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"Science fiction has gotten more accurate as we've gotten closer to the present, because science fiction stories have not only attracted, but also generated current scientists."
- Larry Niven
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| Stick-Tight | ||
| A general term for surveillance devices that will follow a subject and record speech or video. |
Vance provides an interesting variety of spy devices, both mechanical and animal.
| Suthiro knit his furry brown eyebrows in puzzlement, glanced for the most fleeting instant upward.
Gersen continued, "There is a stick-tight watching us, although I have not yet located it. Its microphone probably registers our conversation... |
| Technovelgy from The Star King,
by Jack Vance. Published by Berkeley in 1964 Additional resources -
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According to Vance, the stick-tight comes in at least five different variations:
Thanks to an anonymous reader for providing the source and the quote.
You might want to take a look at a tiny modern-day device that seems to be just what Vance was talking about with his servo-optical stick-tight - the uFR-II micro flying robot. It even has image recording capability!
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- Wing-Morphing Micro Air Vehicles
- Aeryon Scout UAV Gets Upgrades
- Eye-bot Lands On Your Ceiling
- Drones Stick Tight, Remember Your Face
| A System To Defeat AI Face Recognition |
| Smart TVs Are Listening! |
| Police Drones In China Would Like To Have A Word With You |
| Detecting Drones In Ukraine With Candy (Sukork) |
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