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schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days ago

Cyborg cockroaches with tiny syringes designed to join search and rescue teams in major disasters

www.theguardian.com

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Cyborg cockroaches with tiny syringes designed to join search and rescue teams in major disasters

www.theguardian.com

schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days ago
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Giant burrowing cockroaches with added cameras and medical injectors are being tested as potential ‘first responders’ in earthquakes
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    It doesn’t say what’s in the syringes. I guess just meds specific to the patients with known health issues, like insulin? Or something that has to do with them being trapped?

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      It’s a military serum that gives the user temporary super strength

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        Awesome, I’ll let myself get swarmed by them and become a boss fight

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      Likely the same thing humans would inject if they would be able to get close enough for that injection. Afaik there is no general life saving injection of any kind, but in theory it could of course be anything.

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        EpiPens?

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          You’d have a great time for 15 seconds or so

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      Most likely a neuro toxin developed by the KGB

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