Scientists took control of cockroaches – Ghhauto – the main news in Russia

08.03.2015 21:40

American scientists have studied insects for programming their minds. They have learned to control the actions of cockroaches using pulses.

The Texas scientists have developed technology to control insects by means of pulses. A microprocessor programmed to transmit pulses of a certain frequency, attached to insects. This technology has already been tested and it works. However, scientists have recognized that this method is not ideal technology. They managed to control the consciousness of insects over a long period. However, after a while to get used to insects momentum and began to ignore them. Some did not react. Despite these shortcomings, it is a huge breakthrough in the study of the simplest organisms. Of course, the human brain is much more difficult to find than the brain of a fly (the human brain contains about one hundred billion neurons, while the fly brain contains little more than two hundred neurons).

History of Animals cyborg:

“The history of management of animal behavior by means of signals sent to the brain, originates from the middle of the last century. Already in the 1950s, the Spanish neurosurgeon Jose Delgado (Jose Delgado) succeeded in using stimulation of certain areas of the brain of a cat to make her lift a paw.

A large public outcry received his experiment of 1965, when he implanted electrodes in the center of the bull aggression and was not afraid to meet him in the arena. Instead of sharp swords in the hands of Jose was at the control panel. When you click in the caudate nucleus of the brain sends an electrical impulse to the animal. The experiment was a success for both parties: Delgado managed to push a button and a bull stopped in front of a scientist, not causing him harm. “- site zoom.cnews.ru