This small device would imitate the sounds of a person trying to be quiet. It would be surrounded by foam so it could be thrown. It could also make a sound above human hearing range or send a radio signal for integration into the augmented reality devices already made. (it would show up in friendly troops glasses as a decoy)

It would also be capable of shining very dim light on nearby walls at night to make it look like a person is there.
-- Voice, Oct 03 2010

Paradummy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradummy
Prior Art [8th of 7, Oct 06 2010]

This could be a pretty good idea. I wonder if you could have a hand grenade type affair from which one of these blows up inflated by a gas cartridge. Then for sound have a series of charges that pop every few minutes to simulate gunfire.

I wouldn't think you'd need to spend much effort making it look like a soldier, just have a human size mass in a faux ghillie suit with the occassional pop of a charge and puff of smoke to divert the enemy's attention.

More for a diversion than to scare anybody, this might come in handy I'd think, if for no other reason than to draw the enemy's fire to help locate them.
-- doctorremulac3, Oct 06 2010


Not an entirely new idea ... <link>

Widely known to exist.
-- 8th of 7, Oct 06 2010


[8th] My idea has nothing to do with a full size dummy soldier.
-- Voice, Oct 06 2010


The paradummies were nothing like full-size. In many cases they weren't even that realistic, certainly nothing as complicated as portrayed in "The Longest Day" movie.
-- AbsintheWithoutLeave, Oct 06 2010


I think I may be working alongside a fair number of these.
-- bungston, Oct 06 2010



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