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Title: Remotely controlling a live cockroach
Post by: anwar on September 12, 2012, 03:18:44 PM
What has the world become :o

Link to Discover magazine (with embedded video) (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/09/11/meet-the-newest-cyborg-a-remote-controlled-cockroach/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+80beats+%2880beats%29)


Title: Re: Remotely controlling a live cockroach
Post by: rcpilotacro on September 12, 2012, 03:46:27 PM
good we are living in the times we are, dont want to live to see cyborgs


Title: Re: Remotely controlling a live cockroach
Post by: girishsarwal on September 12, 2012, 03:57:06 PM
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A shock to the optic lobe made the beetle take off. Stimulation of the flight muscles controlled steering

It will take one mad scientist to screw up things. How different is this from elephants being shock treated to perform in a circus...for pure entertainment. The more humans interfere, the harder nature will strike back someday