I've heard something wierd: Robot Spiders!

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The government is putting £19million (I don't know exactly how many dollars that is with the buck dropping like a brick) into tiny robots that look like spiders, insects and snakes to become the hairy eyeballs of the boys on the battlefield.[i]British defence giant BAE Systems is creating a series of tiny electronic spiders, insects and snakes that could become the eyes and ears of soldiers on the battlefield, helping to save thousands of lives. Prototypes could be on the front line by the end of the year, scuttling into potential danger areas such as booby-trapped buildings or enemy hideouts to relay images back to troops safely positioned nearby. Soldiers will carry the robots into combat and use a small tracked vehicle to transport them closer to their targets. Then they would swarm into the building and relay images back to the soldiers' hand-held or wrist-mounted computers, warning them of any threats inside.[/i]As if we aren't in enough debt and we don't have enough creepy crawlies under the bed!