{"id":1112,"date":"2009-02-22T22:07:18","date_gmt":"2009-02-23T03:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/2009\/02\/22\/repost-big-brother-becomes-little-bug-rough-type-nicholas-carrs-blog-secret-agent-moth\/"},"modified":"2009-02-22T22:07:18","modified_gmt":"2009-02-23T03:07:18","slug":"repost-big-brother-becomes-little-bug-rough-type-nicholas-carrs-blog-secret-agent-moth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2009\/02\/22\/repost-big-brother-becomes-little-bug-rough-type-nicholas-carrs-blog-secret-agent-moth\/","title":{"rendered":"rePost: Big Brother Becomes Little Bug! :Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: Secret agent moth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elsewhere on the robotics front, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency<\/a> (Darpa) is making good progress towards its goal of turning insects into remote-controlled<\/a> surveillance<\/a> and monitoring instruments. Three years ago, Darpa launched its Hybrid Insect Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems<\/a> (HI-MEMS<\/a>) project, with the intent, as described by IEEE Spectrum<\/a>, of creating “moths or other insects that have electronic controls implanted inside them, allowing them to be controlled by a remote operator. The animal-machine hybrid will transmit data from mounted sensors, which might include low-grade video and microphones for surveillance or gas sensors for natural-disaster<\/a> reconnaissance. To get to that end point, HI-MEMS is following three separate tracks: growing MEMS-insect hybrids, developing steering electronics for the insects, and finding ways to harvest energy from the them to power the cybernetics<\/a>.”
\nRough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: Secret agent moth<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Image via Wikipedia scary. Elsewhere on the robotics front, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) is making good progress towards its goal of turning insects into remote-controlled surveillance and monitoring instruments. Three years ago, Darpa launched its Hybrid Insect Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (HI-MEMS) project, with the intent, as described by IEEE Spectrum, of creating … <\/p>\n

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