a drone that sprays its odor(s) on a trail for
hunting, leading people to food helping distract predators and military annoying people-- teslaberry, Jun 11 2014 Daniel Suarez http://thedaemon.com/ [MisterQED, Jun 12 2014] This idea smells funny.-- normzone, Jun 11 2014 Fess up: you got this idea from my fried chicken drone.-- bungston, Jun 11 2014 BUNGSTON----HOW'D YOU KNOW!?!?!?-- teslaberry, Jun 11 2014 /cowers in fear/-- bungston, Jun 11 2014 TESLABERRY WHY YOU SCREAM ?!?!?!-- blissmiss, Jun 11 2014 I think she was just overjoyed at having found her shift key.-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jun 12 2014 Not baked, but this idea is completely fleshed out in a fantastic book by Daniel Suarez called "Kill Decision". In the book drones are created that work like insects in that they leave sent trails that communicate with all the other drones. The scent he used was modified pepper spray, because it is one of the scents that is both dense and industrially produced.
I'd recommend ALL of his books. He is an author that really understands tech. (link)-- MisterQED, Jun 12 2014 Thanks for the recommendation, [QED] - just bought it on your recommendation and so far it's a great read.-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jun 13 2014 random, halfbakery