Watch out for mosquitoes!
China has just unveiled a new “mosquito drone” created for covert military operations.
The drone, which is the size and shape of a mosquito, contains cameras, microphones, and electronic signals.
The National University of Defense Technology engineered the new drone and released a video of it in action.
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China unveiled a mosquito-sized drone designed for covert military operations and espionage — a development that’s raising alarms over the potential consequence of the tech falling into the wrong hands.
The miniature device, featuring two leaf-like wings, a black vertical body, and three hair-thin legs, was engineered to mimic the blood-sucking insect by scientists at the National University of Defense Technology in China’s Hunan province.
“Here in my hand is a mosquito-like type of robot,” said Liang Hexiang, an NUDT student who was holding the tiny drone between his fingers in a video shared by state media last weekend.