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Cataglyphis fortis.

Jason — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 18:52:49 +0000

Desert ants that navigate by counting their steps. (via)

BIOLOCH.

Jason — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 23:15:49 +0000

Project that designs robots bio-inspired by the locomotion of lower animal forms has developed a paddle worm robot that can navigate through the gut of a pig.

Mosquito Repeller Necklace.

Jason — Fri, 26 May 2006 01:19:46 +0000

Necklace that transmits a sonic frequency that repels mosquitoes. (via)

The Amazing Flygun.

Jason — Mon, 15 May 2006 15:38:14 +0000

Gun that kills flies. (via)

Insbot.

Jason — Wed, 10 May 2006 02:03:56 +0000

Matchbox-sized robot laced with pheromones that can influence the collective behavior of cockroaches. (via)

Artificial compound eye.

Jason — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 01:58:53 +0000

Bioengineers used an array of 8700 hexagonal microlenses to successfully mimick the honeycomb pattern of an insect eye.

Organic biopesticides.

Jason — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:03:01 +0000

Pest control using selectively bred microorganisms instead of chemicals to kill bugs.

MOSCAMED.

Jason — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 04:59:19 +0000

Rearing facility that sterilizes 2.7 billion medflies a week and air drops them back into the wild.

Hybrid Insect Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems.

Jason — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 02:47:53 +0000

DARPA is seeking a contractor to build robot insects that can be remote-controlled.

Polyrhachis sokolova.

Jason — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:48:35 +0000

Scientists discover swimming ants. (via)

Transgenic mosquito.

Jason — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 05:26:38 +0000

Researchers have engineered mosquitoes to be resistant to infection by dengue fever virus.

Pavlov’s cockroaches.

Jason — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 01:34:46 +0000

Japanese scientists discover that cockroaches have conditioned responses.

Mormon crickets.

Jason — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:37:52 +0000

Insects that organize into a massive cannibalistic swarm when deprived of food. (via)

Cellulosic ethanol.

Jason — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 06:01:41 +0000

Usuable energy produced cheaply and easily from farm waste digested in termite guts.

Lateral gene transfer.

Jason — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 21:57:53 +0000

Biologists discover that a toxin shared between spider venom and a bacterium is the result of an unknown evolutionary exchange.

Dactylopius coccus costa.

Jason — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 02:38:51 +0000

Insect that is ground up and used as red dye in food and cosmetics.

Tandem running.

Jason — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:11:58 +0000

Ants learn how to find food by being taught by other ants.

Robo-roach.

Jason — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 05:25:21 +0000

Japanese roaches have been surgically implanted with ‘micro-robotic backpacks’ that control their movements. (via)

Drosophila melanogangsters.

Jason — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 02:03:01 +0000

Harvard research program dubbed Fruit Fly Fight Club pits fruit flies fighting against one another, with video. (via)

Anti-freezing fleas.

Jason — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 00:04:33 +0000

Canadian snow fleas found to contain proteins that lower the freezing point of liquids.