U.S. military researchers are experimenting with flying insects harnessed with spy cameras and flight control equipment. Meanwhile, terrorist cells are working on a counter-technology defense called a flyswatter.
The cyborg insects, dubbed “cybugs,” will be able to go where no human spies could. On the other hand, human spies don’t fear for their lives from a bird or a frog.
So far, moths are the best candidates for the program, and they begin their training while they are still caterpillars.
In early tests, the moths were very good at spying on a selected target, as long as that target was a bright light.
Despite the scary portrayal of cyborgs in the movies, in real life there is no danger that these insects would sound like Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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