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Scientists in Singapore create cyborg cockroach with a diving suit
unexplained-mysteries ^
| 07/02/2026
| TK Randall
Posted on 07/04/2026 5:26:18 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Cyborg cockroaches have actually been a thing for a while - with researchers attaching electrodes to the brain and sensory organs, enabling them to direct the insects like a remote-controlled car.
Now, though, scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have taken things one step further by creating a cybernetic diving suit that can enable a cockroach to breath underwater. A 3D-printed 'backpack' attached to the insect contains a chemical oxygen generator and pumps the breathable air through special tubes.
Experiments showed that the system provided enough of an oxygen supply for the insect to survive and swim around underwater for up to three hours.
(Excerpt) Read more at unexplained-mysteries.com ...
TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: cockroaches; cyborg; singapore; wasedauniversity
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posted on
07/04/2026 5:26:18 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Meanwhile nature has shrimp, lobsters nd crayfish.
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posted on
07/04/2026 5:31:13 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(If the Islamic Republic government is in power in Iran when the war is over, we will have lost.)
To: BenLurkin
Do you want Roachdroids? Because that's how you get Roachdroids.
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posted on
07/04/2026 5:33:12 AM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
To: BenLurkin
Put a chick in it and make her lame and gay create cyborg cockroach with a diving suit
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posted on
07/04/2026 5:39:46 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Enoch Powell warned us about Rivers of Blood. Well, I sure hope they're coming. It's the only fix.)
To: BenLurkin
"Well, I for one would like to be the first to
welcome our new Insect Overlords!"
Regards,
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posted on
07/04/2026 5:42:55 AM PDT
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: BenLurkin
So, at the end of the world, it will be Keith Richards cursing as he skims aquatic cockroaches from his swimming pool.
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posted on
07/04/2026 5:50:21 AM PDT
by
I-ambush
(From the brightest star comes the blackest holeYou had so much to offer, why didya offer your soul?)
To: BenLurkin
“But, Mom, all the other kids got remote controlled diving cockroaches for their birthday!”
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posted on
07/04/2026 5:51:49 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
To: BenLurkin
To: KarlInOhio; BenLurkin
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posted on
07/04/2026 5:58:19 AM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminisheRs the human spirit.)
To: BenLurkin
For us Generation Jones…..
“This week on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, ATTACK OF THE DIVING COCKROACHES!”
“Chip! Load up the Flying Sub with DDT!”
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posted on
07/04/2026 5:58:31 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
To: BenLurkin
From TOHO Studios……
Godzilla VS Remote Controlled Diving Cockroaches
“We must ask our friends, The Sea Monkeys, to join us in this battle!”
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posted on
07/04/2026 6:04:49 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
To: BenLurkin
If I had a remote controlled, diving cockroach, the Women’s Synchronized Swimming events would never be the same.
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posted on
07/04/2026 6:09:48 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
To: BenLurkin
But can it be scaled for human size cockroaches.
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posted on
07/04/2026 6:14:09 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(Qatarlson the Insufferable blowhard -There is no limit to human stupidity. |||||||||||||||||||||||||)
To: BenLurkin
Humans are on the list eventually I’m sure.
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posted on
07/04/2026 6:20:37 AM PDT
by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/04/2026 7:00:17 AM PDT
by
CtBigPat
(Thank you, JimRob. )
To: BenLurkin
JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU SHOULD
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posted on
07/04/2026 7:35:49 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
("For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: )
To: BenLurkin
“Scientists in Singapore create cyborg cockroach with a diving suit”. Working on important stuff for the people of Singapore.
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07/04/2026 7:58:58 AM PDT
by
kawhill
(Dywedwch Wrthbym because + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/04/2026 8:10:55 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(There are no strange bedfellows. Politics are always and only about power.)
To: dennisw
But can it be scaled for human size cockroaches.That takes a bit of time to make those modifications. Most human sized cockroaches are spending long times in prison cells before the mods could be finished.
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posted on
07/04/2026 8:36:27 AM PDT
by
17th Miss Regt
(Fascist, deplorable, and proud of it!)
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