Tuesday, October 20, 2009

U.S. Military Create Live Remote-Controlled Beetles To Bug Conversations

Researchers at UC Berkeley have implanted surveillance equipment into beetles
that allows them to control where they fly


From The Daily Mail:

Spies may soon be bugging conversations using actual insects, thanks to research funded by the US military.

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has spent years developing a whole host of cyborg critters, in the hopes of creating the ultimate 'fly on the wall'.

Now a team of researchers led by Hirotaka Sato have created cyborg beetles which are guided wirelessly via a laptop.

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