Recently Daily Dinosaur Comics mentioned cyborg cockroaches which can be remote controlled by humans. That is kinda scary.

The thing is, the cartoonist wasn’t just making it up. Just a little bit of Googling turned up this article: Japan’s latest innovation: a remote-control roach. (Yes, there’s a picture.) Japanese scientists developed this technology using American cockroaches. Symbolism there? Hmmm…

Then there’s also the Cockroach-Controlled Robot. It’s basically a cockroach stuck to a trackball. When the roach scurries his little legs the motorized cart he’s on moves forward. Kinda cool. But still creepy.