"REMOTE CONTROLED SHARKS"

by groovypet2, Tuesday, August 01, 2006, 18:28

Research funding by the Pentagon to DARPA(Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is providing new technology, to are ocean friend the shark. DARPA wants to use neural implants to study the way sharks move, smell, and sense their environment. These electrodes will act as a controlling agent, thus controlling the sharks pattern. The future for sharks may aid in them becoming "super spies." Capable of following vessels and detecting chemicals. The first test outside the laboratory will be, off the coast of Florida, with blue sharks. Communications with the sharks will be made from acoustic towers.These towers send sonar signals up to 187 miles away. DARPA is working on brain implants for sharks, to determine which neurons in the shark cause their scent! DARPA could use this to manipulate the shark, for further surveillance work. Scientist think this could eventually lead to implants, that could control a prosthetic limb, and possibly overcome paralysis.

You can read more about this topic in "The New Scientist"