Posted on 06/25/2013 1:50:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin
North Carolina State University researchers are using video game technology to remotely control cockroaches on autopilot, with a computer steering the cockroach through a controlled environment. The researchers are using the technology to track how roaches respond to the remote control, with the goal of developing ways that roaches on autopilot can be used to map dynamic environments -- such as collapsed buildings. The researchers have incorporated Microsoft's motion-sensing Kinect system into an electronic interface developed at NC State that can remotely control cockroaches. The researchers plug in a digitally plotted path for the roach, and use Kinect to identify and track the insect's progress. The program then uses the Kinect tracking data to automatically steer the roach along the desired path.
The program also uses Kinect to collect data on how the roaches respond to the electrical impulses from the remote-control interface. This data will help the researchers fine-tune the steering parameters needed to control the roaches more precisely.
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No wonder I’ve seen so many roaches lately. It’s the Feds!
Cyborg-roach PING
BE SEEING YOU.
Well, if it can work on roaches, then they’ll try it on humans. Not that we don’t already have enough people on government autopilot now.
It’s called controlling the herd.
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