The Cyborg Beetles Designed to Save Human Lives

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  • Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2016
  • In the future, we may have remote-controlled insects to reach places humans cannot. At least that's what Dr. Hirotaka Sato, an aerospace engineer from Singapore, is hoping.
    Motherboard went to Dr. Sato's lab in Singapore to take one of his cyborg beetles for a test flight.
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Комментарии • 7 тыс.

  • @impoppy9145
    @impoppy9145 5 лет назад +1113

    Imagine aliens controlling us and smashing us into wall then scream "Yes it worked"

    • @dawudkhan1940
      @dawudkhan1940 5 лет назад +20

      2 times... SMH

    • @lucasliew4924
      @lucasliew4924 4 года назад +44

      Nah I'm sure they''ll put up paper so we wouldn't crash and destroy their precious technology

    • @science5990
      @science5990 4 года назад +15

      You're suggesting that extraterrestrial beings would be as dumb as us rather than smarter. I hope you realize the error of your joke.

    • @English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm
      @English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm 4 года назад +9

      actually, I imagined Neuralink the brain implant from Elon Musk.

    • @jkphilosophy
      @jkphilosophy 4 года назад +4

      Except that even in Alienic classifications, we do not classify as insects rather than intelligent beings, so no. However we do something similar to what you suggested to our own people such as in MK ultra mind control, trauma, hypnosis, and AI such as microchips are used for mind control and to alter people's behaviour to the advantage and control of the handler.

  • @tobias9284
    @tobias9284 6 лет назад +997

    *Beetle smashes head into wall*
    " it works"

  • @kazoo6711
    @kazoo6711 5 лет назад +1023

    Scientists: Spends thousands of dollars making a cyborg beetle
    Some random guy: *steps on it*

    • @jagadishgospat2548
      @jagadishgospat2548 5 лет назад +61

      some random guy : can't you guys keep your work space clean

    • @lhtyeehaw1319
      @lhtyeehaw1319 5 лет назад +9

      @@ministeriotupalabraesverdad **eats

    • @icecube3645
      @icecube3645 5 лет назад +1

      That random guy must be you? 😂

    • @sumrandomdude379
      @sumrandomdude379 4 года назад

      That's me

    • @science5990
      @science5990 4 года назад

      Prioritize the following:
      1. Focus on bugs death
      2. Focus on creating a poorly thought out science joke
      3. Focus on the significance of the accumulated scientific knowledge obtained before the insignificant squashing of said bug

  • @adolphgracius9996
    @adolphgracius9996 5 лет назад +678

    It's all fun and games until someone finds out how to take control over spiders👀👀👀👀

    • @Solid_Snake99
      @Solid_Snake99 5 лет назад +28

      adolph gracius beetle already looks scary buddy, they can fly 😰

    • @Prince_Content
      @Prince_Content 5 лет назад +7

      Hell no

    • @reapthewhirlwind6915
      @reapthewhirlwind6915 5 лет назад +24

      then the world would change infinitely for the better as this would allow spiderweb production on a large scale.

    • @Donovaan
      @Donovaan 5 лет назад +5

      Naw, doing this with humans is the goal. They'll say it can make people with a walking disability use their legs again but it would mostly be used to have marionettes.

    • @s1cario411
      @s1cario411 4 года назад +3

      *HELL NO*

  • @cactuz116
    @cactuz116 5 лет назад +907

    Anyone else come from the video of some dude adding wires onto a cockroach?
    Ok it was more complex than that but

  • @yungchoqquit
    @yungchoqquit 6 лет назад +1059

    No one is gonna talk about how they used a wii remote?

    • @lucjanl1262
      @lucjanl1262 6 лет назад +5

      are you sure thats wiuu controler

    • @ksoundkaiju9256
      @ksoundkaiju9256 6 лет назад +25

      Lucjan L. The asian dude said they use a Wii Remote

    • @AlexsaurusRex
      @AlexsaurusRex 6 лет назад +7

      Road to 100 subs with one video. I'll wait till they can support the joycons

    • @RaitisGrandovskis
      @RaitisGrandovskis 6 лет назад +1

      bluetooth, could be any other bt remote

    • @mindfuckingblown5276
      @mindfuckingblown5276 6 лет назад +21

      Huh, don't remember this Wii game?

  • @IdoSchacham
    @IdoSchacham 5 лет назад +241

    "It struggles but it still obeys" - this is evil

    • @batmanofinglewood
      @batmanofinglewood 4 года назад +16

      Fucking disgusting. I HATE MAN

    • @3xplanations306
      @3xplanations306 3 года назад +29

      They can’t really feel pain, and they still take care of them.

    • @anotherrandominternetguy404
      @anotherrandominternetguy404 3 года назад +36

      @@batmanofinglewood beetles don’t have feelings and thoughts, they just follow their instincts

    • @batmanofinglewood
      @batmanofinglewood 3 года назад +20

      @@anotherrandominternetguy404 how the hell do you know? 🤔😒

    • @anotherrandominternetguy404
      @anotherrandominternetguy404 3 года назад +35

      @@batmanofinglewood "Even tiny insects have brains, though the insect brain does not play as important a role as human brains do. In fact, an insect can live for several days without a head, assuming it does not lose a lethal amount of hemolymph, the insect equivalent of blood, upon decapitation." - information from
      www.thoughtco.com/do-insects-have-brains-1968477
      "As far as entomologists are concerned, insects do not have pain receptors the way vertebrates do. They don't feel 'pain,' but may feel irritation and probably can sense if they are damaged. Even so, they certainly cannot suffer because they don't have emotions." -- from
      ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=7190

  • @chikannie3917
    @chikannie3917 5 лет назад +74

    2019..people control bug
    3019..people control other people

  • @AngelLuisTrinidad
    @AngelLuisTrinidad 7 лет назад +2410

    The Beetles are making a come back.

