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[webofevil]

Okay, so the news that the Pentagon plans a cyber-insect army might seem a little unsettling at first, but it should be at least some comfort that cyber-insect armies are prey to the exact same problems as regular ones:

"A similar scheme aimed at manipulating wasps failed when they flew off to feed and mate".

Incidentally, the above picture comes from a stock photo website. You have to applaud their covering every base—or possibly the nervous breakdown of one of their art editors—for the inclusion of a "stock" "photo" of, and I quote, a robotic armoured cyber wasp.

Comments

[ex-cornfedpi814.livejournal.com]

Man, I want to work for Darpa. There's a whole "head grafting" field to explore.

[webofevil.livejournal.com]

I assumed you already worked there.

[ex-cornfedpi814.livejournal.com]

I'm working on a mechanical elephant to "hatch" from the world's largest glitter ball.