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A Swarm of Cyborg Insects Used for Mapping Collapsed Buildings

Posted October 19, 2013 1:57 PM

From ExtremeTech:

Researchers from North Carolina State University finally have a use for insect brain-jacking: use a swarm of cyborg cockroaches to map dangerous or uncertain areas like collapsed buildings. Could this tech help at Fukushima Daiichi?

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10/20/2013 11:59 PM

See Minority Report.

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