    • @PrinceJes
      @PrinceJes 7 лет назад +24

      Nice one

    • @uneven_haircut1861
      @uneven_haircut1861 6 лет назад +2

      Angel Luis Trinidad lol

    • @jamesnobody5587
      @jamesnobody5587 6 лет назад

      Angel Luis Trinidad *Beatles
      Name one song by Yoko Ono if you like the Beatles so much

    • @Steve-Utah
      @Steve-Utah 6 лет назад +1

      I saw you comment on jayztwocents' video

    • @scottmccoy6383
      @scottmccoy6383 6 лет назад

      Angel Luis Trinidad Ahahahah

  • @tylerjb1017
    @tylerjb1017 7 лет назад +391

    Anyone sorta feel bad for the beetle?

    • @NotALizardPerson81
      @NotALizardPerson81 7 лет назад

      Capper101 i do.

    • @MoridorGiltoniel
      @MoridorGiltoniel 7 лет назад

      it's Very Scary if bad people start hacking or stuff Good luck guys tho ! :)

    • @297valeful
      @297valeful 7 лет назад +2

      Capper101 theres millions of them who cares

    • @nachoridesbikes
      @nachoridesbikes 7 лет назад +9

      @Valentias Karpavicius ,yea we should try with humans , who cares there is billions of them

    • @drfunk1986
      @drfunk1986 7 лет назад +2

      no, that beetle don't know shit

  • @DaBiggFly
    @DaBiggFly 4 года назад +230

    "For rescue missions" Yeahhhh that's not what this tech is being developed for.

    • @English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm
      @English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm 4 года назад +64

      military spy drones, poison carriers, removing dictators with one wasp sting, other ideas anybody?

    • @llII_Mahza_IIll
      @llII_Mahza_IIll 4 года назад +8

      @@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm Kingsmen church scene comes to mind. ID2020 with 5G microwave smart meters incoming

    • @frankvolpe2178
      @frankvolpe2178 4 года назад +7

      Murder Hornets anyone?

    • @tinybats452
      @tinybats452 3 года назад +2

      Saving private Ryan 2

    • @lilkhmer5
      @lilkhmer5 3 года назад +15

      @@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm Prototype to controlling humans.

  • @miureal
    @miureal 3 года назад +16

    I don't know why but i feel like this is animal torture

    • @brad5204
      @brad5204 3 года назад +1

      You ever kill a mosquito? If not, do you at least let them get a drink? After all, they were born that way.

    • @alisaaeed2925
      @alisaaeed2925 3 года назад +1

      @@brad5204 I'm sure that beetles aren't mosquitos

    • @brad5204
      @brad5204 3 года назад

      @@alisaaeed2925 are you saying that beetle lives matter and mosquito lives don’t? Is that really the argument you want to die on?

    • @alisaaeed2925
      @alisaaeed2925 3 года назад +1

      @@brad5204 bruh.. Mosquitoes only live up to a week but beetles can live up to years and beetles are smarter than mosquitoes

    • @u121386
      @u121386 3 года назад

      It’s an insect, not a mammal...

  • @fantoonstic
    @fantoonstic 6 лет назад +397

    We can rebuild him, stronger, better, faster.
    *THE MILLION DOLLAR BEETLE*

  • @Chief
    @Chief 7 лет назад +415

    This must be the most terrifying Wii Sports game ever played

    • @DA-dn6hh
      @DA-dn6hh 6 лет назад +1

      They were making the Beatle fly with a Wii controller

    • @mrjohn4446
      @mrjohn4446 6 лет назад

      hahhahaha CHIEF KEEF dont make loughhh

    • @English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm
      @English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm 4 года назад

      a copter able to recharge by eating fruit, sleeping till you need it, waiting on a tree. We may be doing this in parallel with Neuralink experiments.

  • @alejandromadail
    @alejandromadail 3 года назад +4

    How can they know this doesn't hurt? They can't.

    • @brad5204
      @brad5204 3 года назад

      I guess you never killed a mosquito for trying to survive via your arm huh

  • @thomasbobinski4127
    @thomasbobinski4127 5 лет назад +57

    2:58 When my mom notices I cleaned my room

  • @SchoolofPeterson
    @SchoolofPeterson 6 лет назад +206

    "It struggles but it still obeys" "We stimulate for more than seven day and it still obeys" ...wow

    • @skydidonato2855
      @skydidonato2855 6 лет назад +17

      School of Peterson thankyou!!! horrifying

    • @infinitybutton6271
      @infinitybutton6271 5 лет назад +32

      It's a fucking bug you piece of garbage

    • @DingusDungus
      @DingusDungus 5 лет назад +16

      Sounds like a horror movie

    • @KpopNiDontStop
      @KpopNiDontStop 5 лет назад +24

      @@infinitybutton6271 So if an elephant stepped on your face arn't you just a human in its way? LOL.

    • @anti-mate407
      @anti-mate407 5 лет назад +11

      @@KpopNiDontStop you're really gonna go and compare a human to a bug?

  • @cicci0salsicci0
    @cicci0salsicci0 7 лет назад +657

    Go watch Black mirror after this.

    • @freakybaby1012
      @freakybaby1012 7 лет назад +19

      cicci0salsicci0 The reality of insects that kill is close

    • @ulmeulme
      @ulmeulme 7 лет назад +2

      lol

    • @HaightTheGreat
      @HaightTheGreat 7 лет назад +1

      cicci0salsicci0 I was just about to watch that. am I going to be freaked out now?

    • @cicci0salsicci0
      @cicci0salsicci0 7 лет назад +5

      Sevier Khan The Hermit King naaaa... it's just a movie...

    • @user-nx2vw3du3o
      @user-nx2vw3du3o 7 лет назад +1

      hahaha

  • @cosmissonofwolf4306
    @cosmissonofwolf4306 5 лет назад +37

    It could be used for espionage and planting trackers on VIP personnel

  • @doxenking3899
    @doxenking3899 3 года назад +84

    I loved the idea when I first heard of it. There is so much progress, good or bad, that can be made. I really don't know what to think of it after having watched the video though. I'm not someone who will abstain from eating animals, but I can take solace in the fact that the animals I eat have a quick and seemingly painless death. I try to purchase free range meat when my budget allows as well, but I'm certainly not an extreme animal activist.
    That being said, I don't know how to feel about the cybernetic restructuring these beetles are going through. It truly seems like a fate worse than death, one I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. Having your body be piloted while you're still conscious...
    Beetles are comparatively a lot simpler in their neurology, but something about that lack of physical control just irks me the wrong way.
    I'm not completely opposed to the idea, but I am ambivalent to it.

