kintamanate Posted November 8, 2001 Share Posted November 8, 2001 Americas Spy Cat Dream, A Failure "In one experiment during the Cold War, a cat, dubbed "Acoustic Kitty," was wired up for use as an eavesdropping platform. " ""They slit the cat open, put batteries in him, wired him up. The tail was used as an antenna. They made a monstrosity. They tested him and tested him. They found he would walk off the job when he got hungry, so they put another wire in to override that,'' he said." "He said: "They took it out to a park and put him out of the van, and a taxi comes and runs him over. There they were, sitting in the van with all those dials, and the cat was dead.''" "Marchetti said that the first live trial was an expensive disaster. The technology is thought to have cost more than $14 million. " Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
configure Veteran Posted November 8, 2001 Veteran Share Posted November 8, 2001 poor cat... :sleeping: :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazat Posted November 8, 2001 Share Posted November 8, 2001 I bet if you delve deeper into this you may find that the taxi driver was a Russian "cat" similar to the US one. They just used a Taxi driver.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john smith 1924 Veteran Posted November 10, 2001 Veteran Share Posted November 10, 2001 looks a clever idea in theory, but as they say, but it is very cruel - a humanistic approach - try and make everything human.... poor cat. i think we should have a memorial service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glowstick Posted November 10, 2001 Share Posted November 10, 2001 Sun Times... yeah. If they tell that, it must be true... pah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted November 12, 2001 Share Posted November 12, 2001 Bummer! There will always be flaws in robots that even we could not repair! :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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