What’s Creepier than Bugs?

How about cyborg bugs? Building a from-scratch robot that can do everything a bug can do is difficult. So instead, scientists are looking at a fuel cell powered by a bug’s own biochemistry. The energy can be used for sensing, recording, or control by stimulation of neurons.

What would I like to do with this technology? Imagine creating weaponized cockroaches capable of going inside the walls, hunting down, and killing the regular cockroaches. No more pesticides.

You can read more about it here.

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