In a message dated 5/20/2005 12:03:21 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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We do have RF chips for marking hive equipment.
Another thought.  A bit of technology I'd like to see develop. There is a
camera chip used in gastrointestinal medicine that is about the right size.  The
patient swallows the camera pill and the whole trip is recorded on video.  If
it could be reduced to the size of a "Tic Tac" we could record a bee's eye
view of the trip and download it on her return.  Powering it would be
problematic.  What gains that can be made in losing the long antenna would be lost in the
weight of the battery or coil / capacitor.

The B. E. A. M. robotics enthusiasts (people geeker than I) might have the
answer with a tiny solar panel.  I think the thought of a kind of cyborg bee
would very much appeal to them.  Dr. Mark Tilden (B.E.A.M.er, NASA, Los Alamos
and strange toy inventor) designs these things.  I wonder if he would be
interested in this. Does anyone have his E-mail address?

Jim Hock
Wethersfield, CT

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