remember that spy roach from the 5th Element?

via David Corn U.S. military plans to make insect cyborgs In an announcement posted on government Web sites last week, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, says it is seeking "innovative proposals to develop technology to create insect cyborgs," by implanting tiny devices into insect bodies while the animals are in their pupal stage. … The move follows challenges the agency says it has encountered in its efforts to train insects to detect explosives or other chemical compounds, and to mimic their flight and movement patterns using small robots. Several years ago, DARPA launched a $3 million project to train honeybees to find landmines. According to a report by the American Forces Press Service, scientists used sugar-soaked sponges treated with explosives to get the bees to identify the smell as a possible food source. But last week's solicitation says the project didn't work out. … DARPA will hold a day-long conference for contractors interested in submitting proposals on March 24. ----- and they got robosharks too visit DARPA