What DARPA does with animal test subjects behind closed doors is one thing, but here we have something else entirely: mad-scientist kits that allow anyone at home to control the movement of a ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Have you ever wanted to be in possession of your very own cyborg roach? Well, let's be honest: Of course you have. Well, those dreams can now become a reality thanks to "Roboroach", a Kickstarter ...

Let’s say you have a certain someone on your list who is really into biohacking. Let’s also assume you’re Ok with having discoid roaches in the house. Then also let’s assume you don’t mind people ...

Backyard Brains has launched a Kickstarter campaign to support RoboRoach -- its endeavour to bring remote-controlled cockroaches to the public. The launch is somewhat of a double-edged sword. Yes, ...

Available to backers via Kickstarter today, and featured at TEDGlobal this week, the RoboRoach is a $99 kit consisting of electrodes, sensors, and a few batteries that allows anyone to drive their ...

Ever fancied having the ability to control Cockroaches? If you have, then the new RoboRoach application and hardware might be just up your street. The RoboRoach project has just launched on ...

Michigan company Backyard Brains has developed what is calls "the world's first commercially available cyborg" and it involves playing with live cockroaches. If that's not enough to turn you squeamish ...

The guys at BackyardBrains certainly have a sense of humor. They know that their work, which focuses on reading and manipulating the brain waves of insects, can be seen as anything from cruel to ...