Wingchild wrote:
Bullsh[b][/b]it.
1) I can't imagine any reason at all why a control system strapped to an insect would need to be capable of receiving SMTP-based email messages at all, let alone from the outside world.
2) http://www.leopard.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/research.html
That link goes to the English homepage of Isao Shimoyama - the researcher mentioned in the article. Specifically it goes to the page detailing his research.
He works mainly on something called MEMS, which is a kind of micro-assembly project. Some of his research is based on insects because the structure of such small creatures is personally fascinating to him and he'd like to be able to duplicate it synthetically. Nowhere will you find remote controlled cockroaches.
3) The only link on Google News about this amazing new innovation is to the UK Inquirer, which in turn links back to the URL listed above. This suggests that the url is a primary source for this information. The other links regular Google returns either cite the original article or blatantly copy paragraphs from it.
4) The article is theoretically written by `ERIC TALMADOE` and has an AP tag. The article does not appear on the AP wires at all. Also, a google search for `Eric Talmadoe -cockroach -roach` turns up no relevant results. He must have an amazingly low profile.
You truly are a "Guru" among men.
/salute
/single tear
/wipes tear away with American flag bandana
