Cyborg cockroach diving suit enables underwater survival for search-and-rescue missions
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Mack DeGeurin
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Researchers at Nanyang Technological University have developed a diving suit for cyborg cockroaches, enabling them to survive underwater for up to three hours. The suit uses tubes connected to the insect's breathing holes (spiracles) and an onboard oxygen generator. This innovation expands the potential use of cyborg insects for search-and-rescue missions in flooded or hard-to-reach environments, building on previous work where cockroaches were fitted with electrodes for remote control.
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· 3 pulledThe next time an ambitious adventurer gets trapped in a flooded cave, the person coming to their rescue might not be a human at all. It might be a mind-controlled, diving-suit-wearing cockroach.
These cyborgs are already being used in search-and-rescue operations...
The cockroach survived up to three hours underwater with an experimental new oxygen tank.
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