I say will make this any better.

I'll let myself out (and, incidentally, repost under the correct article ;)]]>Mar 19th 2008 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/
http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/xperia-x1-white-paper-reveals-yet-more-details/]]>Mar 19th 2008 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/Mar 19th 2008 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/Mar 20th 2008 3:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/
Ah, priceless.]]>Mar 19th 2008 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/
I have an exam tommorow and I'm procrastinating on engadget like my life depended on it instead of revising.

Who the hell decided to invent data handling exams? Probably a sadist.]]>Mar 19th 2008 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/Mar 19th 2008 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/
on an unrelated side note, I sure hope they paint that thing in the picture at the top a better color like, i dunno, BLACK and make it out of something that might sustain flight, unlike stainless steel.]]>Mar 19th 2008 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/Mar 19th 2008 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/Mar 19th 2008 8:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ykSipes3o&feature=related

I wish I could work with DARPA :"(
]]>Mar 19th 2008 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/Mar 19th 2008 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/18/1551252
"The University of Michigan's Center for Objective Microelectronics and Biomimetic Advanced Technology (COM-BAT) is working on building a robot bat that would perform long-range reconnaissance for the U.S. Army, but U.Mich is currently struggling with miniaturizing components in order to make the bat small enough to be stealthy. 'The focus is to shrink down many electronics that while currently available would only be good if the US Army wanted, say, a 12-foot spy-bat.' Some components need to be 1,000 times smaller than they currently are. The Army's $10 million grant proposal calls for the bat to be six inches in length, weigh four ounces and use just one watt of power. The bat is supposed to be powered by a lithium-ion battery, charged by solar and wind energy, as well as simple vibrations."]]>Mar 19th 2008 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/
"This just in - 4 U.S. soldiers died today when an experimental 12-foot reconnaissance bat accidentally crashed into a barracks and exploded. The Pentagon could not be reached for comment...

Up next, find out while you'll be paying even more at the gas pumps this summer..." ]]>Mar 19th 2008 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/
cause that would be bad ass.]]>Mar 21st 2008 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/
Just out of curiosity- anyone know why they want a bat form-factor? I assumed hovering was key in urban settings- thus a helicopter or dragonfly design...? Heck, I'm at UM, I should go ask them!]]>Mar 19th 2008 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/
I for one welcome our robotic bat overlords!]]>Mar 19th 2008 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/Mar 20th 2008 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/Mar 20th 2008 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/






oh nevermind]]>Mar 20th 2008 3:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/com-bat-swoops-in-to-gather-data-on-reconnaissance-missions/
We're gonna use this bat to bite Terrell Pryor!]]>Mar 20th 2008 8:49AM