    • @mnco5741
      @mnco5741 2 года назад +8

      indeed , futhermore encouraging such technology will make it invade other creatures such as pets, monkeys.... or even humans one day!

    • @themenagerie5247
      @themenagerie5247 2 года назад +7

      I find the exploitation of animals cruel unless its used to directly save lives so I relate to that.

    • @mnco5741
      @mnco5741 2 года назад +2

      @@themenagerie5247 it will deviate from its objective if those type of technologies are encouraged, everything deviates, as an example you can see nuclear science, it started as a normal energy study on the atom but ended up making bombs too

    • @sk3ptik0s49
      @sk3ptik0s49 2 года назад +6

      It's so very naive to think that all of this is done "to save lives". Will you ever get back to the real world? Isn't this old, tired, ridiculous tale of saving lives not familiar by now?

    • @thisisntsergio1352
      @thisisntsergio1352 2 года назад

      Very well said

  • @eraytekgoz9778
    @eraytekgoz9778 5 лет назад +248

    its make me feel uncomfortable

    • @faz3462
      @faz3462 5 лет назад +3

      Same😅😥

    • @dr_weil
      @dr_weil 4 года назад +5

      Your grammar makes me uncomfortable

    • @ulbricht73
      @ulbricht73 4 года назад +17

      @@dr_weil give him a break, unlike you he at least speaks two languages, learn another language besides english first before you put a stupid comment like this.

    • @English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm
      @English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm 4 года назад

      I can speak five languages, and I know that in English it is correct to say "it makes me" with S at the end of the verb used with "it".

    • @ulbricht73
      @ulbricht73 4 года назад +11

      @@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm good for you, although I would only be impressed when you can write 5 books in 5 languages published across the 5 respective countries, not to mention that there is no indication of a sort to what degree you have mastered all these 5 languages, because some eastern Europeans such as yourself have a terrible accent to begin with, so its hard to make something coherent out of it when you guys speak. And last but not least, you don't have to react like an ass to point out someones mistake and you definitely don't have to support that twat's ass comment by showing off what a narcist you are. I hope i made my point clear.

  • @kangrew
    @kangrew 6 лет назад +671

    Why was it taped to a lego

  • @uwpride
    @uwpride 5 лет назад +67

    Imagine what this technology can do for paralysis patients in the future

    • @Avenger4343
      @Avenger4343 5 лет назад +3

      Probably kill them because of the intense pain....hmm imagine that

    • @thornclawofwarriors
      @thornclawofwarriors 5 лет назад

      @sean K Still not perfected and still in production

    • @skyfall6045
      @skyfall6045 4 года назад +12

      @@Avenger4343 electrical stimulation of muscle dont induce pain....i have tested it upon myself...

    • @Avenger4343
      @Avenger4343 4 года назад

      @@skyfall6045 nice

    • @shafirawoard6244
      @shafirawoard6244 4 года назад

      Any link?

  • @flawlesslife6313
    @flawlesslife6313 5 лет назад +48

    It's all fun and games until someone figures out the way to control human brains

    • @bytheninedivinesassaultass7316
      @bytheninedivinesassaultass7316 5 лет назад +10

      You dont need that sort of tech to control humans. Its already been done for centuries... Nowadays you cant even realize it. (media, fashion, politicians)

    • @Monk-E
      @Monk-E 5 лет назад +2

      @@bytheninedivinesassaultass7316 you're not immune too it so stop talking like you can control it look how you have been influenced for example you're using the yeah yeah profile picture like a 🤖

    • @bytheninedivinesassaultass7316
      @bytheninedivinesassaultass7316 5 лет назад +4

      @@Monk-E i never claimed to be immune... Just pointing out the facts.

    • @MadCircle01
      @MadCircle01 5 лет назад +1

      Lol been done already.

    • @SefriouiAmineballout
      @SefriouiAmineballout 5 лет назад +2

      Neuralink?

  • @bc5664
    @bc5664 5 лет назад +536

    Couldn't this technology be applied to humans? Humans forced to act against their will is a scary thought.

    • @armagananteplioglu9031
      @armagananteplioglu9031 5 лет назад +79

      mammalian nervous and motor systems are probably way more complicated than bugs for todays technology

    • @eajinarc4425
      @eajinarc4425 5 лет назад +71

      Without this high tech, I will obey if you pay me enough money.

    • @gheetah7337
      @gheetah7337 5 лет назад +17

      Ever Seen that one guy that made people dab by forcing them

    • @CR33SIVE
      @CR33SIVE 5 лет назад +8

      Human brain is far more complex than beetle brain. So we probably won't see it on humans on the same level of insects for a while, and even if we do; it will not go mainstream.

    • @BreaksFast
      @BreaksFast 5 лет назад +12

      Free will is an illusion, humans have no "will", that's why we do things we regret.

  • @ultra_ultra
    @ultra_ultra 7 лет назад +144

    Well, those beetles are fucked

  • @ThaWorlda
    @ThaWorlda 5 лет назад +37

    "for peaceful applications" ...
    ikr. biggest b8 EVER

  • @theworthysoul
    @theworthysoul 2 года назад +52

    This is fascinating as heck, but also very inhumane :/

    • @elwaspa6137
      @elwaspa6137 Год назад

      The beetles deserve it

    • @viewer8734
      @viewer8734 Год назад

      F off this is the way. This is the way to become a cyborg. You fleshlings disgust me

    • @ChopSquadBaby
      @ChopSquadBaby 11 месяцев назад +1

      It's part of science 🙏🏾 we have to let it take it's course 🤍 we need to improve the human condition 😞

  • @afrosamuri05
    @afrosamuri05 5 лет назад +200

    Yes I will order 1000 please, could you also arm them with turrets that fire poison stingers.

    • @losethegame1991
      @losethegame1991 5 лет назад +10

      Heracross used Poison Sting!

    • @bulkychalky9697
      @bulkychalky9697 5 лет назад +1

      Eric VandenAvond what!!?!?!? Really... my god, the books were true. Please tell me you’re not lying

    • @English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm
      @English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm 4 года назад +2

      automatic turret which protects you from nosy neighbours and trespassers, and sends SMS to ambulance.

