‘Every Step With Caution Feeling’

We need a pet rock out front when Ebola comes skulking home at zero-dark-thirty.

The US military is developing miniature electronic sensors disguised as rocks that can be dropped from an aircraft and used to help detect the sound of approaching enemy combatants.
The devices, which would be no larger than a golf ball, could be ready for use in about 18 months. They use tiny silicon chips and radio frequency identification (RFID) technology that is so sensitive that it can detect the sound of a human footfall at 20ft to 30ft.

8 Responses to “‘Every Step With Caution Feeling’”

1. Mr. Bingley says:

   May 26, 2005 at 6:03 pm

   it can detect the sound of a human footfall at 20ft to 30ft.
   You disappoint Sis. I thought that was an ability inherent in all mothers.

2. tree hugging sister says:

   May 26, 2005 at 6:43 pm

   Not when they worked around airplanes for 12 years.

3. Nightfly says:

   May 27, 2005 at 10:27 am

   Now we just need some mood-ring-based technology adapted to the battlefield… And Tesla coils that look like lava lamps! We’ll have the Grooviest Army Ever.

4. tree hugging sister says:

   May 27, 2005 at 10:43 am

   Maybe dust off all that pyschic and pyramid stuff the Russians spent gazillions on. Call it ‘Kreskin Kinetics Crush Kabul’ or ‘Yuri Gellar Bends Baghdad’.
   (As long as you remember ‘there is no spoon‘…)

5. Nightfly says:

   May 27, 2005 at 12:05 pm

   Ms. Sister, you just reminded me of a ditty I dreamed up years ago:
   Who can take a blue screen
   And a shiny stick
   And point out all the places where the rain is coming thick
   The weatherman
   The weatherman can
   The weatherman can,
   ‘Cause he has pretty hair
   And doesn’t threaten you
   Youse guys in the Northeast
   You’d better stay at home
   The blizzard that you’re facing
   Gonna swallow your car whole
   Says the weatherman…
   Oh, the folks in midwest towns
   Are feeling kind of down
   Especially the ones in trailers
   The twisters are a-comin’, fellers
   They’ll bend your house like Yuri Gellar
   People on the West Coast
   The smog is there to stay
   Better put the ventilator on the kids today
   Says the weatherman…
   Just because he can
   The weatherman can, but his 3:05 is up
   So Johnny, back to you!

6. The Real JeffS says:

   May 28, 2005 at 4:49 pm

   THS, why don’t you just get a satellite relay beacon implanted in Ebola? That way, you can monitor exactly where he is at any time. 😉

7. Mr. Bingley says:

   June 1, 2005 at 8:02 am

   But do you really want to know?

8. Mr. Bingley says:

   June 1, 2005 at 8:03 am

   The twisters are a-comin’, fellers
   They’ll bend your house like Yuri Gellar
   bwuahaha