Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Have you ever wanted to be in possession of your very own cyborg roach? Well, let's be honest: Of course you have. Well, those dreams can now become a reality thanks to "Roboroach", a Kickstarter ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

University of Michigan grads Greg Gage and Tim Marzullo have created RoboRoach, a kit that lets you control a living cyborg cockroach with just your smartphone. The pair came up with the cyborg roach ...

The developers of a new electronic device that fits onto cockroaches, allowing their movements to be controlled by a mobile phone app, have been criticised for animal cruelty. Critics said that it ...

Robots are pretty cool, but have you ever wanted to create your own iPhone controlled cyborg? Backyard Brains is banking that a lot of kids are interested in cyborg technology and neuroscience ...

Available to backers via Kickstarter today, and featured at TEDGlobal this week, the RoboRoach is a $99 kit consisting of electrodes, sensors, and a few batteries that allows anyone to drive their ...

Backyard Brains has launched a Kickstarter campaign to support RoboRoach -- its endeavour to bring remote-controlled cockroaches to the public. The launch is somewhat of a double-edged sword. Yes, ...

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 ...

An American company is facing claims of animal cruelty after it invented a $99 “electronic backpack” for cockroaches. The backpack allows the insect’s movements to be controlled by a mobile phone app.