Cyborg Beetle

Source: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22039/?nlid=1733&a=f
http://www.technologyreview.com/video/?vid=217&a=f

A scientist sends a wireless signal from the laptop to the beetle to start and then stop flight. The beetle, seen in the upper part of the frame, is tethered for practical purposes. The insect is attached to a clear plate, so that its flight pattern can be better observed. An oscilloscope shows the electrical signals as they are delivered: a short oscillating pulse triggers the animal to flap its wings, and it continues flapping until a short single pulse tells it to stop.

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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• cyborg
• beetle
• technology
• fly

[rakiri123]

@Smb4444 its for reasearch

[Smb4444]

So your job is to torture animals ? Great !

[limeyBoy15]

Truth be told. This scares the shit out of me. I've never been as scared of my own government up until now.

[Nanodev]

Omg!

Hey, u could let the computer move of a thousand of them to invade some house.

Lmao !

[spannerbunny]

Mind = Blown

[WickedUnrelentingVLN]

I think it's going too far to say it's the devil's technology, but you're right. We definitely need to stop the crippled from rising up against us. THEY'LL TAKE OUR JOBS!

[Haddock420]

Yeah cause we all know how bad the apocalypse was last time it happened.

[happycat808]

I'de kick that bugs ass so hard it would try and scream for mommy except that it cant because it's just a stupid bug.

Then I'de take a big corn filled dump on its greasy head.

[jezzr101]

it'd probably experience more pain if it ran into a wall or better yet a bug zapper, short sighted retard

[jezzr101]

wow this is soooo cool