-Caveat Lector- > > Cockroaches that can be used as spies > By Robert Uhlig, Technology Correspondent > (Filed: 26/09/2001) > > http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/0 > 9/26/wbeet26.xml > > > SCIENTISTS are developing a remote-controlled cockroach that can carry a > tiny camera and microphone for spying missions or be used for searching > under rubble for disaster victims. > > With a microchip surgically implanted in its back and electrodes > connected to its brain, scientists can make the cockroach turn left, > right, crawl forward or leap backwards. > > Isao Shimoyama, of Tokyo University, said that cockroaches were chosen > because they were exceptionally hardy and were resistant to poisons and > radiation. > > He said: "Insects can do many things that people cannot. The potential > applications of electronically controlled cockroaches for mankind could > be immense." > > The team, financed by a �7 million grant from the Japanese government, > has bred an army of Perplaneta Americana, the American cockroach, which > is the only species large enough and strong enough to carry 20 times its > own weight. > > The cockroaches' wings and antennae are removed when it is anaesthetised > to make room for the electronic back-pack, which, at just over one-tenth > of an ounce, is twice as heavy as the insect. > > >
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