For those of you who are handy working with electronic components and doing surgery on large bugs, here's something you might consider doing for your next lab class though you probably should practice first to make sure that you know what you're doing when you create your cyborg cockroach.
Yes, this is very weird. Anyway, here is one of several articles that are currently out there on how a new company "Backyard Brains" is selling RoboRoach kits and materials. Check out the video at the end of the article (which is also on the YouTube); see: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/06/cyborg-cockroaches-may-become-new-teaching-tools-in-neuroscience-classes/ NOTE #1: I did not know that ice water anesthetizes cockroaches. NOTE#2: Definitely not for people who find cockroaches super icky. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] P.S. It's probably a good a idea to get your cockroaches from the "Backyard Brains" folks instead of using "home grown" ones. ;-) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=26051 or send a blank email to leave-26051-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
