Cockroaches cyborg

American scientists have taken another step towards the creation kibergov. In a bold experiment, guinea pigs become Madagascar hissing cockroaches. This relatively large species of cockroaches reaches a length of 5-6 sm.

Externally kiberg cockroach looks is not very impressive, to terminator him so far away. On the back of a cockroach scientists have fixed the chip, which is equipped with a wireless transmitter. This chip is connected by wires to the special cockroach antennae, by which the animal is oriented in space. But the results of the experiment were serious. Using the knowledge of biology and technology stuffing, scientists were able to learn how to manage these cockroaches remotely. For example, scientists fed the signal directly to an antenna mounted on the cockroach, that the presence of a predator nearby, and cockroach runs. If a cockroach to be stopped, it sends a signal that the wall in front of him and t.d.

Experiment until far from complete. However, scientists believe that it is not far off when the cockroaches kibergi will be used in practice, for example, they will be looking for people under the rubble.
"Instead, we decided to use a robotic cockroach-biobotov. After all, to make a robot of this size is difficult enough, but cockroaches inherently adapted to act in a hostile environment, "- said the researcher Alper Bozkurt.

Source: www.novate.ru/news/1506/