Are you sure you're not being BUGGED? Cyborg beetles fitted with radio transmitters could lead to new living surveillance drones

  • Giant flower beetles were wired with thin electrodes into their muscles
  • Backpacks glued to the insects' stimulated muscles with electric current 
  • Researchers controlled their speed and direction when walking and flying 
  • It could lead to insects being used for surveillance or search and rescue

It may not be good news for anyone who finds insects creepy. 

Scientists have proved they can control how beetles fly and walk by turning them into cyborgs.

Researchers fitted giant flower beetles, which measure two inches long and weigh around 0.3 ounces, with radio transmitter backpacks and wired them to their limbs.

This allowed them to electrically stimulate muscles in the insects' legs so they could control their walking speed, gait and direction.

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