The Cyborg Beetles Designed to Save Human Lives

In the future, we may have remote-controlled insects to reach places humans cannot. At least that's what Dr. Hirotaka Sato, an aerospace engineer from Singapore, is hoping.
Motherboard went to Dr. Sato's lab in Singapore to take one of his cyborg beetles for a test flight.
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[@tobias9284]

*Beetle smashes head into wall* " it works"

[@jonfinklehotwing5144]

LOL

[@chancesassy7963]

YEETLE THAT BEETLE

[@JagiUGG]

XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@appetizersfosho2944]

kekistani toba HOW CRUEL!!! HOW CRUEL!!!!!!!

[@PorkSnorkle]

It works! It just WORKS!

[@impoppy9145]

Imagine aliens controlling us and smashing us into wall then scream "Yes it worked"

[@dawudkhan1940]

2 times... SMH

[@lucasliew4924]

Nah I'm sure they''ll put up paper so we wouldn't crash and destroy their precious technology

[@science5990]

You're suggesting that extraterrestrial beings would be as dumb as us rather than smarter. I hope you realize the error of your joke.

[@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm]

actually, I imagined Neuralink the brain implant from Elon Musk.

[@jalalkphilosophy]

Except that even in Alienic classifications, we do not classify as insects rather than intelligent beings, so no. However we do something similar to what you suggested to our own people such as in MK ultra mind control, trauma, hypnosis, and AI such as microchips are used for mind control and to alter people's behaviour to the advantage and control of the handler.

[@kazoo6711]

Scientists: Spends thousands of dollars making a cyborg beetle Some random guy: *steps on it*

[@jagadishgospat2548]

some random guy : can't you guys keep your work space clean

[@lhtyeehaw1319]

@@ministeriotupalabraesverdad **eats

[@icecube3645]

That random guy must be you? 😂

[@sumrandomdude379]

That's me

[@science5990]

Prioritize the following: 1. Focus on bugs death 2. Focus on creating a poorly thought out science joke 3. Focus on the significance of the accumulated scientific knowledge obtained before the insignificant squashing of said bug

[@adolphgracius9996]

It's all fun and games until someone finds out how to take control over spiders👀👀👀👀

[@Solid_Snake88]

adolph gracius beetle already looks scary buddy, they can fly 😰

[@princeafterburn3247]

Hell no

[@reapthewhirlwind6915]

then the world would change infinitely for the better as this would allow spiderweb production on a large scale.

[@Donovaan]

Naw, doing this with humans is the goal. They'll say it can make people with a walking disability use their legs again but it would mostly be used to have marionettes.

[@s1cario411]

*HELL NO*

[@tylerjb1017]

Anyone sorta feel bad for the beetle?

[@NotALizardPerson81]

Capper101 i do.

[@MoridorGiltoniel]

it's Very Scary if bad people start hacking or stuff Good luck guys tho ! :)

[@297valeful]

Capper101 theres millions of them who cares

[@nachoridesbikes]

@Valentias Karpavicius ,yea we should try with humans , who cares there is billions of them

[@drfunk1986]

no, that beetle don't know shit

[@yungchoqquit]

No one is gonna talk about how they used a wii remote?

[@lucjanl1262]

are you sure thats wiuu controler

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

Lucjan L. The asian dude said they use a Wii Remote

[@AlexsaurusRex]

Road to 100 subs with one video. I'll wait till they can support the joycons

[@RaitisGrandovskis]

bluetooth, could be any other bt remote

[@mindfuckingblown5276]

Huh, don't remember this Wii game?

[@cactuz116]

Anyone else come from the video of some dude adding wires onto a cockroach? Ok it was more complex than that but

[@gamerzera4265]

Me

[@rovertn7521]

Me

[@prideer968]

Here

[@imalallawmkima8081]

Wtf man 🤣🤣🤣

[@bud384]

Not a cockroach, a beetle!

[@IdoSchacham]

"It struggles but it still obeys" - this is evil

[@batmanofinglewood]

Fucking disgusting. I HATE MAN

[@3xplanations306]

They can’t really feel pain, and they still take care of them.

[@anotherrandominternetguy404]

@@batmanofinglewood beetles don’t have feelings and thoughts, they just follow their instincts

[@batmanofinglewood]

@@anotherrandominternetguy404 how the hell do you know? 🤔😒

[@anotherrandominternetguy404]

@@batmanofinglewood "Even tiny insects have brains, though the insect brain does not play as important a role as human brains do. In fact, an insect can live for several days without a head, assuming it does not lose a lethal amount of hemolymph, the insect equivalent of blood, upon decapitation." - information from www.thoughtco.com/do-insects-have-brains-1968477 "As far as entomologists are concerned, insects do not have pain receptors the way vertebrates do. They don't feel 'pain,' but may feel irritation and probably can sense if they are damaged. Even so, they certainly cannot suffer because they don't have emotions." -- from ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=7190

[@AngelLuisTrinidad]

The Beetles are making a come back.

