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		</div><p>Scientists have created a drone with a difference.</p>
<p>They’ve taken over the bodies of insects by strapping backpacks on them that connect to their nerve cords.<br />
So far, engineers say the technology is already showing promise in controlling the flightpath of dragonflies.</p>
<p>Dragonfly nerve cords are too small for engineers to directly connect fibres to, so they’ve used a novel light-bending technique to pass messages to its brain.</p>
<p>Scientists working on the aptly named DragonflEye project also genetically modified the bugs to make them more sensitive to the mind-influencing light pulses.</p>
<p>It sounds like something right out of science fiction, particularly that episode of Black Mirror, but this light-bending technology could be used in humans and lead to developments in medicine.</p>
<p>Their immediate aim is to help farmers.</p>
<p>Honeybees contribute $15 billion to the US agriculture industry, so guiding their flight could protect the important insects.</p>
<p>DragonflEye’s principal engineer, Jesse J Wheeler, says: “This system pushes the boundaries of energy harvesting, motion sensing, algorithms, miniaturisation and optogenetics, all in a system small enough for an insect to wear.”</p>
<p>Perhaps scariest of all, the lab working on this reports that the dragonflies could be used for reconnaissance.<br />
Welcome to the era of cyborg dragonfly spy cameras, people.</p>
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