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the great insect war: ants versus phoridae

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Freaky news from Texas: apparently, fire ants are becoming a problem in the Lone Star State, so they’re importing phorid flies to deal with the problem. Pshaw, what can puny flies do against ants, you must be saying. Pshaw. Well pshaw on this report from UPI: “The phorid flies effectively turn fire ants into…


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May 13th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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resistance is futile: radio-controlled cyborg beetles

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Oh crap. I knew it. Those stupid robots at SparkFun’s race were publicized to lull us all into a false sense of security: “Wow it just went for a dive at the lake HAHA st00pid botz.” Yet now we have cyborg beetles. CyBORG beetles people.
Developed by a team of DARPA-funded engineers – led…


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May 1st, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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