NC State plays GOD with roaches.

[enterthemadness]

DAMN IT NC STATE! STOP PLAYING GOD. SON OF A ****ING BLEE BOB.

http://www.examiner.com/article/remote-control-cockroaches-developed-at-nc-state

On Thursday, Phys.org reported that researchers at North Carolina State University have developed an electronic interface that can be used to remotely control cockroaches.

 

[Warhammer]

Go to 3:36.

 

[Hotwire]

I don't know. This seems like it would make for a huge seller with Halloween coming up. Just think of the fun you could have!

 

[Evelisse]

Uhm, this--->"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should" --The Wise Jeff Goldblum

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

It's roaches. They are the demon spawn. They deserve this.

Maybe now we can control all the roaches and guide them into a vat of acid.

 

[enterthemadness]

It's roaches. They are the demon spawn. They deserve this.

Maybe now we can control all the roaches and guide them into a vat of acid.

One could say we are roaches to the planet...

 

[DarkSovereignty]

that was...like...deep, man.

 

[enterthemadness]

that was...like...deep, man.

Don't ****ing taunt me. That hasn't been deep since 1945.

 

[Boom]

Good. I am one step closer to amassing my roach army.

 

[SuperFerret]

God seems to be willing to tolerate free will, so in that way (and many others) this isn't "playing God", which typically amounts to making decisions over life and death.

I don't see this as being anything of any real practical use at any rate.

That wasn't deep, and never EVER was.

 

[Doctor Evo]

I don't see this as being anything of any real practical use at any rate.

I disagree. Until we can advance our ability to engineer robots at this scale which are effective in these types of recovery missions, this seems to be the best possible option. I'm amazed at the simplicity of the mechanisms involved. This could prove extremely useful in the near future (though its utility may be limited in time with the advance of nanotechnology), not to mention cost-effective.

With respect to those questioning the ethical merit of this technology: what is the problem, exactly?

 

[SuperFerret]

That's assuming it will work.

 

[Gold Samurai]

Good. I am one step closer to amassing my roach army.

Adam West Batman- The Roach King! That dastardly fiend!

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Don't ****ing taunt me. That hasn't been deep since 1945.

It would appear I struck a nerve of some sort.

 

[enterthemadness]

It would appear I struck a nerve of some sort.

woke up on wrong side of bed and got 2012 end of the world fever.

 

[Doctor Evo]

That's assuming it will work.

Obviously.

 

[SuperFerret]

I'm assuming that it won't.

 

[Schlosser85]

....why?

 

[SuperFerret]

Because it sets off my ******** detector too much? Is skeptism yet another thing I need to defend where others have the option not to?

 

[Piper Maru]

Why do you think it's ********?

 

[Doctor Evo]

I'm assuming that it won't.

How are you defining, "work," in this case? There are two ways your statement can be interpreted:

1) You're saying that they can't control the motion of the cockroaches to begin with.

OR

2) You're saying that even if they do manage to control the motion of the cockroaches that the application will fail.


Given your first statement (that you don't see this as being of any practical use), the first interpretation doesn't make any sense. The second is the only one I can see as being congruent with your first statement (and even then, if we're supposed to take the initial comment at face-value, that's a stretch).

So what exactly do you mean?

 

[Doctor Evo]

Because it sets off my ******** detector too much? Is skeptism yet another thing I need to defend where others have the option not to?

You don't need to do anything. They're just asking the question. It's not unreasonable to assume that you might have some more concrete reasoning than, "Just a hunch," when you present opposition to a given idea. So I don't understand why you're getting so defensive.

 

[Donut]

Can't they make some kind of world wide device to control all roaches & make them travel to a Volcano or something like that & burn ?

 

[SuperFerret]

You don't need to do anything. They're just asking the question. It's not unreasonable to assume that you might have some more concrete reasoning than, "Just a hunch," when you present opposition to a given idea. So I don't understand why you're getting so defensive.

1. "Just a hunch" is enough.
2. In a ****** mood, sorry about bringing it here.

 

[enterthemadness]

Can't they make some kind of world wide device to control all roaches & make them travel to a Volcano or something like that & burn ?

Have you heard of the butterfly effect?

One small change...is all it takes..

got that **** from b movie A SOUND OF THUNDER.