Forget drones, giant cyborg beetles are the future

Scientists create digital 'backpacks' to control insects' speed and direction through the skies

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(Image credit: Nanyang Technological University)

Giant cyborg beetles could one day be winging their way through the skies instead of mechanical drones, scientists say.

The living insects would be controlled by a digital "backpack" that could carry out some of applications currently undertaken by unmanned flying machines.

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