    • @szilveszterdomotor
      @szilveszterdomotor 4 года назад +1

      I hope rc controlled beatles will be bot immune to chemotox...

  • @jpkHouston
    @jpkHouston 5 лет назад +420

    Just to ease anyone's minds. Insects have a very very simple nervous system. This means two things
    1. The beetle is unable to feel things like pain due to lack of a complex nervous system
    2. Technology like this in humans won't be as easy.

    • @imrobbinganyonewhotalkstom4881
      @imrobbinganyonewhotalkstom4881 5 лет назад +2

      Do you know haptic suit? It has potential to control humans

    • @odetomykitten
      @odetomykitten 5 лет назад +3

      A sharp electric jolt through the victim's body. Might need two before he starts to work and tell me if he doesn't obey you. And better he will listen to voice commands.

    • @antricks2546
      @antricks2546 5 лет назад +8

      Michael Reeves did a video on that. And he got it working on himself, making him dab unconciously. Well, it wouldn't be very accurate if you tried it on humans.

    • @jordanwest4085
      @jordanwest4085 5 лет назад +38

      I dont agree that insects dont feel pain, as there is no proof that they cannot. Insects nervous system actually closely resembles ours, they react to many similar stimuli like shock heat and pressure. Some invertebrates also possess endorphins and enkophalins which are released in the body as in ours to relieve pain or stress. If pain was not felt the need for these opioids would be pointless. I will get off my soap box now ..... :).

    • @Mix_Lv
      @Mix_Lv 5 лет назад +1

      when u said *as* it didnt feel good 😅

  • @TheDro
    @TheDro 3 года назад +15

    When's dbrand releasing the new beetle skin?

  • @redcubegamer7716
    @redcubegamer7716 5 лет назад +28

    3 years later it transform to a monster and then some hero guy 1 punch it

  • @andrewkerr9438
    @andrewkerr9438 5 лет назад +173

    I can see this turning Into military spy tech

    • @TheKevphil
      @TheKevphil 5 лет назад +3

      Absolutely! The pentagon will take the first orders. But they'll contract out the implanting to the private sector.

    • @coolperson4582
      @coolperson4582 5 лет назад +10

      imagine this but mosquitoes with malaria

    • @augustinius6586
      @augustinius6586 4 года назад

      thats old news

    • @ingemarsmith4154
      @ingemarsmith4154 4 года назад +7

      Turning into? Ur naive. If we're watching this on Motherboard, the military has been doing it for a while already.

    • @English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm
      @English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm 4 года назад +1

      Ingemar, please, give us some links. Interesting. Please.

  • @mikasuomela8572
    @mikasuomela8572 7 лет назад +31

    In 20 years kids will be flying beetles...

    • @jjc5475
      @jjc5475 7 лет назад +6

      instead of riding them.

    • @mtosmash4539
      @mtosmash4539 7 лет назад +5

      in 20 years people will by flying people...

    • @--MrThanakritJareonjaratkul
      @--MrThanakritJareonjaratkul 2 года назад

      More like in 20 years humans will turn into puppets killing themselves pooping and peeing themselves doing ridiculous stuff

  • @80sBaby925
    @80sBaby925 4 года назад +3

    If this was possible 4 years ago, I can only imagine what's possible now.

  • @vinzzart410
    @vinzzart410 5 лет назад +5

    Now its April 2019....show at what extent the project is came now....make a update video on this....

  • @Lofiheaad
    @Lofiheaad 5 лет назад +476

    the main asian dude looks like he tested this on himself a few times

  • @HBT.
    @HBT. 6 лет назад +251

    *beetle doesn't know someone is controling him*
    What he thinks "lets fly into this wall"

    • @adriancervantes3629
      @adriancervantes3629 5 лет назад +13

      Hero Bart I mean I've seen beetles fly into everything even crash onto people or walls not just lightbulbs

    • @kankerpis4187
      @kankerpis4187 5 лет назад +1

      adrian cervantes lol same

    • @leevilpantsu4462
      @leevilpantsu4462 5 лет назад +1

      Lets save the earth :D

    • @ForgottenSouls666
      @ForgottenSouls666 5 лет назад

      While fun and fascinating.. let’s finish the experiment before we get carried away with procrastinating and create cyborg bug battles for illegal gambling,

  • @thomashernandez1004
    @thomashernandez1004 4 года назад +2

    Ok this is really cool, now imagine:
    1) Design or use existing surgical robot and AI to automatically farm, raise, and add cheap electronics to the beetles.
    2) Create a drone platform/network that can send signals and direct groups of Beetles.
    3) Use for everything from pollination, to cleaning, to pest control, to criminal investigation, search and rescue, or even construction!

  • @kazoo6711
    @kazoo6711 5 лет назад +2

    Imagine 50 years later kids are playing with cyborg beetles like they’re rc cars

    • @sigourney3437
      @sigourney3437 5 лет назад

      XD

    • @_VI701
      @_VI701 4 года назад

      I just imagined an as seen on tv ad for a product like that...

  • @CherryPauper
    @CherryPauper 7 лет назад +26

    It struggles, but still obeys.

  • @RC404
    @RC404 7 лет назад +28

    PETA is gonna flag this video

    • @shadow.banned
      @shadow.banned 7 лет назад +2

      Shide PETA should remember what a bug is.

    • @Fatbat3000
      @Fatbat3000 7 лет назад +3

      PeTA (small e for ethical) kills thousands of animals every year. Fuck PeTA.

    • @hotfreshrider
      @hotfreshrider 7 лет назад +1

      Shide Dr Robotnic (aka Eggman) has a patent on this kinda tech. SEGAAA.

  • @alisaaeed2925
    @alisaaeed2925 3 года назад +2

    When the beetle hit the wall.. I felt like a bus hitted me ._.

  • @notsatan5457
    @notsatan5457 2 года назад +1

    those beetles are like facing their mad doctors

  • @CherryPauper
    @CherryPauper 7 лет назад +42

    Wouldn't pure mechanical drones do a better job? Not sure why a live beetle is needed. The host should have asked that question.

