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Singapore's cyborg cockroaches helping with search-and-rescue efforts in Myanmar quake
It is the first time in the world that such cyborgs have been deployed in a humanitarian operation. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Although the cyborgs are still in the research and development stage, the disaster in Myanmar spurred HTX to fast-track the tech to complement SCDF’s efforts. SCDF had done a sweep of part of the area with the search dogs and requested that the HTX cockroaches be used to do a deeper check under the rubble, which took them about 45 minutes. But rescuers are facing an uphill battle, with temperatures hitting 38 deg C and the prospect of rain, coupled with disruptions to electricity and water supplies.
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