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Related to material in Invader on My Back
by Philip E. High

Science fiction in the News articles describe real-world events that relate to the ideas and inventions in sf novels and movies. Select a news article:

Anubis Tactical MAV For Time-Sensitive Fleeting Targets
   It's incredible how close this science-fictional scenario is to playing out in real life.

Robocopter Listens And Obeys
   Excellent video shows a small robotic copter obeying your every command.

Robot Bird Alights On Human Hand
   First successful perching on a human hand.

Robots Learn Language Via Random Syllabic Babble
   '...let them teach themselves by trial and error.'

Baxter Robot Learns From Fellow Workers
   ''My whole idea is to get away from a machine with a set of prearranged instructions...' - Stephen Barr, 1960.

SHEPHERD-MIL, A Birdlike Soaring UAV
   'When he had first built them, they had been crude indeed, flying mechanisms with little more than a reflex-response unit.'- Philip E. High, 1968.

Robo-Raven Flapping Wing Robot Bird
   'When he had first built them, they had been crude indeed, flying mechanisms with little more than a reflex-response unit.'- Philip E. High, 1968.

Birds Aren't Real - Wake Up, California! (With Bird Watching Guide)
   'When he had first built them, they had been crude indeed, flying mechanisms with little more than a reflex-response unit.' - Philip E. High, 1968.

Flying Robot Inspired By Hawks
   'The dark birdforms dotted the mountaintops...' - Roger Zelazny, 1980.

Robotic Crow Design, Like Crows, Is A Bit Creepy
   'Over the years, however, he had given them life and intelligence...' - Philip E. High, 1968.

Drone Loiter Munitions Now Available
   '...a series of airborne loiter-drones posted on indefinite guard above.' Iain M. Banks, 2004.

LANIUS Loitering Drone Munition Scouts And Maps
   '... micro-missiles proceeding at walking pace.' - Philip E. High, 1968.

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