Is this a mosquito? No. It's an insect spy drone for urban areas, already in production, funded by the US government. It can be remotely controlled and is equipped with a camera and a microphone.
It can land on you, and it may have the potential to take a DNA sample or leave RFID tracking nanotechnology on your skin. It can fly through an open window, or it can attach to your clothing until you take it in your home.
And for all you who automatically say “fake” because you don’t think your government is funding this…
Source — http://cleantechnica.com/2012/02/07/johns-hopkins-researchers-develop-mav-the-size-of-a-bug/
Actual research paper — http://www.me.jhu.edu/fsag/Publications/Papers/AIAA-2009-382-170%5B1%5D.pdf
Actual footage — http://phys.org/news/2012-02-butterfly-flight-bug-size-robots.html
Another source — https://www.robaid.com/robotics/analyzing-butterfly-flight-for-better-mav-maneuverability.htm
And another — http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120202151608.htm
And — http://www.beforeitsnews.com/blogging-citizen-journalism/2013/01/this-is-not-a-mosquito-its-an-insect-spy-drone-for-urban-areas-already-in-production-funded-by-the-gov-2445072.html
Do some research and NEVER trust Snopes or, your own government!
Big Brother is watching you!
And financing research to do it better, so bye bye privacy.
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and, Mangy Fur the Smart Alick Spacecat.
Nope. But, as we Aussies are prone to say, the government (yours