[@PrinceJes]

Nice one

[@uneven_haircut1861]

Angel Luis Trinidad lol

[@jamesnobody5587]

Angel Luis Trinidad *Beatles Name one song by Yoko Ono if you like the Beatles so much

[@Steve-Utah]

I saw you comment on jayztwocents' video

[@scottmccoy6383]

Angel Luis Trinidad Ahahahah

[@fantoonstic]

We can rebuild him, stronger, better, faster. *THE MILLION DOLLAR BEETLE*

[@live123tt6]

its same like > Black Mirror: Hated in the Nation

[@mark35720]

Yeah lets StiMuLaTE it

[@ninjaenjoyer4607]

iBeetle

[@Min1mum]

So blue beetle

[@dead-ishchannel6212]

Beetlestellar 5555

[@DaBiggFly]

"For rescue missions" Yeahhhh that's not what this tech is being developed for.

[@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm]

military spy drones, poison carriers, removing dictators with one wasp sting, other ideas anybody?

[@llII_Mahza_IIll]

@@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm Kingsmen church scene comes to mind. ID2020 with 5G microwave smart meters incoming

[@frankvolpe2178]

Murder Hornets anyone?

[@tinybats452]

Saving private Ryan 2

[@lilkhmer5]

@@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm Prototype to controlling humans.

[@chikannie3917]

2019..people control bug 3019..people control other people

[@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm]

10.000 IG versus 100.000 IQ

[@nilaksh007]

It will be sooner than 3019

[@precognation]

This technology has already been used on people.

[@FinneousPJ1]

4019 bugs control people

[@ordinary7759]

2025

[@Chief]

This must be the most terrifying Wii Sports game ever played

[@DA-dn6hh]

They were making the Beatle fly with a Wii controller

[@mrjohn4446]

hahhahaha CHIEF KEEF dont make loughhh

[@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm]

a copter able to recharge by eating fruit, sleeping till you need it, waiting on a tree. We may be doing this in parallel with Neuralink experiments.

[@cicci0salsicci0]

Go watch Black mirror after this.

[@freakybaby1012]

cicci0salsicci0 The reality of insects that kill is close

[@ulmeulme]

lol

[@HaightTheGreat]

cicci0salsicci0 I was just about to watch that. am I going to be freaked out now?

[@cicci0salsicci0]

Sevier Khan The Hermit King naaaa... it's just a movie...

[@user-nx2vw3du3o]

hahaha

[@miureal]

I don't know why but i feel like this is animal torture

[@brad5204]

You ever kill a mosquito? If not, do you at least let them get a drink? After all, they were born that way.

[@alisaaeed2925]

@@brad5204 I'm sure that beetles aren't mosquitos

[@brad5204]

@@alisaaeed2925 are you saying that beetle lives matter and mosquito lives don’t? Is that really the argument you want to die on?

[@alisaaeed2925]

@@brad5204 bruh.. Mosquitoes only live up to a week but beetles can live up to years and beetles are smarter than mosquitoes

[@u121386]

It’s an insect, not a mammal...

[@thomasbobinski4127]

2:58 When my mom notices I cleaned my room

[@aashay1709]

😂

[@kangrew]

Why was it taped to a lego

[@nickbutler9831]

Cooper Confidential cause it wants to be "LEGO"

[@junepassingthrouthegate8810]

Nick Butler Dude...

[@nickbutler9831]

June Passingthroughthegate thank you, thank you

[@nickbutler9831]

LX it is

[@Metaphix]

They couldnt find the cyborg beetle holding apparatus store.

[@afrosamuri05]

Yes I will order 1000 please, could you also arm them with turrets that fire poison stingers.

[@losethegame1991]

Heracross used Poison Sting!

[@bulkychalky9697]

Eric VandenAvond what!!?!?!? Really... my god, the books were true. Please tell me you’re not lying

[@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm]

automatic turret which protects you from nosy neighbours and trespassers, and sends SMS to ambulance.

[@szilveszterdomotor]

I hope rc controlled beatles will be bot immune to chemotox...

[@alejandromadail]

How can they know this doesn't hurt? They can't.

[@brad5204]

I guess you never killed a mosquito for trying to survive via your arm huh

[@doxenking3899]

I loved the idea when I first heard of it. There is so much progress, good or bad, that can be made. I really don't know what to think of it after having watched the video though. I'm not someone who will abstain from eating animals, but I can take solace in the fact that the animals I eat have a quick and seemingly painless death. I try to purchase free range meat when my budget allows as well, but I'm certainly not an extreme animal activist. That being said, I don't know how to feel about the cybernetic restructuring these beetles are going through. It truly seems like a fate worse than death, one I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. Having your body be piloted while you're still conscious... Beetles are comparatively a lot simpler in their neurology, but something about that lack of physical control just irks me the wrong way. I'm not completely opposed to the idea, but I am ambivalent to it.

