{"id":132561,"date":"2025-07-10T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T06:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=132561"},"modified":"2025-07-10T06:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T06:00:11","slug":"china-creates-first-cyborg-bee-with-worlds-lightest-brain-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=132561","title":{"rendered":"China creates first cyborg bee with world\u2019s lightest brain controller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostWorker bees carry nectar sacks weighing 80 per cent of their body mass. When airborne, they tuck their hind legs like landing gear to cut wind drag.<br \/>\nAnd they can fly 5km (3 miles) with no need for rest, an example of how nature\u2019s genius shames human machinery.<br \/>\nUntil now.<br \/>\nAt Beijing Institute of Technology, Professor Zhao Jieliang\u2019s team has built the world\u2019s lightest insect brain controller. At 74 milligrams, it is lighter than a sack of nectar.<br \/>\nStrapped to the bee\u2019s back, the device pierces its&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3317614\/chinese-scientists-create-first-cyborg-bee-worlds-lightest-brain-controller?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostWorker bees carry nectar sacks weighing 80 per cent of their body mass. When airborne, they tuck their hind legs like landing gear to&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132561"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=132561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=132561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=132561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}