    • @hewhoisknownastaco
      @hewhoisknownastaco 7 лет назад +15

      So far, nature is a lot better at making really small yet complex flying machines. So, it makes logical sense to use what nature is better at to our advantage. I'm not saying it's moral or right, but there is logic to it.

    • @shadow.banned
      @shadow.banned 7 лет назад

      we need to learn how to control beatles. So we can learn how to control humans.

    • @krazieboi96
      @krazieboi96 7 лет назад +4

      I think people would notice a mechanical drone flying around them. A live beetle or other small insect could be seen as normal.

    • @Mmxxaamm
      @Mmxxaamm 7 лет назад +5

      It's 100000 times cheaper than using drones or machines, and it leaves no carbon footprint. That's the reason. And some others mentioned above.

    • @guywhodoesstuff1798
      @guywhodoesstuff1798 7 лет назад +3

      Because this isn`t about drones, but cybernetics. Either that, or it`s much cheaper to grab a beatle and put some chips into it.

  • @realtalkwiththeking7862
    @realtalkwiththeking7862 6 лет назад +337

    People don't understand the importance of this. One day people who were paralyzed will be able to move and walk again with this technology. Think about that.

    • @Sknasen
      @Sknasen 5 лет назад +12

      They can't process that thought.

    • @husseinn.3851
      @husseinn.3851 5 лет назад +5

      Those beetles are paralyzed or ?

    • @emilvirolainen
      @emilvirolainen 5 лет назад +29

      No, but their nervous system can be controlled. And if their nervous system can be controlled, so can ours. meaning, a person that is, for example paralyzed in their legs, might be able to move them through implants on their nervous system.

    • @adriano2737
      @adriano2737 5 лет назад +2

      I bought a drone by 50 dollars which is better than "this"

    • @Anonymous-mk3vf
      @Anonymous-mk3vf 5 лет назад +3

      Also people can be controlled, like mind control

  • @noranurdin7657
    @noranurdin7657 5 лет назад +4

    Them: Use to a cyborg beetle save human lives
    **I run away screaming like a girl**

  • @wilkinsbrito5168
    @wilkinsbrito5168 5 лет назад +6

    1:04 Poor guy on the top right getting eaten by his own food smh

    • @bsn_cs
      @bsn_cs 3 года назад

      Hahahah

  • @kangrew
    @kangrew 6 лет назад +862

    This is sad in some sense, but these organisms are so simple that they don’t understand that they are being controled

    • @NL-tq1yr
      @NL-tq1yr 6 лет назад +57

      Cooper Confidential But does that make it OK?

    • @oceanic1864
      @oceanic1864 6 лет назад +16

      nlz90 yes, yes it is

    • @XxCody369xX
      @XxCody369xX 6 лет назад +196

      Boy stfu it is a god damn bug we crush them by the thousands when we walk around. Just let all your little bug friends live inside your house and sleep in the bed with you. Make sure you feed them also.

    • @kasnoo8246
      @kasnoo8246 6 лет назад +59

      We don't understand that were also being controlled

    • @Alexa27396
      @Alexa27396 6 лет назад +1

      Kade Snyder,
      OMG, I don't know in which context you meant it, but so true...

  • @snapslingpeavine1371
    @snapslingpeavine1371 7 лет назад +79

    You can almost feel the pain of the possessed beetle crashing into the wall...

    • @whiterunguard7109
      @whiterunguard7109 6 лет назад +10

      Shane Craig Im not saying its unethical to do this shit but the beetles do that on their own anyway. You ever see one fly? They are awful at it.

    • @joeblazer3429
      @joeblazer3429 6 лет назад +7

      insects don't feel pain and they don't have emotions

    • @bingbong5053
      @bingbong5053 6 лет назад

      Insects have very basic emotions. Its much better than using this on like a bird.

    • @theworthysoul
      @theworthysoul 2 года назад +3

      @@joeblazer3429 no evidence for this claim, people just say this to justify cruelty toward arthropods, but just because they’re small and simple-looking doesn’t tell us they lack a nervous system

    • @joeblazer3429
      @joeblazer3429 2 года назад +3

      @@theworthysoul They don't lack a nervous system per say, but I'm pretty sure their brains literally aren't complex enough to process pain the way we do. Truly astounding feat of necromancy btw

  • @grinanmarchand
    @grinanmarchand 4 года назад +2

    When it hit the wall and he said hey it worked made me laugh so much

  • @lucaviorel6738
    @lucaviorel6738 5 лет назад +3

    The beetles reaction : "What the fuc im doing ?"

  • @bemacbe
    @bemacbe 7 лет назад +140

    I know what this feels like. I have a leg muscle problem I acquired from a bike accident. Without this tiny device strapped around my leg, I can barely walk. But with this sending shocks to my muscle every time I bend my knee, I can now walk! Amazing. Good stuff!

    • @christianwolfgang943
      @christianwolfgang943 7 лет назад +6

      you sir! are revolutionary cyborg bobby wood.

    • @bemacbe
      @bemacbe 7 лет назад +6

      Christian Wolfgang Haha! Thanks. I also have a big piece of carbon fiber in my skull and 20 titanium screws in my arm! Funny, I don't feel too cyborg like though. I guess that is a good thing, right? 😂

    • @Frogingscope
      @Frogingscope 7 лет назад +5

      Bobby Wood genji , u need healing

    • @slimeninja1
      @slimeninja1 6 лет назад +2

      The start of Terminator

    • @neodintchly
      @neodintchly 6 лет назад

      and everyone feels bad for you so they do everything for you

  • @TWAINLOL
    @TWAINLOL 7 лет назад +45

    this is amazing, but slightly fucked up. at least they aren't doing it with a more sentient animal, yet.

    • @arnold7432
      @arnold7432 6 лет назад +3

      They probably can't do that (as of yet). Insect muscles are really simple, that's why this works.

    • @KP3droflxp
      @KP3droflxp 3 года назад +1

      @@arnold7432 You can also manipulate human muscles with this technique. All muscles are quite similar.

  • @peaknuckle6942
    @peaknuckle6942 2 года назад +2

    When you come to see the monsters being controlled, and discover it's the humans who are the monsters being controlled. God will not forget your Frankenstein treatment to his creations.