[@mnco5741]

indeed , futhermore encouraging such technology will make it invade other creatures such as pets, monkeys.... or even humans one day!

[@themenagerie5247]

I find the exploitation of animals cruel unless its used to directly save lives so I relate to that.

[@mnco5741]

@@themenagerie5247 it will deviate from its objective if those type of technologies are encouraged, everything deviates, as an example you can see nuclear science, it started as a normal energy study on the atom but ended up making bombs too

[@sk3ptik0s49]

It's so very naive to think that all of this is done "to save lives". Will you ever get back to the real world? Isn't this old, tired, ridiculous tale of saving lives not familiar by now?

[@thisisntsergio1352]

Very well said

[@eraytekgoz9778]

its make me feel uncomfortable

[@faz3462]

Same😅😥

[@dr_weil]

Your grammar makes me uncomfortable

[@ulbricht73]

@@dr_weil give him a break, unlike you he at least speaks two languages, learn another language besides english first before you put a stupid comment like this.

[@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm]

I can speak five languages, and I know that in English it is correct to say "it makes me" with S at the end of the verb used with "it".

[@ulbricht73]

@@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm good for you, although I would only be impressed when you can write 5 books in 5 languages published across the 5 respective countries, not to mention that there is no indication of a sort to what degree you have mastered all these 5 languages, because some eastern Europeans such as yourself have a terrible accent to begin with, so its hard to make something coherent out of it when you guys speak. And last but not least, you don't have to react like an ass to point out someones mistake and you definitely don't have to support that twat's ass comment by showing off what a narcist you are. I hope i made my point clear.

[@ultra_ultra]

Well, those beetles are fucked

[@mallard3294]

Ultra I

[@chris2944]

Ultra teen dp fucked

[@flawlesslife6313]

It's all fun and games until someone figures out the way to control human brains

[@bytheninedivinesassaultass7316]

You dont need that sort of tech to control humans. Its already been done for centuries... Nowadays you cant even realize it. (media, fashion, politicians)

[@Monk-E]

@@bytheninedivinesassaultass7316 you're not immune too it so stop talking like you can control it look how you have been influenced for example you're using the yeah yeah profile picture like a 🤖

[@bytheninedivinesassaultass7316]

@@Monk-E i never claimed to be immune... Just pointing out the facts.

[@MadCircle01]

Lol been done already.

[@SefriouiAmineballout]

Neuralink?

[@cosmissonofwolf4306]

It could be used for espionage and planting trackers on VIP personnel

[@holdmybeer]

they can see you pick your butt from an airplane a mile up.

[@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm]

what ways?

[@SchoolofPeterson]

"It struggles but it still obeys" "We stimulate for more than seven day and it still obeys" ...wow

[@skydidonato2855]

School of Peterson thankyou!!! horrifying

[@infinitybutton6271]

It's a fucking bug you piece of garbage

[@DingusDungus]

Sounds like a horror movie

[@KpopNiDontStop]

@@infinitybutton6271 So if an elephant stepped on your face arn't you just a human in its way? LOL.

[@anti-mate407]

@@KpopNiDontStop you're really gonna go and compare a human to a bug?

[@bc5664]

Couldn't this technology be applied to humans? Humans forced to act against their will is a scary thought.

[@armagananteplioglu9031]

mammalian nervous and motor systems are probably way more complicated than bugs for todays technology

[@eajinarc4425]

Without this high tech, I will obey if you pay me enough money.

[@gheetah7337]

Ever Seen that one guy that made people dab by forcing them

[@CR33SIVE]

Human brain is far more complex than beetle brain. So we probably won't see it on humans on the same level of insects for a while, and even if we do; it will not go mainstream.

[@BreaksFast]

Free will is an illusion, humans have no "will", that's why we do things we regret.

[@uwpride]

Imagine what this technology can do for paralysis patients in the future

[@Avenger4343]

Probably kill them because of the intense pain....hmm imagine that

[@thornclawofwarriors]

@sean K Still not perfected and still in production

[@skyfall6045]

@@Avenger4343 electrical stimulation of muscle dont induce pain....i have tested it upon myself...

[@Avenger4343]

@@skyfall6045 nice

[@shafirawoard6244]

Any link?

[@theworthysoul]

This is fascinating as heck, but also very inhumane :/

[@elwaspa6137]

The beetles deserve it

[@viewer8734]

F off this is the way. This is the way to become a cyborg. You fleshlings disgust me

[@ChopSquadBaby]

It's part of science 🙏🏾 we have to let it take it's course 🤍 we need to improve the human condition 😞

[@Lofiheaad]

the main asian dude looks like he tested this on himself a few times

[@kristypolymath1359]

I thought the same thing. That dude is Waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy out there lol.

[@DonLinoSamuel]

Can't sneeze now!

[@tambaloslos2493]

@LancePlayz 10 how is that racist?

[@professorsnape9607]

This comment made me laugh more than it should have

[@lasangna69v26]

LancePlayz 10 how?

