Hybrid Insect Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems
Hybrid Insect Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems is a project of DARPA, a unit of the United States Department of Defense, with the goal of developing tightly coupled machine-insect interfaces by placing micro-mechanical systems inside the insects during the early stages of metamorphosis. The primary application is surveillance.
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- http://www.darpa.gov/mto/programs/himems/index.html
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/08/AR2007100801434_2.html?sid=ST2007100801459
- http://patentvector.com/?p=23
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