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  • Cyborg Insects Update 2

    ByRicardo

    Previously, I logged the history of insect-machine hybrid robots in “A Brief History of Cyborg Insects (and Spiders)”. I gave a quick update a year ago in “Cyborg Insects Update: The Amazing Cockroach, Biomimetic Robots and Cyborg Bugs in Recent Years.” So far in 2025, I’ve noticed two new stories about cyborg insects. Both of…

  • Eating Bugs

    ByRicardo

    A Sign of Decivilization? Like most people, the notion of eating insects grosses me out. Of course we probably eat small bugs or bug parts all the time without knowing it. I read a theory somewhere that vegetarian Indians used to get sufficient protein partially from the bugs they accidentally ate that were in the…