  • @mrdot1126
    @mrdot1126 5 лет назад +18

    its like somebody uses electrodes on you and give you little jolts, to move the muscles.. i see the idea and the potential of this, but the same time i also find it cruel..

    • @zookboy5714
      @zookboy5714 5 лет назад

      I'm not sure that the same humane laws we apply to humans can be applied to animals and insects, can they?

    • @rey4874
      @rey4874 3 года назад +2

      They don't feel pain during it

    • @precognation
      @precognation 3 года назад +3

      Elijah Kumin Something tells me this is unethical despite the fact that it is “only” a bug. It needs to live it’s own little bug life.

  • @safirouhi1651
    @safirouhi1651 6 лет назад +14

    I’m torn between how inhumaine this is and how amazing it is

    • @computerlover9290
      @computerlover9290 2 года назад +2

      There is nothing amazing about it

    • @mgz_5482
      @mgz_5482 Год назад

      @@computerlover9290until we actually fix the inhumanity to other humans then we can worry about poor animals

    • @garybrown2039
      @garybrown2039 10 месяцев назад +1

      If you still are uncertain, just be aware that if they can do it to an animal, they can probably do it to a human.

  • @vivelafrance6314
    @vivelafrance6314 5 лет назад +141

    The revolutionary method of controlling insects movements......
    WITH A WII REMOTE. XD

    • @anown315
      @anown315 5 лет назад

      @Justin Y, no. Just you.

    • @adolphgracius9996
      @adolphgracius9996 5 лет назад +1

      Then they can't save the planet cause they get banned by Nintendo 😂😂😂🤣🤣

  • @votf6580
    @votf6580 4 года назад +2

    🤣 imagine the employee who accidentally steps on or walking to pick it up 😭 😆

  • @eatsleepworkcars1786
    @eatsleepworkcars1786 4 года назад

    we were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, we didn’t stop to think if we should

  • @KamiInValhalla
    @KamiInValhalla 7 лет назад +64

    This is interesting especially for people that have had strokes or have broken their necks and are now paralyzed.

    • @jjc5475
      @jjc5475 7 лет назад +13

      yeah.its great, we could control them with a WWI remote.

    • @KamiInValhalla
      @KamiInValhalla 7 лет назад +6

      john pardon Or you can surgically implant a chip in their brains where they can can control themselves...

    • @jjc5475
      @jjc5475 7 лет назад +2

      Lemuel Nicholls not that much fun.

    • @annemiekaudiofreak
      @annemiekaudiofreak 7 лет назад +3

      Some professors at a technical university in Austria are researching a similar technology for paralyzed patients. The thing is that the chip should be implantet right away to limit muscledecay.

  • @Rodoadrenalina
    @Rodoadrenalina 7 лет назад +254

    It doesn't hurt? "No" would you shock yourself to move? "No"

    • @Orbital_Dew
      @Orbital_Dew 7 лет назад +9

      yeah .... exspecially how they are brazing the wiring onto the beetle 7:56 ...
      nonono somethinglike that doesnt hurt

    • @boface187
      @boface187 7 лет назад +14

      weather it hurts or not, think of a cyborg beetle going incognito into a terrorist hub and blowing their whole operation by targeting the missile. thats badass!!

    • @boface187
      @boface187 7 лет назад +16

      like "howd they get osama?" "cyborg beetle!!" WTF!!

    • @Josue1.7
      @Josue1.7 7 лет назад +1

      You too with the instinct of manipulating things around you! We got robots to do that and they are better it's only a matter of time for us to shrink the technology

    • @boface187
      @boface187 7 лет назад +1

      yea but they would trust a beetle and not a robot. little do they know the beetle is part robot!! muhahahahaa!!!

  • @johnjohnson201
    @johnjohnson201 4 года назад +3

    Imagine the nightmare it would be to have your movements controlled at someone else’s will like this... Hopefully this is never experimented on more conscious creatures.

  • @quilliamattari2772
    @quilliamattari2772 5 лет назад +2

    One thing I saw that no one is mentioning is that isn't the beetle going through a lot of pain considering for how long they are moving its limbs? I mean if you move a certain amount then you start to get tired and stop but to move these beetles for that long, I am sure they're going through excruciating pain? I hope someone can confirm as this is incredibly sad if true.

  • @homemacai
    @homemacai 7 лет назад +14

    This is as cruel as you can get.

    • @arnold7432
      @arnold7432 6 лет назад

      Still not as cruel as fuCKING IMPALING SOMEONE

  • @Brian0wns
    @Brian0wns 7 лет назад +66

    The weaponization of this tech seems crazy to think about. Imagine a cloud of these swarming over a city with the ability to cut electronics / self detonate.

    • @drfunk1986
      @drfunk1986 7 лет назад +4

      way to take this in a completely different direction ass wipe.

    • @Brian0wns
      @Brian0wns 7 лет назад +8

      Uhm... You are welcome?

    • @panzerfaust5046
      @panzerfaust5046 7 лет назад +5

      That would be...
      A) Expensive
      B) Worthless
      C)Hard to do
      Not to mention that it was already tested in WW2 with the "Bat Bomb" which albeit a success, was canceled due to the Manhattan project. The idea of exploding fauna is outdated.

    • @Brian0wns
      @Brian0wns 7 лет назад +2

      A) Expensive compared to what? The beetle is already built and all you need to do is attach electrodes to an already built system. If you were to scale this on an industrial scale farm I couldnt imagine it costing more than a few pennys per unit / beetle
      B) Modern warfare is street by street fighting. The ability to infiltrate the smallest of areas that would be hard to target would be pretty amazing. Not only that but depending on the area / climate these would be impossible to see. Imagine the kind of real life surveillance bugs could have of a camp in a jungle for example. This is way - way better than drone surveillance by a long shot.
      C) Hard to do? Maybe... but they will only get better and the bugs will only get smaller as the technology improves. I can imagine clouds of bugs attacking a target that would be basically impossible to fire at once an attack start. You just need to use your imagination

    • @panzerfaust5046
      @panzerfaust5046 7 лет назад +5

      The LOLbertarian you're idiotic imagination blinds you. The cost of producing a tiny bomb plus electrodes to attach and carry into battle to do.... what? They can't carry a bomb of any value. They are beetles.