[@HBT.]

*beetle doesn't know someone is controling him* What he thinks "lets fly into this wall"

[@adriancervantes3629]

Hero Bart I mean I've seen beetles fly into everything even crash onto people or walls not just lightbulbs

[@kankerpis4187]

adrian cervantes lol same

[@leevilpantsu4462]

Lets save the earth :D

[@ForgottenSouls666]

While fun and fascinating.. let’s finish the experiment before we get carried away with procrastinating and create cyborg bug battles for illegal gambling,

[@redcubegamer7716]

3 years later it transform to a monster and then some hero guy 1 punch it

[@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm]

and then Skynet will connect those beetles to the cloud and give them IQ 10.000.

[@ThaWorlda]

"for peaceful applications" ... ikr. biggest b8 EVER

[@andrewkerr9438]

I can see this turning Into military spy tech

[@TheKevphil]

Absolutely! The pentagon will take the first orders. But they'll contract out the implanting to the private sector.

[@coolperson4582]

imagine this but mosquitoes with malaria

[@augustinius6586]

thats old news

[@ingemarsmith4154]

Turning into? Ur naive. If we're watching this on Motherboard, the military has been doing it for a while already.

[@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm]

Ingemar, please, give us some links. Interesting. Please.

[@realtalkwiththeking7862]

People don't understand the importance of this. One day people who were paralyzed will be able to move and walk again with this technology. Think about that.

[@Sknasen]

They can't process that thought.

[@husseinn.3851]

Those beetles are paralyzed or ?

[@emilvirolainen]

No, but their nervous system can be controlled. And if their nervous system can be controlled, so can ours. meaning, a person that is, for example paralyzed in their legs, might be able to move them through implants on their nervous system.

[@adriano2737]

I bought a drone by 50 dollars which is better than "this"

[@Anonymous-mk3vf]

Also people can be controlled, like mind control

[@mrdot1126]

its like somebody uses electrodes on you and give you little jolts, to move the muscles.. i see the idea and the potential of this, but the same time i also find it cruel..

[@zookboy5714]

I'm not sure that the same humane laws we apply to humans can be applied to animals and insects, can they?

[@rey4874]

They don't feel pain during it

[@precognation]

Elijah Kumin Something tells me this is unethical despite the fact that it is “only” a bug. It needs to live it’s own little bug life.

[@80sBaby925]

If this was possible 4 years ago, I can only imagine what's possible now.

[@RC404]

PETA is gonna flag this video

[@shadow.banned]

Shide PETA should remember what a bug is.

[@Fatbat3000]

PeTA (small e for ethical) kills thousands of animals every year. Fuck PeTA.

[@hotfreshrider]

Shide Dr Robotnic (aka Eggman) has a patent on this kinda tech. SEGAAA.

[@jpkHouston]

Just to ease anyone's minds. Insects have a very very simple nervous system. This means two things 1. The beetle is unable to feel things like pain due to lack of a complex nervous system 2. Technology like this in humans won't be as easy.

[@imrobbinganyonewhotalkstom4881]

Do you know haptic suit? It has potential to control humans

[@odetomykitten]

A sharp electric jolt through the victim's body. Might need two before he starts to work and tell me if he doesn't obey you. And better he will listen to voice commands.

[@antricks2546]

Michael Reeves did a video on that. And he got it working on himself, making him dab unconciously. Well, it wouldn't be very accurate if you tried it on humans.

[@jordanwest4085]

I dont agree that insects dont feel pain, as there is no proof that they cannot. Insects nervous system actually closely resembles ours, they react to many similar stimuli like shock heat and pressure. Some invertebrates also possess endorphins and enkophalins which are released in the body as in ours to relieve pain or stress. If pain was not felt the need for these opioids would be pointless. I will get off my soap box now ..... :).

[@Mix_Lv]

when u said *as* it didnt feel good 😅

[@TheDro]

When's dbrand releasing the new beetle skin?

[@vinzzart410]

Now its April 2019....show at what extent the project is came now....make a update video on this....

[@bemacbe]

I know what this feels like. I have a leg muscle problem I acquired from a bike accident. Without this tiny device strapped around my leg, I can barely walk. But with this sending shocks to my muscle every time I bend my knee, I can now walk! Amazing. Good stuff!

[@christianwolfgang943]

you sir! are revolutionary cyborg bobby wood.

[@bemacbe]

Christian Wolfgang Haha! Thanks. I also have a big piece of carbon fiber in my skull and 20 titanium screws in my arm! Funny, I don't feel too cyborg like though. I guess that is a good thing, right? 😂

[@Frogingscope]

Bobby Wood genji , u need healing

[@slimeninja1]

The start of Terminator

[@neodintchly]

and everyone feels bad for you so they do everything for you

[@mikasuomela8572]

In 20 years kids will be flying beetles...

[@jjc5475]

instead of riding them.

[@mtosmash4539]

in 20 years people will by flying people...

