Scientists have demonstrated how a live cockroach equipped with a computerised 'backpack' could be steered remotely for search and rescue missions. The backpack, created by a team at Nanyang ...

An international team of scientists has created cyborg cockroaches, with electronics wired to their nervous systems that allow them to be remote controlled. The researchers fitted wireless control ...

While it may sound like something that has crawled out of your nightmares, cyborg cockroaches have arrived as friends rather than foes. Scientists in Japan have designed a new remote-controlled insect ...

The “rechargeable, remote-controllable cyborg cockroach” gets zapped on either side to turn left or right and wears a small solar panel. Reading time 3 minutes The next time you move to squish a ...

North Carolina State University researchers are using video game technology to remotely control cockroaches, with the goal of developing ways that the insects can map different environments like ...

Proving once again that this is Luc Besson’s world, and we’re just living in it, the world has moved one step closer to the Fifth Element. That’s right, remote-controlled cockroaches. The iBionicS Lab ...

Have you ever wondered why some insects like cockroaches prefer to stay or decrease movement in darkness? Some may tell you it’s called photophobia, a habit deeply coded in their genes. A further ...

Researchers have developed a disgustingly cool remote-controlled bug. The bug in question is a giant cockroach. Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a system that uses an ...

Researchers from North Carolina State University (NCSU) have developed a technique that uses an electronic interface to remotely control, or steer, cockroaches. Okay, I know you are wondering why this ...