`` Cat s Chapter 7, `` Robo Revolution, By Emily Anthes

In Frankenstein’s Cat’s chapter 7, â€Å"Robo Revolution,† Emily Anthes covers how robotics are being attached to living organisms so the creature can be controlled into performing a desired task. Anthes introduces the idea as she describes how the Central Intelligence Agency had implanted speakers in a cat so they could spy on people’s conversations. Though the cat failed, it laid the foundation for the next generation of animal hybrid, thus the cyborg bugs were born. These bugs were created for military use and potential rescue operations. The applications for the bugs range from spying on persons of interest to finding heat signatures in rubble after a natural disaster. Other branches of this technology include rats capable of detecting landmines and â€Å"do it yourself† kits that allow a person to control a cockroach (143-166). Although I believe the applications for cyborg animals and insects could benefit humanity through military and rescue operations, I cannot overlook the possible opportunities for these hybrids to be abused in a way that hurts humanity. The use of the cyborg insects would increase the success rate of military operations and rescue missions in the U.S. and abroad. Anthes mentions that the bugs have the capability to take audio and video of a military target without being detected even within a five meter range, which before now was impossible unless the surveillance equipment was in the a building the target was also in.(145). With the ability to be this