[@--MrThanakritJareonjaratkul]

More like in 20 years humans will turn into puppets killing themselves pooping and peeing themselves doing ridiculous stuff

[@alexelvira4762]

Train beetle: 🙅‍♂️ Posess beetle:👌

[@1farin]

Or brainwash

[@thomashernandez1004]

Ok this is really cool, now imagine: 1) Design or use existing surgical robot and AI to automatically farm, raise, and add cheap electronics to the beetles. 2) Create a drone platform/network that can send signals and direct groups of Beetles. 3) Use for everything from pollination, to cleaning, to pest control, to criminal investigation, search and rescue, or even construction!

[@snapslingpeavine1371]

You can almost feel the pain of the possessed beetle crashing into the wall...

[@whiterunguard7109]

Shane Craig Im not saying its unethical to do this shit but the beetles do that on their own anyway. You ever see one fly? They are awful at it.

[@joeblazer3429]

insects don't feel pain and they don't have emotions

[@bingbong5053]

Insects have very basic emotions. Its much better than using this on like a bird.

[@theworthysoul]

@@joeblazer3429 no evidence for this claim, people just say this to justify cruelty toward arthropods, but just because they’re small and simple-looking doesn’t tell us they lack a nervous system

[@joeblazer3429]

@@theworthysoul They don't lack a nervous system per say, but I'm pretty sure their brains literally aren't complex enough to process pain the way we do. Truly astounding feat of necromancy btw

[@CherryPauper]

Wouldn't pure mechanical drones do a better job? Not sure why a live beetle is needed. The host should have asked that question.

[@hewhoisknownastaco]

So far, nature is a lot better at making really small yet complex flying machines. So, it makes logical sense to use what nature is better at to our advantage. I'm not saying it's moral or right, but there is logic to it.

[@shadow.banned]

we need to learn how to control beatles. So we can learn how to control humans.

[@krazieboi96]

I think people would notice a mechanical drone flying around them. A live beetle or other small insect could be seen as normal.

[@Mmxxaamm]

It's 100000 times cheaper than using drones or machines, and it leaves no carbon footprint. That's the reason. And some others mentioned above.

[@guywhodoesstuff1798]

Because this isn`t about drones, but cybernetics. Either that, or it`s much cheaper to grab a beatle and put some chips into it.

[@holycow4691]

Just keep in mind: Technology in the wrong hands... Don't let it come that far with this.

[@realhungrypanda9034]

how do you stop this

[@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm]

some blockchain control on a quantum computer. Encrypted in an unbreakable way.

[@kazoo6711]

Imagine 50 years later kids are playing with cyborg beetles like they’re rc cars

[@sigourney3437]

XD

[@_VI701]

I just imagined an as seen on tv ad for a product like that...

[@kangrew]

This is sad in some sense, but these organisms are so simple that they don’t understand that they are being controled

[@NL-tq1yr]

Cooper Confidential But does that make it OK?

[@oceanic1864]

nlz90 yes, yes it is

[@XxCody369xX]

Boy stfu it is a god damn bug we crush them by the thousands when we walk around. Just let all your little bug friends live inside your house and sleep in the bed with you. Make sure you feed them also.

[@kasnoo8246]

We don't understand that were also being controlled

[@Alexa27396]

Kade Snyder, OMG, I don't know in which context you meant it, but so true...

[@CherryPauper]

It struggles, but still obeys.

[@EliteAaron]

>:)

[@quilliamattari2772]

One thing I saw that no one is mentioning is that isn't the beetle going through a lot of pain considering for how long they are moving its limbs? I mean if you move a certain amount then you start to get tired and stop but to move these beetles for that long, I am sure they're going through excruciating pain? I hope someone can confirm as this is incredibly sad if true.

[@bluestarbear]

I feel bad for these beetles, but I see the implications with paraplegics being able to automate / control Prosthetics Etc.

[@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm]

I see the future when you wake and there are no memories which the government does not need.

[@vivelafrance6314]

The revolutionary method of controlling insects movements...... WITH A WII REMOTE. XD

[@anown315]

@Justin Y, no. Just you.

[@adolphgracius9996]

Then they can't save the planet cause they get banned by Nintendo 😂😂😂🤣🤣

[@TWAINLOL]

this is amazing, but slightly fucked up. at least they aren't doing it with a more sentient animal, yet.

[@arnold7432]

They probably can't do that (as of yet). Insect muscles are really simple, that's why this works.

[@KP3droflxp]

@@arnold7432 You can also manipulate human muscles with this technique. All muscles are quite similar.

[@howiebouthat3435]

I was able to steer a beetle for 12hrs straight 10yrs before these guys invented this tech. ......it was a VW Beetle to be fair

[@holdmybeer]

12 hours? that must have been hell.

[@lucaviorel6738]

The beetles reaction : "What the fuc im doing ?"

