DARPA Creates Remote Controlled Insects

EmagGeek writes "Attempts by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to create cybernetic insects (hybrids of biological and electronic 'bugs') have yielded ultra-low power radios to control the bugs' flight and a method of powering those circuits by harvesting energy, according to research that will be reported this week at the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference. 'Electrodes and a control chip are inserted into a moth during its pupal stage. When the moth emerges the electrodes stimulate its muscles to control its flight. I expect a run on bug zappers any day."

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It hasn't happened!!

[Marc_Hawke]

What a waste of time. They are presenting papers about what their research goals are. They haven't actually done it yet.

There are other people with research goals to find a cure for cancer....but that's not news.