With the world going haywire with the havoc being created by destructively notorious anti-social elements, it is imperative that military organization over the world develop ultra-advanced futuristic spying technologies to avert the inevitable. What better than developing an amalgamated version of part organic and part synthetic organisms. We still have a long way to go as-far- as emulating the fictional human-machine system or more precisely a “Bicentennial Man”, put forward in movies(Star Trek, Terminator) and television series(Six Million Dollar Man), but a cybernetic army of insects/ bugs and the occasional animals are already being developed, that paves way for future spying methods. Cybernetic organisms or most commonly known as cyborgs are the way to go for future spying activities. So here’s a list of your creepily hideous cyborgs that can do more than just freaking you out.
#1 Flying the possessed beetle
The miniature system developed by Hirotaka Sato(University of California, Berkeley) and his team is clung on to the pronotum (upper plate of the exoskeleton)and comprises of electrodes into the brain and wing muscles. The flight is controlled using a computer running special software to do the same. The signals are transferred to a micro-controller with a radio transceiver and fueled by a micro battery.
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#2 Remotely controlled rat cyborg
Scientists have managed to control a rat via a remote control with the microchip and sensors hooked on to the rats head.
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#3 Fly on the wall cyborg
The tiny cyborg fly weighs just 60-milligrams having a 3cm wingspan; however the fly robot can only take straight line flights as of now, but scientists over at Harvard Microbotics Lab are constantly improving on it.
This next video demonstrate Michael Dickinson’s work (well know name in the insect cyborgs arena), at the Institute of Technology.
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#4 The beautiful butterfly spy
DARPA’s Hi-MEMS program intends to implant micro-mechanical system [MEMS] inside a butterfly during the early stage of metamorphosis, much like the cyborg beetle. They aim to remotely operate the insects by direct electrical muscle excitation, electrical stimulation of neurons, projection of ultrasonic pulses or projection of pheromones.
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#5 The lethal scorpion cyborg
Nature made them to pack a punch of death and the humans emulated their own version of the scorpion. This cyborg is a classic example of build for the kill, it can do anything from surveillance operations, and reconnaissance missions (on battlefields, narrow spaces and out on the streets), then provide the data back to the base.
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#6 The ugly roach cyborg
The main goal behind the development of the cockroach cyborg is to have a 100-yard range that can be placed within 5 meters of target using remote control and a GPS device.
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#7 The killer bionic hornet ‘with love from Israel’
Israel is creating a very spooky little hornet, a MAVs (Micro Air Vehicles) that can chase, photograph and potentially kill its target! A hardcore cyborg (well you can call it) will be designed for specific tactical missions, the US military better watch out.
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#8 The primeval monkey cyborg( sort of)
Don’t expect any monkey business with this cyborg because it’s just in its infancy stage, for now it can move a robotic arm. Created by team at the University of Utah has created a brain chip that uses broadband RF to communicate with machines. Without wires to tangle up with each other, the wireless brain implants can cover more of the brain than their wired counterparts, thus providing more function and more control.
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#9 Amateur cyborgs
Not of the fancy technology savvy type these can be ranked as low end cyborgs of the battle field plethora of the future cybernetic army men. This genre of cyborgs will have micro camera fitted inside their bodies to feed data back to the command center.
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#10 The cyborg sentinel
Perhaps the most innovative insect cyborg developed at Erickson Lab, this one had the electronic silicon systems installed at the metamorphosis stage to improve the healing process and assisting in the dependable fixture of the whole micro system.
For more information jump over to www.jyi.org
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#11 The dragonfly spy
Much smarter than your next door dragonfly Some suspect the insect like drones which are high-tech surveillance tools are being deployed by the Department of Homeland Security. As the exact know how’s of these cyborgs originating is not clear, they can be classified as mysterious. Follow the video link given below for the video.
www.washingtonPost.com
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# 12 Pigeon Cyborg
Scientists at the Robot Engineering Technology Research center, Beijing have successfully controlled the flight of a pigeon using micro-electrodes implanted in the brain. The experiment was a complete success as the pigeon could be steered left or right on will. More on that over at Trendhunter.
