BUGS

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BUGS

• Relevant Research Areas
• Insects
• Tele-control of insects Ability to control some
  motor function of an insect through an external
  link
• Tele-sense of insects The ability to have 1 way
  communications with some senses of an insect
  (Antenna, feel, sight, olfactory)
• Tele-influence 2 Way communication with the
  insect and the ability to control as well as well
  as use some aspect of the insect to sense the
  surroundings
• Top 10 researchers in the areas above and their
  relevant projects.
• Demo Case What key technologies are available to
  tele-influence, control, or sense a cockroach.
  What technology still remains elusive

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BIRDS

• Relevant Research Areas
• Birds
• Tele-control of birds Ability to control some
  motor function of an bird through an external
  link
• Tele-sense of birds The ability to have 1 way
  communications with some senses of an bird
  (Hearing, feel, sight, olfactory)
• Tele-influence 2 Way communication with the bird
  and the ability to control as well as well as use
  some aspect of the bird to sense the surroundings
• Top 10 researchers in the areas above and their
  relevant projects.
• Demo Case What key technologies are available to
  tele-influence, control, or sense a sparrow.
  What technology still remains elusive

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SMALL ANIMALS

• Relevant Research Areas
• Small Animals
• Tele-control of animals Ability to control some
  motor function of a Small Animal through an
  external link
• Tele-sense of Small Animals The ability to have
  1 way communications with some senses of an Small
  Animals (Hearing, feel, sight, olfactory)
• Tele-influence 2 Way communication with the
  Small Animals and the ability to control as well
  as well as use some aspect of the Small Animals
  to sense the surroundings
• Top 10 researchers in the areas above and their
  relevant projects.
• Demo Case What key technologies are available to
  tele-influence, control, or sense a raccoon.
  What technology still remains elusive?

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OTHER CREATURES

• Relevant Research Areas
• Give examples of relevant research areas for
  tele-sense, control, and influence for fish
• Give one example of current research in this
  area.
• What are other people working on that has not
  been mentioned to date??

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HUMANS

• How would the above technologies aid in the
  recovery of humans from catastrophic injuries,
  degenerative diseases, or birth defects
• How do we mold the program with these facts in
  mind
• What are the PC implications here

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Other DARPA Programs

• The principal objective of the program is to
  utilize biological organisms for real-time
  collection of information in the environment.
• To accomplish this objective, the program will
  seek to monitor and utilize the sensory signals
  (e.g., chemical, visual, thermal, acoustic,
  other) and sensor input or behavior employed by
  biological organisms to forage and reproduce in
  their environment.
• The program also seeks to develop methods to
  interface with individuals or populations of
  biological systems as they distribute that will
  result in the real-time, remote collection of
  information about the environment.
• The program seeks major technology innovation in
  new concepts for "plugging into" the signals
  used by biological organisms and utilizing them
  for the directed distribution of biological
  systems and collection of environmental
  information.

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CBS Continued

• These concepts may focus on the development of
  materials or electronics to interface with
  neuronal systems during control of locomotion
  and distribution genetic engineering of
  biological systems in order to alter the signals
  used by biological systems to forage or
  reproduce and new methods of effecting learned
  behavior in individuals or distributed
  populations.
• The research that is covered by this program is
  truly interdisciplinary in nature and includes
  the subjects entomology, neurobiology,
  neuroethology, microelectronics, signal
  processing, and decision theory among others.

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CBS Programs

• Iowa State University Trying to identify
  mechanism of detection of chemical signals by
  parasitic wasps
• IPM Technologies Corporation Mate finding, host
  finding, alarm, and
• aggregation behaviors will be studied with
  a particular emphasis on blood feeding
• arthropod vectors of disease, and insects
  of nuisance or bio-irritant value. Fidelity and
• real-time response rates of these
  organisms will be quantified.
• University of Arizona Trying to exploit
  olfactory control of bees
• University of Montana The goal is to provide a
  means of rapidly (real
• time or close to real time) detecting the
  presence or introduction of hazardous
• biological or chemical agents by
  monitoring the hive or individuals foraging
  within the
• hive area (2-5 Km).
• US Army Tank Command Some weapon system n/a

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CBS Programs contd

• VPI Provide the Department of Defense with new
  methods of long-term storage of labile biological
  components.
• Duke Develop hybrid brain-machine technology for
  real time control of robotic arm
• MIT Interfacing with large scale neural
  ensembles. This project seeks to address both
  objectives by demonstrating the ability to
  influence rodent navigation through patterned
  microstimulation, while monitoring large-scale
  neural activity in memory and sensory systems of
  the brain to determine animal position and
  stimulus recognition.
• UC- Irvine The goal is to demonstrate whether
  selective spatial cells in the hippocampus can be
  induced in response to a processed visual input.
• UI-UrbanaThis project will develop a new
  microelectrode array for measuring olfactory
• responses and enable the capability for
  monitoring activation patterns of neighboring
• neurons in insect brains in the presence
  of antenna odor stimulation.
• U of MichiganTasks within the project include
  1) modeling and
• validating force dynamic profiles for legged
  locomotion of four legged insects such as
• the cockroach, 2) fabrication of electronic
  interfaces for the accurate measurement of
• position and force during work cycles
  associated with walking and running, and 3)
• Development of stimulation protocols for
  neural and muscular locii that might influence
• the locomotion patterns of insects. These
  interfaces will be constructed to incorporate
• telemetric communications with biomimetic
  insect platforms or real insects.

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Some new research...
 Rats Tap Power Of Thought Lab Animals Move
Robotic Arm With Brainpower Tiny Electrodes
Record Rat Brain Function Technique May Help
People With Severe Paralysis It sounds like
something out of science fiction a rat with a
small electrode sticking out of its head decides
it wants a drink and, without touching anything
at all, gets a robotic arm to bring it some
water.
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