[@safirouhi1651]

I’m torn between how inhumaine this is and how amazing it is

[@computerlover9290]

There is nothing amazing about it

[@mgz_5482]

@@computerlover9290until we actually fix the inhumanity to other humans then we can worry about poor animals

[@garybrown2039]

If you still are uncertain, just be aware that if they can do it to an animal, they can probably do it to a human.

[@Belofsky1]

Or just buy a drone...

[@RCP-1136]

but can your drone run on food?

[@Belofsky1]

RCP8888 This needs a battery too, for recieving the signal from wii controller

[@RCP-1136]

yeah but receiving a signal need much less energy than flying... also you could implement a tiny chip that generates electricity from the body heat of the beetle.

[@Belofsky1]

RCP8888 They're cold blooded, so a TEG wouldnt work

[@geraldinebuterte7902]

it is more practical to just develop tiny drones. Creating cyborg beetles is stupid.

[@johnjohnson201]

Imagine the nightmare it would be to have your movements controlled at someone else’s will like this... Hopefully this is never experimented on more conscious creatures.

[@eatsleepworkcars1786]

we were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, we didn’t stop to think if we should

[@Rodoadrenalina]

It doesn't hurt? "No" would you shock yourself to move? "No"

[@Orbital_Dew]

yeah .... exspecially how they are brazing the wiring onto the beetle 7:56 ... nonono somethinglike that doesnt hurt

[@boface187]

weather it hurts or not, think of a cyborg beetle going incognito into a terrorist hub and blowing their whole operation by targeting the missile. thats badass!!

[@boface187]

like "howd they get osama?" "cyborg beetle!!" WTF!!

[@Josue1.7]

You too with the instinct of manipulating things around you! We got robots to do that and they are better it's only a matter of time for us to shrink the technology

[@boface187]

yea but they would trust a beetle and not a robot. little do they know the beetle is part robot!! muhahahahaa!!!

[@KamiInValhalla]

This is interesting especially for people that have had strokes or have broken their necks and are now paralyzed.

[@jjc5475]

yeah.its great, we could control them with a WWI remote.

[@KamiInValhalla]

john pardon Or you can surgically implant a chip in their brains where they can can control themselves...

[@jjc5475]

Lemuel Nicholls not that much fun.

[@annemiekaudiofreak]

Some professors at a technical university in Austria are researching a similar technology for paralyzed patients. The thing is that the chip should be implantet right away to limit muscledecay.

[@jitt992]

imagine being stranded and they sent this to communicate and locate you but you thought it was a normal pesky bug and killed it

[@nanomachine335]

imagine telling it's struggling while smiling

[@nikolaswerner7351]

if you think were this could go im scared

[@TheNykademos]

it could end up helping some disabled individuals regain the use of limbs....much more likely than a hi-tech cyborg slavery future

[@ryankwok1021]

I N S I D E

[@Nuuboat]

If you think goverments won't try to develop mind control based on this. You are very naive. Look up MK Ultra and consider if they would try it.. again.

[@ryankwok1021]

Notice how the MK Ultra project ended during the rise of television. We already have mind control, we call it "advertising", "propoganda", and "salary". Why bother with something so primitive, so overt, so traceable as rigging a computer chip to a brain stem? Now once the singularity comes along and we augument ourselves voluntarily, that's when I'll worry.

[@TheNykademos]

well then lets just abandon all the potential good that can come of this so as not to upset the C.A.V.E. ppl (Citezens Against Virtually Everything) If it were up to you guys we would be cooking rats by a campfire. Do you know anyone that suffers from a physical disability? would you deny them the opportunity to have a better life because your afraid of some old news? sounds like you already lost the mind control battle. Fear controls you

[@ccho907]

I need this implant for the gym

[@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm]

right, you would not even have to go to the gym, just press the button, and your muscles contract on your sofa/feeding tank.

[@wilkinsbrito5168]

1:04 Poor guy on the top right getting eaten by his own food smh

[@bsn_cs]

Hahahah

[@ReinertZerker]

Wow amazing, nothing can go wrong!

[@randomcommentor]

6:37 This is a bit horrible isn't it?

[@Ben-gp2fi]

Yes, it is.

[@sharpyshark8329]

i mean yea i guess

[@chasepellman6365]

bruh... u up in every comment gah damn.

[@pifilixxiv3192]

Well, it just rams into paper. Its like whacking yourself onto a matrices

[@Gureenu]

nah it funny

[@homemacai]

This is as cruel as you can get.

[@arnold7432]

Still not as cruel as fuCKING IMPALING SOMEONE

[@schizo6986]

This dude was knocking the beetle into the wall on purpose.

[@noranurdin7657]

Them: Use to a cyborg beetle save human lives **I run away screaming like a girl**

[@benferrisfilms4700]

Lol I love little bugs

[@yodamaster757]

Will this be available with Xbox also?

[@LightOfDarknes1]

This would be useful to humans with disabled legs.

[@sometimes1]

You need to understand that a human nervous system and brain are hundred times more complex than an insect.

