Sep 06
Cockroaches are usually disregarded as the utterly useless creatures which are no good and attract a severe feeling of aversion at their very sight. However, this may change as these little things gear up for some tech adventure.
Researchers at North Carolina State university have been trying to ‘control’ a cockroach’s movements. And they have succeeded by fitting one with a microcontroller. The idea is to make a cockroach go along a specific path, something which may eventually lead to more useful applications such as carrying a tiny camera on top of its head to a specific location. (more…)
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