Experiments have shown before that simple insects have very simple responses to detecting light in different directions. Shine a light in one eye, they go left. Shine a light in the other eye, they go right. Shine a light in both eyes, they go straight forward.
It would be fairly simple to glue a couple tiny LEDs to the insect's eyes and wire them up to a tiny microcontroller and radio receiver. And voila -- remote control roach.
Probably not super reliable in the controls and doesn't always go exactly where you want it ... but it should do a decent job of going in the general direction you tell it to.
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Maiq@piefed.social · 36 pts · 185d
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 23 pts · 185d
They don't tell you this but the pigeons on the street are free, you can just take them home
notgold@aussie.zone · 16 pts · 185d
No controller but RFC1149 was written to make use of pigeons with RFC2549 written to enhance quality of service.
Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org · 15 pts · 185d
This is either real or a terrifyingly elaborate hoax.
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OwOarchist@pawb.social · 14 pts · 185d
This very much could be real.
Experiments have shown before that simple insects have very simple responses to detecting light in different directions. Shine a light in one eye, they go left. Shine a light in the other eye, they go right. Shine a light in both eyes, they go straight forward.
It would be fairly simple to glue a couple tiny LEDs to the insect's eyes and wire them up to a tiny microcontroller and radio receiver. And voila -- remote control roach.
Probably not super reliable in the controls and doesn't always go exactly where you want it ... but it should do a decent job of going in the general direction you tell it to.
arudesalad@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 185d
Vsauce made a video on it!
doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 184d
Please don't encourage abuse against pigeons, they are wonderful sweet birds.
fossilesque@mander.xyz · 10 pts · 184d
GandalftheBlack@feddit.org · 12 pts · 184d
Silly what?
fossilesque@mander.xyz · 16 pts · 184d
FinalRemix@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 184d
Dude just train pigeons and crows to do your bidding. They're clever and you can pay them in snacks.
Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 184d
Until they want salary and rights. Just keep at it with children and low income people they don't complain hard enough. /s
ikidd@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 183d
Threaten them that AI will take their jobs, that'll shut them up.
bort@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 185d
yes, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrUWSfd0Heg