Of the many fascinating theoretical applications of DARPA’s "cyborg insect" research, the most creative could be using sex-starved moths to follow bank robbers. A new article in EE Times goes into detail on HI-MEMS, and quotes a science fiction writer whose book inspired the DARPA program:
"Moths are extraordinarily sensitive to sex attractants, so instead of giving bank robbers money treated with dye, they could use sex attractants instead," said [science fiction writer Thomas] Easton. "Then, a moth-based HI-MEMS could find the robber by following the scent."
Easton, as it turns out, is a scientist as well as a science fiction writer, and his novel Sparrowhawk provided some of the ideas behind the DARPA program. Easton, in fact, was invited by DARPA to give a presentation at the start of the HI MEMS program, but wasn’t able to attend the meeting. Instead, he posted his presentation online.
That’s just one of the details that comes out in the article on the HI-MEMS program in the EE Times. The article provides a fair amount of details on the program I didn’t previously know, and strikes a great balance between wide-eyed wonder and calibrated skepticism.
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DARPA的微飛行器，不知目前的進度到如何了?
Hybrid Insect MEMS 就是 HI-MEMS
FROM HERE
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2007/10/darpas-sex-slav/
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