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Dumpshock Forums _ Shadowrun _ Real Life Biodrones

Posted by: Daier Mune Feb 8 2008, 10:41 PM

saw this on Warren Ellis's website, thought the SR community would get a kick out of it, especialy those of you who have read the chapter on 'biodrones' in Augmentation.

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Cornell University researchers have succeeded in implanting electronic circuit probes into tobacco hornworms as early pupae. The hornworms pass through the chrysalis stage to mature into long-lived moths whose muscles can be controlled with the implanted electronics.


http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/080204-cyborg-insect.html

Posted by: Dashifen Feb 8 2008, 10:45 PM

smokin.gif

That's awesome.

Posted by: DocTaotsu Feb 8 2008, 11:29 PM

In other news...

THE GOVERNMENT IS MAKING ME TYPE THIS.

Er... sorry.

Posted by: Fix-it Feb 9 2008, 02:00 AM

they've been doing this to live cockroaches for some time now.

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