What living creature do you know has two antennae and receives radio signals?
A cockroach, of course.
Scientists are using that knowledge to develop a remote to control and steer roaches. Researchers from North Carolina State University have already developed a technique that uses an electronic interface to remotely control, or steer, cockroaches. Can't wait to get this fixed to our iphones so i can have a feeling of this experience.
Dr. Alper Bozkurt (http://www.ece.ncsu.edu/people/aybozkur/) says, “Our aim was to determine whether we could create a wireless biological interface with cockroaches, which are robust and ableto infiltrate small spaces,”
Read more (http://web.ncsu.edu/abstract/science/wms-cockroach-steering/)
So if, years from now, you happen to come upon a roach or insect wearing some little number/something like a jacket, smile for the camera—b4 stomping!
Now this drives me to thinking of a remotely controlled human cyborgs which i gues is already in progress especially in medical field. Imagine of a patient with a heart problem. After several surgical operations,the heart fails and is replaced by an artificial one. This artificial heart is designed in such a way that it functions all like a natural one. The doctor fits in sensors all over the artificial device and connects it to the internet. Now the patient can move around without any worries as the doctor from wherever he is via the web/internet can remotely monitor the heart operations of this patient.
Now imagine 100 such patients. Imagine 100,000 of the same. Imagine the doctor from his Iphone/computer controlling such a number of patients. Arent they really cyborgs.?? The doctor can increase the pace of the patients hearts remotely. What if a virus gets into the control sytem and results in malfunction of all these hearts?? What if the doctors thinks, hhmmmmmhh, ''am in control of all these human bodies,let me see what happens if i stop their hearts.''???
Now stop imagining this happening in a world you dont exist and assume our president is such a patient, several of his aides and some other prominent personnalities and the doctor decides to bring about a revolution of some sort.
Technology is a good thing but at the sametime dangerous and thats where we are headed. In 20 years time to the future such things will be a reality!!
