# Remote control cyborg cockroach kits.. for the kids!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remote-control-cyborg-cockroach-kits-for-the-kids/671633>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 19, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remote-control-cyborg-cockroach-kits-for-the-kids/671633 "2013-10-19T05:26:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remote-control-cyborg-cockroach-kits-for-the-kids/671633/1 "2013-10-19T05:26:17Z")

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I thought this was an Onion article at first.

Awesome!

[iPhone-Controlled Cyborg Cockroaches Are Stirring up an Ethics Debate](http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_insider/2013/10/12/cyborg_cockroaches_start_ethics_debate.html)

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**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remote-control-cyborg-cockroach-kits-for-the-kids/671633/2 "2013-10-19T22:44:50Z")

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We are The Bug\*, you will be assimilated

\*yes, I know! not a true bug, the difference is irrelevant in this case

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**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remote-control-cyborg-cockroach-kits-for-the-kids/671633/3 "2013-10-20T01:05:13Z")

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So…that wasn’t a mouse?