why
the snake is also potentially able to explode on reaching a suitable target
if it ever got there !!!
it looked impossible to control and didnt really move unless in grass.
im alos guessing its louder than a hummer
The Israeli armed forces are developing a flexible man-portable robotic snake equipped with a camera, intended for battlefield surveillance missions. The experimental military snake was displayed on television this week. Needless to say, YouTube footage is available: (You need Flash and suitable firewall privileges to view it …
"open back entrance", "trouser(ed) snake", "rigid and erect", "gain access to otherwise impenetrable areas".
Paris ... do I really have to spell it out ?
the snake is also potentially able to explode on reaching a suitable target
if it ever got there !!!
it looked impossible to control and didnt really move unless in grass.
im alos guessing its louder than a hummer
Lay off those little blue pills Lewis, it's affecting your writing.
Mark Tilden did this years ago but the US military wasn't interested. So he took the idea to a toy company.
http://www.wowwee.com/en/products/toys/robots/robotics/robocreatures:roboboa
I'm sure something very similar menaced Jon Pertwee's Doctor when I was a kid. You can defeat them with a sonic screwdriver.
Nice try, but did you really think his loyal fans would be fooled by a bot? Can we have the real thing back please?
Both as bad as each other eh? Just one side has all the money...
In other news:
Meteorologists report large coffee spray clouds forming over IT departments.
Is that the best they've got ? Vaguely ok in grass, utterly crap on smooth ground. Great idea, truly pathetic implementation.
I can see it now .. Palestinians countering the attack after queueing up at Toys R' Us and buying their entire stock (and cheaper too)
'Erects rigidly to penetrate smugglers' "passage."'
There, fixed that for ya.
the "impenetrable areas" ?.
Has to be an Isreali invention, looks like someone cut the end off...
(a) rustle with (occasional) hiss?
(b) veeechemm veechem veeechem click?
...do I have to buy a new keyboard??
Thanks Muchly, Lewis. B*stard!
"Has to be an Isreali invention, looks like someone cut the end off..."
Have to say, it's disappointing that, per usual, the commenters offer up better rimshots than El Reg. That said, whoever you are, you're brilliant. Just brilliant.