If you've ever wondered what possible use cockroaches are, a German startup has the answer: Tiny spies.
SWARM Biotactics is seriously fitting Madagascar hissing cockroaches with a tiny backpack, according to CBS News.
The little critters, a creepy two to three inches long, can fit just about anywhere and with their tiny backpacks they could carry with them a camera, microphone or even radar. Of course, cockroaches tend to skitter where they want so the SWARM neuroscientists attach electrodes to the insect's antennae to nudge it in the right direction. That would be one cockroach — or a swarm.
The scientists say reassuringly that there is no pain nor harm to the roaches.
They believe the roaches could easily be used in search and rescue operations, though there is no word as to whether people would want to be rescued by a Madagascar hissing cockroach.
