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Comments on Roboroach Control? There's An App For That
'A cable, here, from the controller to the interface plug... wires from that to the brain.'- Thomas Easton, 1990. (Read
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| "I should also point out that Philip K. Dick anticipated the general idea of the fully steerable insect in 1964 in his novel Lies, Inc.. See the reference for the housefly monitor. However, Thomas A. Easton was the first to really flesh out the idea, and show how it might be done." (Bill Christensen 6/11/2013 8:08:03 PM) |
| "Don't forget the 'roach spy' in The Fifth Element." (Dewtey 6/12/2013 4:12:14 AM) |
| "When I get a chance, I'll paste in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrHMBletjXg" (Bill 6/12/2013 6:54:50 AM) |
| "Here's the scene from The Fifth Element, the 1997 film with Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, and Milla Jovovich. It's a very impressive scene, given what has been developed only a few years later.
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