Robotic Bees--didn't even know they were working on these!

[AcesandEights]

Source with full article. Do bees, swarms of bees, make you nervous? Maybe not. Maybe they remind you of honey, flowers and warm summer days. You stay out of their way and they stay out of yours. What if, however, the bees weren't bees at all but hundreds (or thousands) of autonomous microbots, facsimiles of the real thing, buzzing around in the real world? That's not Hollywood fantasy any more. It appears to be within reach. Researchers in the Microrobotics Lab at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences say that they expect their Robobees project will demonstrate flying, autonomous micro-air-vehicles modeled on insects within the next 2 1/2 years...

[Neil]

Wow!!

[Tricky]

Sounds like somebody needs to read this

[MoonSylver]

Yeah, if they don't figure out how to reverse colony collapse disorder we'll probably need these lil' fookers to pollenize for us, or we're ALL fooked.

[rongravy]

Yeah, this is all a grand idea until the robot bees send one back from the future to kill Sarah Conner and her unborn son before Reese can bang the bejesus out of her, leaving no one to lead the rebellion against them... I'm just saying.

[Gert Villers]

There is a new novel out called "Apoidea" by a British author which explores in detail the real implications and repercussions of a near-future scenario where robot bees are put to work throughout the world. You can get it in paperback or e-book here: http://exaggeratedpress.weebly.com/apoidea.html And it's been getting pretty good reviews, like here: http://www.thehorrorzine.com/ReviewF...a/Apoidea.html and here: http://sci-fi-online.com/00_revs/r20...3_apoidea.html

[bassman]

This reminds of that horrible Richie Rich movie from the 90's....

[Gert Villers]

This reminds of that horrible Richie Rich movie from the 90's.... I never saw that.... but see now it rates 25% on Rotten Tomatoes. Poor old McAuley. I can safely say Apoidea is a lot better than that...