Cyborg beetle loses free will...

Interesting stuff



US University shows Radio-controlled Live Beetle

So... obviously a new form of surveillance but to what extent will this led?
How close could they be to programing more advanced nerves systems?

Thanks for looking!
This is my first thread. Sorry if its a little bare.

Interesting article.
A good way to post is to pull a paragraph or sentence out of the article that gives an idea of what it is and add it in to the first post.
Good subject for first thread. I've never seen it.
The surveillance buffs will dig it.

Brace yourselves for the blowback from the first strike. The war is about to begin.

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Keep your eyes open, and observe carefully. This will be just the first phase of the final lesson for the impostors. I hope we will never reach the third phase. If we do, it will be the final completion of the final lesson. Done and over, once and for all. Permanently.

From this point on, every decision counts.

The University of California, Berkeley succeeded in the experiment of controlling a live rhinoceros beetle by radio and disclosed the video of the experiment at the MEMS 2009 academic conference taking place in Sorrento, Italy.

Researchers at the university controlled the movement of beetle wings and some other parts using radio signals sent to the six electrodes on its brain and muscles. They equipped the beetle with a module incorporating a circuit to send signals to the electrodes, wireless circuit, microcontroller and battery. The university has so far succeeded in several experiments of electrically controlling insects, but it used a radio control system this time.

This will be the hottest Xmas gift ever
Remote control bugs!

I cant wait until they come out with a RC controlled fly that will make all those mini chopper nuts so jealous!

We can arm the bugs with rocket launchers chain guns etc. mount vid came on top there head for that 1st person perspective. then set up your hotkeys on your keybord for some high tech bug action.


god that would be awesome.

It would bring new meaning to the term FPS



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haha

man thats amazing!!!

Battery Not Included LOL!!!!!!!!

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Mount them with tiny laser cannons and fly em into a bees nest.

The bees would be like What the hell




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Originally posted by Bringer
We can arm the bugs with rocket launchers chain guns etc. mount vid came on top there head for that 1st person perspective. then set up your hotkeys on your keybord for some high tech bug action.


god that would be awesome.

Declare war on your favorite ant hill!

LOL I dig the picture slayer, My only problem with all this, and maybe I'm getting all PETA on you guys, but doesn't anyone feel kinda sorry for the beetle?

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Told you they'd dig it.

Beetle bots - coming to stores for Christmas 2010

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I'm pretty sure people will show respect for the dead.

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For only
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Double post

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LMAO!!!! Great one Slayer! How did you come up with that gem?

On a separate note, this OP isn't much of ground breaking news...we've had radio controlled beetles since the late 60's. But I think only Paul McCartney is still alive

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I didn't know that I thought they were working on real robotic fly's not using real bugs

Something similar was done with a rat a few years ago. You can probably find it with Google, if you are interested in this sort of thing. I don't remember what team did it, but it was not long after 9/11 and one of the applications they mentioned was sending them in to search rubble if something like that happened again.

Beetles today.
Humans tomorrow.

ok i want one!!

hahaha this thread is so funny but so amazinngg

man i love being alive for silly things like rc bugs

haha

makes me want to star and flag again but i cant!! dammit

If this wasn't made public like it has now and rather leaked by an insider noone would have believed this.