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Air Force Aims to Launch 'Spy Pigeon' Drone by 2015

By Sharon WeinbergerJul 8th 2010 – 7:33PM
Sharon Weinberger for AOL News

Sharon Weinberger for AOL News

(July 8) -- In the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, U.S. officials often had to rely on grainy satellite photos to decide whether facilities on the ground were intended for producing weapons of mass destruction. Now imagine that instead of overhead satellite imagery -- or even high-flying unmanned aircraft -- they could...

Background on biomimetics

Biomimetics is the study of the structure and function of biological systems as models for the design and engineering of materials and machines.

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