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PowerElectronix•about 2 hours ago
From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh...

Seriously, this playing with living organisms to augment their capabilities and make them do our bidding is a bit beyond my personal moral threshold. At this point isn't easier to miniaturize a robot cocroach?

tryagainian•18 minutes ago
No more beer, wine, bread, or yogurt for you.

No mushrooms, no meat, and no vegetables.

f6v•about 1 hour ago
It's much easier to plug into something perfected by millions of years of selective pressure.
npmaker•20 minutes ago
It really depends on a person's moral qualms and how deeply they are felt.

For instance, different people put different amounts of effort in when a rogue house fly enters a room. Some kill, some catch and release.

Which is easier? It really depends on the person and what they are willing to tolerate.

CompoundEyes•28 minutes ago
A related article and the language used to describe the creature matches

> Madagascar hissing cockroach has been used in various applications as a powerful platform

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60779-1

gregoryyy•14 minutes ago
Bill Gates at it again!!! Damn you Bill Gates, damn yoooooouuu...!
jdw64•about 4 hours ago
Looking at the severed parts, it doesn't seem like they'll live long. I wonder how long they'd survive after something like that.

It looks like something out of CockroachPunk 2077

matheusmoreira•18 minutes ago
Roach Ex. My exoskeleton is augmented.
coolness•about 1 hour ago
The title says "hours-long diving" so at least a few hours i guess...
doublerabbit•about 2 hours ago
I am unsure they really care how long it lasts especially when you create something like this.

As long it carries out it mission for a minute of two. Send it to some underwater fibre optic cable and use it as a depth charge to blow it up.

No more requirements for anchors.

notahan•about 2 hours ago
Oh god, you can imagine how governments are going to look at this and freak out about espionage. Or worse, use this tech for espionage!!
JonathanRaines•42 minutes ago
I hope they don't start bugging our homes.
sir_eliah•about 1 hour ago
Every day we're getting closer to the tech-world in the "Starfish" from Peter Watts.
alex_duf•37 minutes ago
Just because you can doesn't mean you should