🐱🎙️ In the 1960s, the #CIA launched "Acoustic Kitty," a project to turn house #cats into mobile eavesdropping devices.

They implanted tiny microphones and transmitters into the #felines, hoping they could sneak up on Soviet officials. The project was scrapped due to the cats' lack of interest.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/the-cia-once-trained-cats-to-be-cold-war-spies/

#history #tech #technology #animals #science #history #innovation