This is amazing and terrifying.  Stanford has developed a way for small predator-like drones to land on the side of buildings and then take off again.  And now the government is funding three teams to make little drones even more birdlike, for use in manhunts and other military operations.

At some point, we entered the future.  Did anyone notice when?

I’m really excited to see them in a movie, preferably directed by Alfonso Cuaron.