Chinesische Wissenschaftler schaffen Cyborg -Bienen, die wie Drohnen für verdeckte Militärmissionen kontrolliert werden können

> Researchers at the Beijing Institute of Technology have turned innocent bees into cyborgs that can be controlled via a 74-milligram insect brain controller. The controller pierces the bee’s tiny brain with three needles and uses **signals sent via electronic pulses to make it fly** forwards, backwards, left, or right. The bee obeys these commands nine out of ten times.

> The Beijing team is betting on the „extended operational endurance“ of real bees, which makes them „invaluable for covert reconnaissance in scenarios such as urban combat, counterterrorism and narcotics interdiction, as well as critical disaster relief operations.“

> But before an army of bees can infiltrate military targets as part of futuristic covert operations, the researchers still have plenty of hurdles to overcome. For one, **power delivery is still a major problem**. The bees still need to be wired up to the controller to function, since a big enough battery weighs in at a relatively hefty **600 milligrams**, vastly more than the tiny load of the equipment itself.

> The idea of turning real-life insects into military agents is surprisingly widespread. We’ve already come across scientists turning cockroaches into a crawling legion of desert recon operatives (research at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore).

> Earlier this year, a team of Japanese scientists even controlled cicadas to turn their chirps into a rendition of the soundtrack of „Top Gun.“

Stop making this sound like some illogical nonsense movie plot. The original article clearly says that it’s gonna be used in things like disaster relief. They’re also experiencing droughts that can make these useful for agriculture. Not everything out of China is an evil communist plot out to get you – you’re not worth it.