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Post by skytroll on Jun 6, 2007 12:52:30 GMT -5
Well now, how unique! "A team of engineers, physicists and biologists is seeking to create insect cyborgs—creatures with a mixture of organic and mechanical parts that could be used for military applications. The realization of cyborgs with embedded machine components would provide stealthy robots that use their own muscle actuators, which have been developed over millions of years of evolution. This effort is not the purview of science fiction. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) hybrid insect microelectromechanical systems (HI-MEMS) program is designed to develop tightly coupled machine-insect interfaces. Scientists would place microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) inside insects during early stages of their metamorphosis to help control insect locomotion. Because the majority of tissue development in insects occurs in later stages of metamorphosis, the tissue growth around the MEMS would tend to heal to form a reliable and stable tissue-machine interface"..... more here: tinyurl.com/ywaeqvskytroll
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Post by skytroll on Jun 6, 2007 12:54:06 GMT -5
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Post by skytroll on Jun 6, 2007 12:55:09 GMT -5
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Post by skytroll on Jun 6, 2007 12:58:18 GMT -5
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Post by skytroll on Jun 6, 2007 13:29:20 GMT -5
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