  • @nanomachine335
    @nanomachine335 3 года назад

    imagine telling it's struggling while smiling

  • @NcR2004
    @NcR2004 5 лет назад

    imagine being stranded and they sent this to communicate and locate you but you thought it was a normal pesky bug and killed it

  • @sagarchandgadkar7908
    @sagarchandgadkar7908 7 лет назад +504

    people be like...aww poor creature while eating fried chicken.

    • @intellectualhybrid2
      @intellectualhybrid2 7 лет назад +22

      Sagar Chandgadkar XD exactly, hypocrites, the lot of them

    • @jonnykahle525
      @jonnykahle525 7 лет назад +13

      Its sad that this is peoples logic construct.

    • @jonny715
      @jonny715 7 лет назад +2

      Maybe I should take over your mind. Then we'll see how you like it.

    • @jonny715
      @jonny715 7 лет назад +2

      Then you don't want to live? Hmmm...talk about logic. Or are you a vegetarian? I don't eat anything that is "living", is that it?

    • @jonnykahle525
      @jonnykahle525 7 лет назад

      It is about that vegetarianshave all right to critizize that but meateaterd dont. That is all.

  • @nikolaswerner7351
    @nikolaswerner7351 6 лет назад +260

    if you think were this could go im scared

    • @TheNykademos
      @TheNykademos 6 лет назад +21

      it could end up helping some disabled individuals regain the use of limbs....much more likely than a hi-tech cyborg slavery future

    • @ryankwok1021
      @ryankwok1021 6 лет назад +1

      I N S I D E

    • @Nuuboat
      @Nuuboat 6 лет назад +10

      If you think goverments won't try to develop mind control based on this. You are very naive. Look up MK Ultra and consider if they would try it.. again.

    • @ryankwok1021
      @ryankwok1021 6 лет назад +9

      Notice how the MK Ultra project ended during the rise of television. We already have mind control, we call it "advertising", "propoganda", and "salary". Why bother with something so primitive, so overt, so traceable as rigging a computer chip to a brain stem?
      Now once the singularity comes along and we augument ourselves voluntarily, that's when I'll worry.

    • @TheNykademos
      @TheNykademos 6 лет назад +2

      well then lets just abandon all the potential good that can come of this so as not to upset the C.A.V.E. ppl (Citezens Against Virtually Everything) If it were up to you guys we would be cooking rats by a campfire. Do you know anyone that suffers from a physical disability? would you deny them the opportunity to have a better life because your afraid of some old news? sounds like you already lost the mind control battle. Fear controls you

  • @MEBOEFEBOE
    @MEBOEFEBOE 3 года назад +1

    So Basically Its A CYBORG DETECTIVE BEETLE

  • @Davidevgen
    @Davidevgen 3 года назад +1

    i never thought i see some one control a bug with a wii mote of all things lol.

  • @joeya5438
    @joeya5438 7 лет назад +12

    This is very interesting, but all the possible applications listed at the end of the video can already be done with a quad-copter with great reliability and precision.

    • @valken666
      @valken666 7 лет назад

      Quads are not stealth, they also cannot fly for as long as an insect. By controlling a fly one could practically fly 24/7.

    • @joeya5438
      @joeya5438 7 лет назад

      Valken Good point. Of course I have know Idea exactly what the future will hold, but I think those problems are much easier to solve than the issues with rc bugs.

    • @jonnykahle525
      @jonnykahle525 7 лет назад

      Amazon Prime Air already showed intrest in it, they said it yould be a good for delivering tiny things quiet and fast.

    • @miguelchirilov1650
      @miguelchirilov1650 6 лет назад +2

      Joey A For such machine it will cost a lot. Controlling beetles is way better, they can fly for longer, no batteries or fuel, just food, not that expensive and way stealthier overall.

  • @ccho907
    @ccho907 5 лет назад +26

    I need this implant for the gym

    • @English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm
      @English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm 4 года назад +5

      right, you would not even have to go to the gym, just press the button, and your muscles contract on your sofa/feeding tank.

  • @taxisalad
    @taxisalad 3 года назад +1

    I find this shit morbidly fascinating. There's definitely a discussion that can be had with this, and it's really interesting and cool, if a bit scary.

  • @LuisFernandoBernal
    @LuisFernandoBernal 4 года назад +2

    Amazing but scarry at the same time !

  • @randomcommentor
    @randomcommentor 6 лет назад +225

    6:37
    This is a bit horrible isn't it?

    • @Ben-gp2fi
      @Ben-gp2fi 6 лет назад +18

      Yes, it is.

    • @sharpyshark8329
      @sharpyshark8329 6 лет назад +5

      i mean yea i guess

    • @chasepellman6365
      @chasepellman6365 6 лет назад +4

      bruh... u up in every comment gah damn.

    • @pifilixxiv3192
      @pifilixxiv3192 6 лет назад +8

      Well, it just rams into paper. Its like whacking yourself onto a matrices

    • @Gureenu
      @Gureenu 6 лет назад +8

      nah it funny

  • @joseluis12668
    @joseluis12668 7 лет назад +80

    I dont like where this is going

    • @nathanoconnor421
      @nathanoconnor421 7 лет назад

      You and me both. :/

    • @luuk341
      @luuk341 7 лет назад

      and according to you, where exactly is this going?

  • @johnspiteri6807
    @johnspiteri6807 5 лет назад +2

    they should get mr steele to control it.
    it would not crash.
    very skilled at flight

  • @top2cents
    @top2cents 3 года назад +1

    The beetle was just fine flying on its own till you came along....what a disgrace

  • @jjc5475
    @jjc5475 7 лет назад +17

    i have the feeling that this is not why nature exists.

    • @HenryTitor
      @HenryTitor 7 лет назад +4

      How can you create something that cannot exists in nature LOL. Have you ever check what is cellphone?

    • @jjc5475
      @jjc5475 7 лет назад +2

      Henry Han i meant like, living nature.. with a mind..

    • @HenryTitor
      @HenryTitor 7 лет назад

      john pardon I get you now. However, if you are talking about mind. What is mind? Do livestocks we eat have mind? Have we stop killing and eating them?

