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Cyborg Beetles Powered by a Wing and a Piezolectric Prayer

Remember this day, friends. Remember when the cyborg beetles early first took flight in our labs and flew right into their world domination destiny. Look! Even now one of the brood is stealing a quarter, no doubt for financing purposes. But total world domination won’t happen just yet. First, their human scientist handlers must perfect…

Tech News Jack Loftus Sep 4

The beetle that also invented the wheel

When the Australian patent office granted a 2001 patent to Mr. John Keogh for inventing the wheel (an action for which they shared an Ig Nobel Prize), little acknowledgment was given to those animals who regularly reinvent themselves a wheels. One of those animals is celebrated in a new study: “Wind-Powered Wheel Locomotion, Initiated by…

io9 Marc Abrahams - Improbable Research Mar 26

Dung Beetle Inspired Algorithm Enhances Video Shot in Almost Pitch Black Environments

Swedish startup Nocturnal Vision thinks their new dung beetle inspired algorithm can be integrated into cellphone cameras to allow people to capture high-quality video in low-light environments. They’ve already got Toyota investing in the algorithm for automobile night vision systems. The algorithm is by no means completely perfect. It sucks up so much processing power…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Mar 26

The Bigger Your Weapon, The Smaller Your Balls – If You’re A Beetle

To compete for mates, male beetles often grow fierce mandibles that they use to fight other males. Unfortunately, there’s a tradeoff. Researchers in Japan discovered that beetles with longer mandible weapons have smaller testicles and less ejaculate than their brethren. In a paper published yesterday in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, charmingly titled…

io9 Annalee Newitz Feb 4

Video of the Remote-Control Flying Beetle Would Be Sad If It Wasn’t So Terrifying

When some scientists at Berkeley say they’ve managed to remote-control a Rhinoceros beetle it’s one thing, but a video of the impressive, morbid experiment has a little more impact. https://gizmodo.com/scientists-demo-living-remote-control-flying-cyborg-be-5141750 The first part of the video would seem to show that initial reports of the experiment’s success were overblown—the bug is pretty much just switched…

Tech News John Herrman Feb 10

Scientists Demo Living, Remote-Control Flying Cyborg Beetles

Berkeley University scientists demoed a remote-control Rhinoceros beetle at a conference this week, repeatedly flying the cyborgian creature into observers’ faces while screaming “WE ARE GODS! WE HUNGER FOR BLOOD SACRIFICE! The first part of that, the true part, represents a huge step in the mechanical control of living things. It’s far from the first…

Tech News John Herrman Jan 29

Cyborg Beetles Powered by a Wing and a Piezolectric Prayer

The beetle that also invented the wheel

Dung Beetle Inspired Algorithm Enhances Video Shot in Almost Pitch Black Environments

The Bigger Your Weapon, The Smaller Your Balls – If You’re A Beetle

Video of the Remote-Control Flying Beetle Would Be Sad If It Wasn’t So Terrifying

Scientists Demo Living, Remote-Control Flying Cyborg Beetles

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