Backyard Brains announced it is selling the first
commercially available cyborg – the RoboRoach. Essentially, the product is an
electronic 'backpack' that installs on a cockroach, allowing its movements to
be controlled with an iPhone. Users can briefly wirelessly control the
left/right movement of a cockroach by microstimulation of the antenna nerves. Read more…
How it's done. Cascade Pest Control has no plans to offer control services for robotic roaches. ;)