    • @jjc5475
      @jjc5475 7 лет назад +1

      Henry Han that's a good point. to be honest, i am christian so i also look at it from a religious way.. in the bible is written that men has to take care of his garden (the world) (and yes, we are doing a terrible job..) but there is also written that we can skin and kill animals for our personal needs. i think making robots of beetles isn't really how its meant to be..

    • @jjc5475
      @jjc5475 7 лет назад

      Henry Han but from a non religious perspective its difficult to defend.

  • @momomo951
    @momomo951 7 лет назад +339

    i feel so bad for the Beatles.

    • @ey4036
      @ey4036 7 лет назад +1

      your profile doesn't tell me?

    • @vernon1483
      @vernon1483 7 лет назад +6

      Moses98 #beatlelivesmatter

    • @ianlolsatyou
      @ianlolsatyou 7 лет назад +22

      The majority of insects don't have nocireceptor! These receptors relay sensory information of pain in other organism. So these beetles are most likely not in any kind of pain from this exerimental procedure

    • @melissahall1186
      @melissahall1186 7 лет назад +86

      Personally, I don't feel bad for the Beatles. They've done quite well for themselves. Although John Lennon's death was a tragedy. The beetles in this video on the other hand, I do feel quite bad for.

    • @alexandercampbell5136
      @alexandercampbell5136 7 лет назад +4

      The most ironic part about this post is that you profile picture is JC Denton from Deus Ex. Cause now i'm just imagining JC in his low, mono toned voice going: "I feel so bad for the Beatles..." while being all cyborged out himself.

  • @HeHndz
    @HeHndz 2 года назад +6

    I hope we can use this technology in the future once it’s been refine and with the proper ethics we could implanted into people to let’s say given the ability to walk again.

    • @sk3ptik0s49
      @sk3ptik0s49 2 года назад

      There are no proper ethics for this as there are no proper ethics for sodomizing a child.

  • @zackshere8854
    @zackshere8854 5 лет назад +1

    Straps a gun to beetles back
    "Peacefully" xD

  • @darknecropsy
    @darknecropsy 7 лет назад +21

    Imagine if these could be applied to humans, i push a button in an app and boom I'm lifting in the gym like a beast. Or you know, help paralyzed people walk again...

  • @Belofsky1
    @Belofsky1 7 лет назад +249

    Or just buy a drone...

    • @RCP-1136
      @RCP-1136 7 лет назад +25

      but can your drone run on food?

    • @Belofsky1
      @Belofsky1 7 лет назад +7

      RCP8888 This needs a battery too, for recieving the signal from wii controller

    • @RCP-1136
      @RCP-1136 7 лет назад +6

      yeah but receiving a signal need much less energy than flying... also you could implement a tiny chip that generates electricity from the body heat of the beetle.

    • @Belofsky1
      @Belofsky1 7 лет назад +7

      RCP8888 They're cold blooded, so a TEG wouldnt work

    • @geraldinebuterte7902
      @geraldinebuterte7902 7 лет назад +18

      it is more practical to just develop tiny drones. Creating cyborg beetles is stupid.

  • @shoshannafachima1306
    @shoshannafachima1306 4 года назад +1

    This technology utilising direct electrical stimulation to paralyzed muscles certainly would be wonderful for the rehabilitation of individuals with spinal cord injuries

    • @zacharyfishman7617
      @zacharyfishman7617 2 года назад +1

      Sounds like a much better application of this kinda thing than hijacking innocent beetles

  • @susanmartin3762
    @susanmartin3762 Год назад

    I love that they have then lil robot beetle trapped to a blue Leggo!🙂😂

  • @Unchainedmaple888
    @Unchainedmaple888 7 лет назад +10

    Why was the beattle taped down to a Lego?

  • @TodaysArtClass
    @TodaysArtClass 5 лет назад +51

    A Bug’s Life Part 2

  • @holycow4691
    @holycow4691 5 лет назад +17

    Just keep in mind:
    Technology in the wrong hands...
    Don't let it come that far with this.

  • @ReinertZerker
    @ReinertZerker 3 года назад +2

    Wow amazing, nothing can go wrong!

  • @ignaciogoq
    @ignaciogoq 5 лет назад +10

    My guy nato smoked a ton of weed before filming this vid😂😂😂😂

  • @DreamScapeDronie
    @DreamScapeDronie 6 лет назад +69

    The insects must never learn this technology!!

  • @anshultiwari2704
    @anshultiwari2704 3 года назад +1

    yea humans love to do things *peacefully*

  • @6204ar
    @6204ar 5 лет назад +4

    Didnt know my arduino could do that lmao

  • @onlyonSiMPLE
    @onlyonSiMPLE 6 лет назад +9

    this is scary, imagine what the government can do with this

    • @Sknasen
      @Sknasen 5 лет назад +1

      O shit, america is a conspiracy.

    • @ismokezekush
      @ismokezekush 5 лет назад

      cyborg killers would be cool tho

    • @unclekanethetiberiummain1994
      @unclekanethetiberiummain1994 5 лет назад

      If your nervous system is as simple as insect's then maybe that's a possibility.

  • @aidanana4159
    @aidanana4159 6 лет назад +159

    This is the most morbid thing I’ve ever seen, just listen to him “it struggles but still obeys”? This is so messed up

    • @javierperez-xo8mr
      @javierperez-xo8mr 6 лет назад +12

      Aidanana we' ll be next

    • @mescalinipomoea953
      @mescalinipomoea953 6 лет назад +7

      Pussy boi

    • @ramoses1
      @ramoses1 6 лет назад +13

      still a bug...

    • @ericmoney2769
      @ericmoney2769 6 лет назад +22

      It’s a bug. Relax and let science be science my duhuude

    • @greg77389
      @greg77389 6 лет назад +10

      It's not like the beetle feels pain or other emotions, it's basically just a living robot. The electrical signals stimulate the legs muscles and cause them to react in the same way your muscles would if you touched a live high voltage wire. The signals are more powerful than the beetle's nervous system so it overrides it. There's nothing morbid about it really.

  • @predalien1413
    @predalien1413 2 года назад

    So basically the electrical frog trick but on beetles and with wires. How simple.

  • @antsturkey_official
    @antsturkey_official 3 года назад

    *2017:* Cyborg Beetles
    *2027:* Human Beetles and Revenge