Insects’ Brains for Computers?

“I told you we shouldn’t’ve funded this!” (Thanks to Susan for the news tip) Your tax dollars at work! The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), “emerging technologies unit,” is offering $1 million dollars to whatever company is awarded the contract to–wait for it!–find a way to install insect brains in robots to control … Continue reading Insects’ Brains for Computers?