The future of spy bugs may be an actual insect: the Madagascar hissing cockroach. SWARM Biotactics, a German startup, is working to fit cockroaches with tiny backpacks that could carry cameras, ...

Forward-looking: In a Berlin laboratory, a team at SWARM Biotactics is turning insects into living robots. The German startup is developing microelectronic backpacks that can transform Madagascar ...

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A German/US company is working on a hybrid made up of live cockroaches and AI control to produce bio-robotic systems, aka fully controllable living insects, that could be used for "mission-critical ...

As part of Germany’s rearmament, the army is recruiting an unusual creature for warfare: a giant Madagascar hissing cockroach. Germany has largely taken a pacifist stance since the end of World War II ...

Researchers from North Carolina State University finally have a use for insect brain-jacking: use a swarm of cyborg cockroaches to map dangerous or uncertain areas like collapsed buildings. Could this ...