Let’s say you have a certain someone on your list who is really into biohacking. Let’s also assume you’re Ok with having discoid roaches in the house. Then also let’s assume you don’t mind people ...

Biohacking is still a relatively new science, but if you’re a parent or teacher that wants to teach your kids how it works, Roboroach might be the solution. Roboroach, the Kickstarter funded ...

If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. Learn more. Backyard Brains has launched a Kickstarter campaign to support RoboRoach -- its endeavour to bring ...

A project currently on Kickstarter would give supporters the tools to remote-control a cockroach using their smartphones. Called RoboRoach, the project is billed as "the world's first commercially ...

A campaign currently accepting funding on Kickstarter is preselling a kit that allows anyone to experiment with neuroscience on live cockroaches. The RoboRoach project by Backyard Brains includes a ...

DIY neuroscience: Two words I never expected to see in close proximity. But it's for real and coming to the TedXDetroit conference on Oct. 2. "Anything neuroscience seems a little scary to people," ...

Michigan company Backyard Brains has developed what is calls "the world's first commercially available cyborg" and it involves playing with live cockroaches. If that's not enough to turn you squeamish ...

Ever fancied having the ability to control Cockroaches? If you have, then the new RoboRoach application and hardware might be just up your street. The RoboRoach project has just launched on ...

You read that right. A kit from neuroscience education company Backyard Brains allows the user to attach electrodes to a living roach, then control that roach’s movements using a smartphone. The ...

At the TEDx conference in Detroit last week, RoboRoach #12 scuttled across the exhibition floor, pursued not by an exterminator but by a gaggle of fascinated onlookers. Wearing a tiny backpack of ...

In this TedTalk, we see how electrical stimulation of neurons can trigger activity in a severed cockroach leg. And lemme tell ya, this cockroach can dance. A little background may be in order. Tim ...