[@pokiblue5870]

sometimes AI intelligence will rpobably solve that problem. Having the power to leanr millions times faster than a human. Also never make errors. Ai will change the world. AI will replace the gouverment and doctors , nurses that make mistakes

[@JagiUGG]

Pokiblue XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD "AI intelligence"

[@abcdxx1059]

@@sometimes1 first steps

[@LuisFernandoBernal]

Amazing but scarry at the same time !

[@notsatan5457]

those beetles are like facing their mad doctors

[@momomo951]

i feel so bad for the Beatles.

[@ey4036]

your profile doesn't tell me?

[@vernon1483]

Moses98 #beatlelivesmatter

[@ianlolsatyou]

The majority of insects don't have nocireceptor! These receptors relay sensory information of pain in other organism. So these beetles are most likely not in any kind of pain from this exerimental procedure

[@melissahall1186]

Personally, I don't feel bad for the Beatles. They've done quite well for themselves. Although John Lennon's death was a tragedy. The beetles in this video on the other hand, I do feel quite bad for.

[@alexandercampbell5136]

The most ironic part about this post is that you profile picture is JC Denton from Deus Ex. Cause now i'm just imagining JC in his low, mono toned voice going: "I feel so bad for the Beatles..." while being all cyborged out himself.

[@darknecropsy]

Imagine if these could be applied to humans, i push a button in an app and boom I'm lifting in the gym like a beast. Or you know, help paralyzed people walk again...

[@oldaccount4326]

darknecropsy Have fun getting hacked.

[@pandawillett341]

or turned into a slave

[@EdwinMactalMusic]

actually this is already utilized to some extent

[@peaknuckle6942]

When you come to see the monsters being controlled, and discover it's the humans who are the monsters being controlled. God will not forget your Frankenstein treatment to his creations.

[@grinanmarchand]

When it hit the wall and he said hey it worked made me laugh so much

[@joseluis12668]

I dont like where this is going

[@nathanoconnor421]

You and me both. :/

[@luuk341]

and according to you, where exactly is this going?

[@mz_emmett9023]

So what's the advantage of using this instead of a drone?

[@Northeast150]

Maybe it's just like research which after a while can be used on other animals insects anything

[@joebill7756]

Shmoo researching possibilities

[@zoutig.4725]

it looks way cooler

[@TheBoxingNinja]

Imagine putting C4 on this thing, it landing on the chest or back of a high priority target, and exploding...

[@hoopstv85]

simple.. just being undetected i guess....

[@zackshere8854]

Straps a gun to beetles back "Peacefully" xD

[@taxisalad]

I find this shit morbidly fascinating. There's definitely a discussion that can be had with this, and it's really interesting and cool, if a bit scary.

[@hiddengemzny5113]

Definitely scary

[@jjc5475]

i have the feeling that this is not why nature exists.

[@HenryTitor]

How can you create something that cannot exists in nature LOL. Have you ever check what is cellphone?

[@jjc5475]

Henry Han i meant like, living nature.. with a mind..

[@HenryTitor]

john pardon I get you now. However, if you are talking about mind. What is mind? Do livestocks we eat have mind? Have we stop killing and eating them?

[@jjc5475]

Henry Han that's a good point. to be honest, i am christian so i also look at it from a religious way.. in the bible is written that men has to take care of his garden (the world) (and yes, we are doing a terrible job..) but there is also written that we can skin and kill animals for our personal needs. i think making robots of beetles isn't really how its meant to be..

[@jjc5475]

Henry Han but from a non religious perspective its difficult to defend.

[@TodaysArtClass]

A Bug’s Life Part 2

[@sylviastreet6785]

Psychemis- I feel the same way. If the beetle could scream out loud, would it make a difference to continue the experiment?

[@alisaaeed2925]

When the beetle hit the wall.. I felt like a bus hitted me ._.

[@sagarchandgadkar7908]

people be like...aww poor creature while eating fried chicken.

[@intellectualhybrid2]

Sagar Chandgadkar XD exactly, hypocrites, the lot of them

[@jonnykahle525]

Its sad that this is peoples logic construct.

[@jonny715]

Maybe I should take over your mind. Then we'll see how you like it.

[@jonny715]

Then you don't want to live? Hmmm...talk about logic. Or are you a vegetarian? I don't eat anything that is "living", is that it?

[@jonnykahle525]

It is about that vegetarianshave all right to critizize that but meateaterd dont. That is all.

[@mustafakhiderabbasal-attar6853]

The work is amazing but it feels unethical to be done on a living beetle.

[@TheGrimSniper14]

Mustafa Khider Abbas Al-Attar they’re beetles who cares

[@Novozymandiaz]

They should be doing it on humans, I want to see some real zombies.

[@atomicaxiom159]

if we use beetles then rabbits then humans we could make people walk again hopefully. I don't quite know how this works but if it can make some walk again I don't care if they test it on anything.

