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Detecting Drones In Ukraine With Candy (Sukork)
Sukork (Цукорок) means sugar cubes, or as their inventor Dmytro Selin calls them "candy". They are small boxes that detect drones.
(Drone detector "sukork" sugar cubes (candy))
"Sukork" is a means of radio-electronic reconnaissance. It warns Ukrainian soldiers about Russian drones. It does not transmit, it only receives and therefore does not reveal the position of the carrier. It is small, light, cheap and very easy to use.It analyses the signals received, identifies the type and, depending on the signal strength, warns at different frequencies by vibrating and, if desired, by sounding a warning tone. A weak signal generates one warning, a medium signal generates two, and a strong signal generates three.
“Sukork” recognizes all major Russian drones. In order for it to do this, the firmware in the device must be updated regularly. This is possible because it must be easy to do not only via PC, but also via mobile phone with a USB cable.
(Via militaeraktuell)
As far as I know, the first science fiction reference to the idea of a robot detector is from Assignment in the Unknown by Frank Quattrocchi:
Somewhere in the ship a robot detector circuit closed, activating a bell.Are they that close? The range of the robot instrument was perhaps five kilometers. Baker flipped a switch and watched the angry image of a space cruiser flash on a video screen.
Philip K. Dick was famously paranoid about robot tracking devices, but he was talking about the drones that track you in his 1960 novel Vulcan's Hammer:
(Robot Tracking Device from Vulcan's Hammer)
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