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Fighting the next war with insects and sharks

There is a long history of use of the bee in the war. Roman catapults, with hives as projectiles, unleashed the fury of angry bees to promote an enemy. Hives booby trapped to topple over with trip wires were used for the benefit of both parties during the fighting in World War I. In Vietnam, the Viet Cong often used sabotaged Apis dorsata nests against the American soldier.

Besides, other bees animals of military assistance in many ways. Elephants and horses are used for locomotion in wars. Pigeons have been used to send secret, hidden messages. Of course dogs are always answered the call of military duty. In recent decades, the Navy has even used trained dolphins and sea lions to patrol harbors and locate potential underwater mines. So it must come as little surprise that the U.S. military is experimenting with other animals in an attempt to gain an advantage on the battlefield of the future.

In fact, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Virginia, is currently involved in a number of military research studies on the use electronic implants to monitor the movement and behavior of animals to control. Their goal, if successful, would lead to a remote controlled (cyborg) animal spies which operate without detection on the surface of the Earth and even under the sea.

DARPA military investigation is currently considering ways to use electronic incentive to conduct of sharks and motion control. In fact, scientists at Boston University have already developed brains implants that can influence the movements of dogfish (members of the shark family) by "steering" them using a phantom odor.

The military objective of the movement of the sharks is outlined in the New Scientist Ranked as follows: "With movements remotely guiding sharks', the Army hopes the animals into stealth spies, perhaps following vessels without spotted. The Pentagon hopes to exploit the ability of sharks to glide quietly through the water, sense delicate electrical gradients and follow chemical trails. "

In addition to funding research to make these cyborg sharks, DARPA also awarded funding for research at the University of Michigan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Boyce Thompson for the development of its' "HI-MEMS" program. Purpose of this program is developing technology that gives more control on the locomotion of moths and horned beetles. Like working with the sharks, the goal is to eliminate these insects to the right of animal cyborg spy.

The final objective demonstration of the HI-MEMS program is the controlled arrival of an insect within five meters of a target located one hundred meters from the insect point. It must then remain stationary indefinitely, unless otherwise instructed. It should also be able to transfer data from the Department of Defense sensors providing information about the local environment.

If the goal of control over insect movement was achieved, could insects with built micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) are remotely controlled reconnaissance missions for the army. This can lead to insect swarms with various different types of embedded sensors, such as video cameras, audio microphones, and chemical sniffers. This cyborg insects could then penetrate enemy territory to carry out reconnaissance missions that would be dangerous for human soldiers.

Of course, all this animal cyborg research need several years of experimentation and research to determine feasibility of the military program. In the meantime, British defense giant BAE Systems to create a series of small electronic spiders, insects and snakes that could be the eyes and ears of the soldiers on the battlefield today. The first prototype of this robotic insect devices is expected before the end of this year.

The plan is for soldiers to carry the insect robots in battle and a small tracked vehicle used to transport them closer to their goals. Some of these robots will be equipped with small cameras, others will be equipped with sensors that will be able to detect the presence of chemical, biological or radioactive weapons detection. Then they would be released to swarm into a building and relay images back to soldiers held the hand or wrist-mounted computers, warning them of possible threats inside.

These insects BAE designed robots would be used until the cyborg insects are ready for the battlefield. There is little doubt that the war of the future integration of more advanced technology and security that battlefield will be a lot harder to maintain. The United States military intended to fight the next war with a swarming army of animal cyborg spies.

Military research has led to many important applications in the private sector in recent decades. Think the military funded research by DARPA, which led to the creation of the Internet. So, in the near future, to ensure our privacy, we want to remember to pull the shade that innocent looking moth sitting outside our window. It may well be a robot or a cyborg insect spy, fully equipped with a camera.