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Sunday 9 June 2013

The miniature device placed on this beetle may make it the world's smallest cyborg. Electrodes implanted in the brain and wing muscles allow scientists to remotely control the insect's flight.
PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID LIITTSCHWAGER, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Photo: The miniature device placed on this beetle may make it the world's smallest cyborg. Electrodes implanted in the brain and wing muscles allow scientists to remotely control the insect's flight.
PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID LIITTSCHWAGER, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

NGS Picture ID:1381455

Mecynorrhina torquata
with implanted MEMS device

UC Berkeley Richmond Field Station

Researcher's contact inbformation:

Hirotaka Sato
hirosato@berkeley.edu
C: 734-709-0144

Michel Maharbiz
maharbiz@eecs.berkeley.edu
C: 510-227-0196 © David Liittschwager

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