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NO: Bionic Cockroach Controlled By Remote

March 9, 2011 / bugs, cyborgs, do not like, ethics aside (ha -- like we even considered them in the first place!), f***ing with mother nature, frightening, how iare there not goverment regulations against this?!, insects, just plain wrong, no no no, not cool, say it ain't so, so not cash, think of the possiblities (none of them are good!), wrong, wtf were you thinking?!, you've doomed us all

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Hacking a toy's remote-control mechanism to open your blinds when you wake up in the morning: cool. Hacking a toy's remote-control mechanism directly into a cockroach's nervous system to make it turn whatever direction you want it to: WAIT -- WHAT THE F***?!

By modifying the HEXBug toy "Inchworm" circuitry to deliver pulses, we stimulated the antenna nerves of the discoid cockroach to "trick" the cockroach into turning upon command. Stay tuned! as we make the preparation easier, more reliable, and lighter!

Granted we've already seen the same performed on flying beetles, but I felt like there was a lot more that went into that. I didn't know you could just take a toy apart, poke some wires into a cockroach and be good to go. What if the mad scientists find out about this?! SPOILER: MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Get it? Because that's how they laugh.

Hit the jump for the 'oh God please squash it, please squash it!' in action.

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Thanks to Carol, who once rubber-banded a Tamagotchi to her pet hamster with similar results. Read: he runs in his wheel now more than ever. Probably because he feels so fat and wants to lose some lbs oz's.

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  • I had heard about RC heli, plane, jet, cars, bot but never heard about remote controlled Bionic Cockroach. In these pictures it looks pretty interesting, I would like t play with it.

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