Tiny tags trace dragonfly paths (BBC) {RFID? they're tracking INSECTS!}

[eppur_se_muova]

The epic journeys taken by dragonflies searching for warmer climates have been revealed by scientists in the US.

The team, led by researchers from Princeton University, found that the insects are capable of flying up to 85 miles (137 km) in a day.

Writing in the journal Biology Letters, the group describes how it tracked the movements by attaching tiny radio transmitters to the insects.

A scientific posse followed the signals from a receiving aeroplane.

Other researchers monitored the insects' progress from the ground.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4759615.stm

If this discovery had been announced under a Gore administration, I'd be saying "Neat!" ... as is ... I'm just trying to figure out all the ways this could be abused, because I know those will be the ones for which development is funded.

[Random_Australian]

1. Wow! That is so amazing! (You are too right about the abuse though)