Row over US mobile phone 'cockroach backpack' app

A US company that has developed an "electronic backpack" that fits onto a cockroach allowing its movements to be controlled by a mobile phone app has defended itself against cruelty claims. The Backyard Brains company says that the device is intended to get children to be interested in neuroscience. A spokeswoman told the BBC that the device - being formally launched on Saturday - was not a gimmic

[f-chyren]

最初に考えられるのは軍用だね。壁登れるし、隙間にはいるし。

[akulog]

ゴキブリにも楯突く動物愛護団体

[godmother]

スマホのアプリで、ゴキブリの動きを制御するように作動する。なにこれ使えるの？って、普通に思う。

[finalvent]

ゴキブリ制御app