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Cyborg Critters

From remote-controlled flying beetles to honeybees that sniff out land minds, insect hordes are now being programmed to do military bidding.

Pentagon-backed researchers have made rapid strides with moths, after a team at Georgia Tech figured out how to keep them alive long enough to be useful. Micro-mechanical systems, or MEMS, along with microphones or sensors, are implanted during the larval stage, and fuse with the growing insect's tissue. The moths can then be operated via remote control, and act as stealthy spies or biothreat detectors in hard-to-reach locations.

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