It sound like the oddest cabal theory ever , but astonishingly , the Pentagon is behind a programme to turn over crickets , cicadas and katydids into cyborg chemical substance sensing element to help protect soldier from chemical substance attacks . Your tax dollars atmad sciencework ?
New Scientist reports that Pentagon - backed scientists are plan to implant electronics in insects that will leave them to declare the presence of certain chemicals in the aura by modulating the rhythm of the dirt ball ’ wingbeats :
The implants will cause the insect in these OrthopterNets to modulate their calls in the bearing of certain chemicals … As well as a biochemical sensing element and a gadget for modulating the flank muscles , the electronics package would hold in an acoustic detector design to respond to the altered calls of other dirt ball . This should ensure the “ warning equipment ” signal is passed quickly across the internet and is at last picked up by ground - based transceivers .
Those involved in the task point out that the organisation could be adjust for non - combat situations , such as monitoring pollution or natural gas making water . The only trouble , it seems , is miniaturize the technology enough for the insects , harmonise to Ben Epstein of OpCoast , the company behind the project :
We could do this by adjusting the muscle tension or some other parameter that affects the sound - get movements . The worm itself might not even notice the intonation … Given a big enough insect it would n’t be a problem .
possibly we ’re going around this the wrong room ; perchance , instead of miniaturize the engineering science , we should work on cover bigger insects . No - one would have a job with giant crickets jumping out during warfare , right ?
Cyborg crickets could chirp at the aroma of survivors[New Scientist ]
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