DARPA’s Insect-Machine Hybrids

See what happens when I spend the weekend AFK? I miss exciting news in the world of insect-machine hybrids.:

Cyborg Moth diagram

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 moths whose muscles can be controlled with the implanted electronics.

Custom grown, remote-controlled moths? Sweet! And who’s after these Franken’moths? One guess, DARPA:

Dr. Easton, a…

DARPA’s Insect-Machine Hybrids

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