Let’s say you have a certain someone on your list who is really into biohacking. Let’s also assume you’re Ok with having discoid roaches in the house. Then also let’s assume you don’t mind people ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

While the RoboRoach is not a real-life Terminator, the company behind the electro-bug, Backyard Brains, is touting it as the first commercially available cyborg. They're looking to raise $10,000, via ...

Backyard Brains has launched a Kickstarter campaign to support RoboRoach -- its endeavour to bring remote-controlled cockroaches to the public. The launch is somewhat of a double-edged sword. Yes, ...

Have you ever wanted to be in possession of your very own cyborg roach? Well, let's be honest: Of course you have. Well, those dreams can now become a reality thanks to "Roboroach", a Kickstarter ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Robots are pretty cool, but have you ever wanted to create your own iPhone controlled cyborg? Backyard Brains is banking that a lot of kids are interested in cyborg technology and neuroscience ...

Ever fancied having the ability to control Cockroaches? If you have, then the new RoboRoach application and hardware might be just up your street. The RoboRoach project has just launched on ...

Available to backers via Kickstarter today, and featured at TEDGlobal this week, the RoboRoach is a $99 kit consisting of electrodes, sensors, and a few batteries that allows anyone to drive their ...

An American company is facing claims of animal cruelty after it invented a $99 “electronic backpack” for cockroaches. The backpack allows the insect’s movements to be controlled by a mobile phone app.

The guys at BackyardBrains certainly have a sense of humor. They know that their work, which focuses on reading and manipulating the brain waves of insects, can be seen as anything from cruel to ...