Envisioning armies of electronically controllable insects is probably nightmare fuel for most people. But scientists think they could help rescue workers scour challenging and hazardous terrain. An ...

The “rechargeable, remote-controllable cyborg cockroach” gets zapped on either side to turn left or right and wears a small solar panel. Reading time 3 minutes The next time you move to squish a ...

Cyborg cockroaches get new technology fitted on their bodies, and it focuses on an ultrathin solar cell that helps deliver power to control these bugs to help in different procedures. These superbugs ...

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Cyborg cockroaches sound like something ripped straight from a video game. But scientists have managed to wire a chip to the nervous systems of a Madagascar cockroach allowing them to tell it where to ...

Worried about cyber-bugs taking over the planet? An inventor behind the headline-grabbing cyborg cockroaches unveiled earlier this month say the enhanced insects are there to do good. In a new ...

Scientists have created a remote controllable cybernetic cockroach that could one day help rescue workers search for survivors in the wake of a disaster. A team of scientists, led by researchers from ...

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Have you ever thought you’d be seeing a cyborg cockroach that runs on solar power and carries a backpack that looks like an electric circuit? A team of researchers at Japan’s RIKEN research institute ...

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