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Remote Control Rat

submitted by michie

1 decade 7 years 2 months 1 week ago

Next time you see a rat scurrying across the room, beware, it might not be as innocent as it seems. It could be a remotely operated robo-rat working for an intelligence agency.

Scientists have trained rats to respond to signals from a laptop-based command center up to 500 yards away, enabling a human operator to remotely guide the robo-rats through an obstacle course. Intelligent, nimble, and inexpensive, such guided animals could be used for spying or on dangerous search-and-rescue missions.

Remote-controlled animals could take the place of human workers in performing dangerous or difficult jobs such as locating survivors in collapsed buildings or clearing fields of hidden landmines, said Sanjiv K. Talwar of the State University of New York.

Other uses might include pest control, military surveillance, and mapping of underground areas, said Talwar, who led the team of neuroscientists that developed the application.

for more see -

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/05/0501_020501_roborats.html