Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Cyborg Beetles

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/cyborg-beetles-commandeered-for-test-flight-laser-beams-not-ye/

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2009/01/pentagons-cybor.html

Watch the Video Here


University of California, Berkeley presented their latest development in cyborg beetles at the MEMS 2009 academic conference taking place in Sorrento, Italy. The rhinoceros beetles can carry the weight of the electronic equipment on their back which is connected via electrodes to their brains and muscles. This controls the basic movements of their wings and some other appendages. The beetles are controlled by a remote attached to a laptop on which commands can be delivered.
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4 comments:

  1. Kelly Jane ThomasFebruary 19, 2009 at 5:35 AM

    For some reason the video link isn't working. Can you check that and repost? I really want to see that beetle in action!

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  2. EthanApril 14, 2009 at 5:14 PM

    It is a cool concept that beetles can be controlled by a remote attached to a computer. This could turn out to be a problem for many reasons, could this be considered animal cruelty? Since people learned how to control beetles are they going to try and control other insects and animals? If the government gets their hands on this will they use it to spy on people in our own country? It just seems kind of weird to me, controlling insects for who knows what.

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  3. Matthew MaydickApril 15, 2009 at 1:19 PM

    This news of the day scared me more than any other story. The fact that our government is using our tax dollars to make organic spies is highly unethical. You cannot deny that this will be used for military purposes because the pentagon is conducting the research. The fact that we are technologically manipulating a living organism, denying it of free will, and forcing it to comply with commands makes me scared of a future of mind control. This has many scary applications such as cyborg soldiers, hidden spy bugs, full time surveillance, and the abolition of free will.

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  4. Marguerite DibbleApril 28, 2009 at 1:44 PM

    Its funny that the demonstration for this and the starting of the kite power is all going on in Italy. It makes me wish that our country was more on top of technological developments.

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