Beetles can now be remotely controlled to fly, land and turn:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17895-freeflying-cyborg-insects-steered-from-a-distance.html
Fitted with cameras they should make excellent scouts and spies.
Technology is advancing at an exponential rate often called the "Law of Accelerating Returns." If futurist predictions prove correct, we'll have advanced molecular manufacturing by around 2025, and possibly the replacement of humanity by vastly advanced machines a decade or two later.
This is a chronicle of our journey to that future, one advancing technology article at a time. I post the more significant and interesting articles as I come across them.
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Saturday, October 3, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
Cybernetics Update
The creation of a remote-controlled cyborg beetle opens the door for creating ultra-small remote-controlled flying surveillance platforms:
http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22039/?a=f
http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22039/?a=f
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