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Swarm of Cyborg Remote Controlled Cockroaches Gains New Power

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Swarm of Cyborg Remote Controlled Cockroaches Gains New Power
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Scientists turned a bunch of cockroaches into remote-controllable cyborgs — and then built them little scuba suits so they can swim underwater, transforming them into powerful amphibian troopers.



Rest assured, they (the scientists, not the roaches) aren’t intent on world domination. Instead, they propose that one day a swarm of these biological drones could be used to poke around dangerous environments, such as disaster areas — or, even more ambitiously, other planets. They published a

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