DARPA Creates Remote Controlled Insects 101
EmagGeek writes "Attempts by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to create cybernetic insects (hybrids of biological and electronic 'bugs') have yielded ultra-low power radios to control the bugs' flight and a method of powering those circuits by harvesting energy, according to research that will be reported this week at the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference. 'Electrodes and a control chip are inserted into a moth during its pupal stage. When the moth emerges the electrodes stimulate its muscles to control its flight. I expect a run on bug zappers any day."
War of the Bugs (Score:2, Informative)
This has been achieved... here are some videos. (Score:2, Informative)
One group of researchers doing this sort of control of moths:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP9ZA8dUU5g&NR=1
Another group that does metabolic research of moths to see how much they can carry and how long they can fly for:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFKEWDfDO1A
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