[@faded4112]

Beetles don’t have enough brain power to have feelings of sadness or true thought on the fear of death

[@soundsasthmatic1001]

I agree , it feels unethical

[@votf6580]

🤣 imagine the employee who accidentally steps on or walking to pick it up 😭 😆

[@Unchainedmaple888]

Why was the beattle taped down to a Lego?

[@cromovlogs6806]

*Human* "Look at the legs moving, incredible" *Beetle* "AAAAAAAAAAH THE PAIN. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PAIN" *Human* "look, he's having fun" *Beetle* "AAAAAAAAH I WISH I COULD DO THIS TO YOOOU"

[@grimgor3068]

they don't register it as pain, just stimuli. Also what they're doing here is techincally highjacking the beetle's body. Its more like: Beetle - "I feel like moving my legs" (increase frequency) Beetle - "I feel like moving it faster"

[@detvisor7700]

@@grimgor3068 Advanced beetle training

[@xirxir1503]

or Else: PLEASE LET ME DIE 😂✌

[@notchyochesegaming5819]

@@grimgor3068 IKR think of it as a car or a truck

[@hansruhlmann454]

YES! PUNISH THE HUMENS FOR THEIR CRUELTY!

[@jahnhendrix2693]

do cyborg beetles have bugs?

[@shoshannafachima1306]

This technology utilising direct electrical stimulation to paralyzed muscles certainly would be wonderful for the rehabilitation of individuals with spinal cord injuries

[@zacharyfishman7617]

Sounds like a much better application of this kinda thing than hijacking innocent beetles

[@ldanley72]

Beetle crashes his head into a wall.. "hey it works"... What kind of inhumane animals are we?

[@callumandrecyk2965]

the same ones we've always been

[@MelonGrace]

Just like we're always being if you know it gonna make Money you can kill the Pig for money But you decide to do it or not If you see a cockroach would you gonna kill it or let it lay eegs just like that the truth is cruel you need to accept it

[@GoingtoHecq]

GTK'TV GrettyKunGTV So'Gret I get that you are offering an excuse, but none of what you said is actually relevant to the actions of these people. Also, if life is so cruel then it is just as fair to turn that cruelty onto you. You're not more relevant than the beetle or the pig. No more wrong would be done unto you than is done unto them.

[@kkwun4969]

I hear them hit my house windows hes fine lol

[@MelonGrace]

Jar Jar Banksy Ugh.. sir? who are you talking to? Example still be example What kind of point are you trying to? did i just said *You decide to do it or not* right? Not relevant anymore? Yes! also you If that beetle can save human life, would you gonna let it go? If you know that beetle now save human life would you gonna stop them? Because they said this will not do anything that dangerous to insects and insects can live till they die but those insects after simulation dev team still treat them like pets

[@Brian0wns]

The weaponization of this tech seems crazy to think about. Imagine a cloud of these swarming over a city with the ability to cut electronics / self detonate.

[@drfunk1986]

way to take this in a completely different direction ass wipe.

[@Brian0wns]

Uhm... You are welcome?

[@panzerfaust5046]

That would be... A) Expensive B) Worthless C)Hard to do Not to mention that it was already tested in WW2 with the "Bat Bomb" which albeit a success, was canceled due to the Manhattan project. The idea of exploding fauna is outdated.

[@Brian0wns]

A) Expensive compared to what? The beetle is already built and all you need to do is attach electrodes to an already built system. If you were to scale this on an industrial scale farm I couldnt imagine it costing more than a few pennys per unit / beetle B) Modern warfare is street by street fighting. The ability to infiltrate the smallest of areas that would be hard to target would be pretty amazing. Not only that but depending on the area / climate these would be impossible to see. Imagine the kind of real life surveillance bugs could have of a camp in a jungle for example. This is way - way better than drone surveillance by a long shot. C) Hard to do? Maybe... but they will only get better and the bugs will only get smaller as the technology improves. I can imagine clouds of bugs attacking a target that would be basically impossible to fire at once an attack start. You just need to use your imagination

[@panzerfaust5046]

The LOLbertarian you're idiotic imagination blinds you. The cost of producing a tiny bomb plus electrodes to attach and carry into battle to do.... what? They can't carry a bomb of any value. They are beetles.

[@susanmartin3762]

This is brilliant!

[@anshultiwari2704]

yea humans love to do things *peacefully*

[@aidanana4159]

This is the most morbid thing I’ve ever seen, just listen to him “it struggles but still obeys”? This is so messed up

[@javierperez-xo8mr]

Aidanana we' ll be next

[@mescalinipomoea953]

Pussy boi

[@ramoses1]

still a bug...

[@ericmoney2769]

It’s a bug. Relax and let science be science my duhuude

[@greg77389]

It's not like the beetle feels pain or other emotions, it's basically just a living robot. The electrical signals stimulate the legs muscles and cause them to react in the same way your muscles would if you touched a live high voltage wire. The signals are more powerful than the beetle's nervous system so it overrides it. There's nothing morbid about it really.