synthetic.mems.implants.for.cyborg.insects.
| We are currently developing MEMS devices for implantation into insects. The implanted devices are designed to hijack control of motor functions, induce physiological changes, and to serve as a self-contained platform for various transducers. For our first prototype cyborg insect, live beetle (Coleopteran) is employed as an insect platform. We implant several neural electrodes into the beetle¡¯s nervous and muscular systems at its pupal stage. The implanted electrodes are integrated with the beetle physiology by emergence of the beetle. A microcontroller and a microbattery are mounted on the beetle dorsal thorax. The microcontroller transfers appropriate electrical signals via the implanted electrodes. This cyborg beetle system actually makes it possible for us to perform initiation, cessation, elevation and left/right turns of the beetle flight. |
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press.
- march/april 2009 tr10: biological machines, mit technology review
- 04.30.2009 the pentagon's beetle borgs, discover magazine
- 02.03.2009 cyborg insect in progress, robot watch
- 01.29.2009 giant cyborg beetle (not the volkswagon) is army's latest uav experiment, satnews.com
- 01.29.2009 hi-mems project: remote control of living insect, wired vision
- 01.28.2009 us university shows radio-controlled live beetle
- 01.28.2009 radio controlled cyborg insects at mems 2009, slashdot
- 04.14.2008 MEMS Bio-interface implanted into a live beetle
- 03.06.2008 The Cyborg Animal Spies Hatching in the Lab, New Scientist, pp. 41-43
- 02.25.2008 With Sensors for the Five Senses, Devices Will Get Closer to Human Beings, Nikkei Electronics, pp. 57
- 09.20.2006 michigan energy news
- 01.28.2008 MEMS Sensors Embedded in Beetles for Bio-Interfacing, pp. 14
- 01.22.2008 Electronics control live insect's flight, Robot Watch
- 01.21.2008 Beetle and moth are used for cyborg by US universities