Cyborgs - I mean Cybugs - Powerful Ideas: Military Develops 'Cybug' Spies

[Rich Parsons]

Powerful Ideas: Military Develops 'Cybug' Spies

From: http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090714/sc_livescience/powerfulideasmilitarydevelopscybugspies

Miniature robots could be good spies, but researchers now are experimenting with insect cyborgs or "cybugs" that could work even better.

Below is a second link to the "original" article on the topic.
http://www.livescience.com/technology/090714-cyborg-bugs.html




And a couple of links from the article as well:

http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/080204-cyborg-insect.html

Implants Create Insect Cyborgs

Cornell University researchers have succeeded in implanting electronic circuit probes into tobacco hornworms as early pupae. The hornworms pass through the chrysalis stage to mature into long-lived moths whose muscles can be controlled with the implanted electronics. The research was showcased at MEMS 2008, an international academic conference on Micro-Electrico-Mechanical Systems that took place from January 13-17 in Tucson, AZ.

http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/070918_bee_sniffers.html
Bees Trained as Bomb Sniffers

Inscentinel Ltd. has found a way to use honeybees as detectors in bomb-sniffing machines. The bees are first trained and then literally harnessed into a special cassette to aid in the process of biochemical molecular recognition.

http://www.livescience.com/technology/080521-jumping-robot.html
Amazing Robot Jumps Like Grasshopper

Looking like a gear-head grasshopper, a new robot can jump distances more than 27 times its body length. The contraption, about the size of a locust and weighing only about a quarter of an ounce (7 grams), could aid in search and rescue operations and explore rough terrain.

http://www.livescience.com/technology/051027_cellborg_sensor.html
Microbe and Machine Merged to Create First 'Cellborg'

Fully merging microbe and machine for the first time, scientists have created gold-plated bacteria that can sense humidity.

10 Technologies That Will Transform Your Lifehttp://www.livescience.com/technology/top10-transform-tech.html




Thoughts on these articles?

 

[terryl965]

I guess Robocop is around the corner then.

 

[Rich Parsons]

I guess Robocop is around the corner then.

Have you seen the latest "That's Impossible"? It is on History Channel at 10 PM EDT Tuesdays. Tonights episodes is about robots and stuff used in Operation Dessert Storm and to what is being worked on today.