{"id":599,"date":"2012-01-07T19:16:09","date_gmt":"2012-01-08T03:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/wordpress\/?p=599"},"modified":"2012-08-15T11:19:06","modified_gmt":"2012-08-15T19:19:06","slug":"whats-creepier-than-bugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?p=599","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Creepier than Bugs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"float: right;\" href=\"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/scarybug.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;\"  title=\"scarybug\" src=\"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/scarybug-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>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&#8217;s own biochemistry. The energy can be used for sensing, recording, or control by stimulation of neurons.<\/p>\n<p\/>\nWhat 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.<\/p>\n<p\/>\nYou can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2012-01\/cwru-ibc010612.php\">read more about it here.<a href=\"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/cyborg-bug.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"634\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?attachment_id=634\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/cyborg-bug.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"320,219\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cyborg-bug\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/cyborg-bug-300x205.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/cyborg-bug.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/cyborg-bug-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cyborg-bug\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-634\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/cyborg-bug-300x205.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/cyborg-bug.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-599\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?p=599&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-599\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?p=599&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How about cyborg bugs? 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