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Old 03-10-2010, 09:30 PM   #1
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Strap a computer chip onto the back of a mecynorrhina torquata beetle and who knows what will happen. Here, researchers at UC Berkeley use neural stimulator implants and a radio control board attached to the thorax of a beetle to control it. In a post on his blog, Michel M. Maharbiz explains how the implants do not just control motor functions but actually tap into the nervous system and directly control movement and flight.

"The implanted devices are designed to hijack control of motor functions, induce physiological changes, and to serve as a self-contained platform for various transducers," writes Maharbiz. "We implant several neural electrodes into the beetle's nervous and muscular systems at its pupal stage."
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Old 03-10-2010, 09:33 PM   #2
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Its about to get weird.
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Old 03-10-2010, 09:42 PM   #3
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this s@$% isnt supposed to happen till 2012 isnt it....."its the end of the world as we know it.."
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sounds like we (humans) are trying to do something we're not supposed too. next we'll do it to a baby, then A.I., then we'll have skynet, and terminators, etc.

why the hell would you want to control a bettle?
im by no means an animal rights dude(whatever they're called). i hunt,etc. but damn what "genius" thought this up? i mean its a bettle leave it alone.
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Today beetles, tomorrow.... you

Resistance is futile.
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Seriously, I want a video of this thing in action
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this has alot of implications for paralyzed people. imagine having one chip in your head/neck at your central nervous systom then another below your break in your limbs... basically a hot wire!

maybe one day i'll be able to dive into the shallow end of a pool!!
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this has alot of implications for paralyzed people. imagine having one chip in your head/neck at your central nervous systom then another below your break in your limbs... basically a hot wire!

maybe one day i'll be able to dive into the shallow end of a pool!!
I am going to guess the research they are doing is directly related to this...
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poor lil bug!

i wonder if i could bind one to my DX7
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Psssh, the 4PK has dual beetle control built right in.
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Old 03-11-2010, 12:33 PM   #11
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Thought I saw something on the back of Obamas neck...
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Thought I saw something on the back of Obamas neck...
Well... then who is the douchebag running the radio????
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Well... then who is the douchebag running the radio????
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yeah saw that last month when it was in a RC plane mag.
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Well... then who is the douchebag running the radio????
Pretty shure its this hag...


Well technically 2JSC is probably right, Oprah more than likely owns Pelosi.
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yeah saw that last month when it was in a RC plane mag.


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New warfare KILLER BUGS:-P
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Today beetles, tomorrow.... you

Resistance is futile.
We are Borg.
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i want one for my girlfriend
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i want one for my girlfriend
Is that still considered playing with yourself?
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