Cyborg insects for war? Exactly what we needed.

It starts like a terrifying episode of Black Mirror, yet it's a reality we could have done without. The German company SWARM Biotactics took only twelve months to develop a cyborg insect project, sold to NATO armies, starting with the German Bundeswehr. The German army is putting swarms of insects to work. Bioelectronic neural interfaces are implanted in these living organisms, which are equipped with military sensors and capable of operating in coordinated units. Autonomous, these swarms have already been field-tested and are therefore ready for commercialization. These technological and ethical horrors, which can move discreetly in hard-to-reach areas much more easily than traditional drones, are designed for reconnaissance missions. Before, of course, they attach explosives or other lethal equipment to them? And then after the insects, will it be rats? Birds? Dogs? In short, a first door opened towards a dystopian future that is not necessarily desirable.