Biomedical engineers create a cyborg dragonfly
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The biomedical engineers at Charles Stark Draper Laboratory have created the disturbing reality of a genetically engineered dragon fly.
“Geek Magazine” has disclosed that the DragonflEye creation can be remotely controlled due to implanted light-sensitive neurons, which have been implanted into its nervous system. As a result, the dragonfly responds to instructions that are sent by specifically targeted beams of light, that do not impact on the other neurons nearby. The whole system is powered by light-weight solar cells that give it enough juice to work.
This isn’t the first time that engineers have remotely controlled insects. Last year, The Telegraph reported that engineers in Singapore and California created beetles that could be controlled remotely like drones, by using electrodes that sent messages to the beetles’ neurons.
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However, now, scientists have gone one step further and created a more sophisticated form of control that could potentially be applied to other living creatures. Meaning that wasps, bees and butterflies could potentially be controlled by the implementation of light receptive neurons. This is also likely to lead to the potential for medical research in the field of neuropathy and paralysis.
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