We talk about bees a lot here at EIGN. But we think this story may be the scariest of all.
"Harvard researchers recently got a $10 million grant to create a colony of flying robotic bees." (network world)
ROBOTIC BEES?? Here's the reasoning, according to a network world magazine blog...
"The 5-year, National Science Foundation-funded RoboBee project could lead to a better understanding of how to artificially mimic the unique collective behavior and intelligence of a bee colony; foster novel methods for designing and building an electronic surrogate nervous system able to deftly sense and adapt to changing environments; and advance work on the construction of small-scale flying mechanical devices, according to the Harvard RoboBee Web site."
"Apparently though the RoboBees will lack one thing regular bees are known for, a stinger." Okay so maybe the first generation won't have stingers but what happens after they start reproducing--then we are really screwed. RUN!
Does anyone else think it is useless to create robotic bees if they are not going to help with the pollination problem we are starting to face?
[image via freaking news]
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