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Scientists fit beetles with tiny camera backpacks that reveal insect secrets – CNET
A GoPro for creepy-crawlies puts scientists at the insects’ eye level.
This nifty little rig on a Pinacate beetle contains a panoramic camera.
Mark Stone/University of Washington
We have a new innovation in the scientific quest to create high-tech itsy-bitsy backpacks for animals. Fruit flies, pigeons and bees have had their moments. Now it’s time for beetles that wear tiny panoramic cameras.
“We have created a low-power, low-weight, wireless camera system that can capture a first-person view of what’s happening from an actual live insect or create vision for sm…
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