Title :
On a wing and a prayer [DARPA and MEMS]
Author_Institution :
Connecticut Univ., Storrs, CT
fDate :
6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is offering funding for interdisciplinary research in the area of hybrid insect MEMS (microelectromechanical systems). DARPA aims to have MEMS intimately integrated into insects during their early stages of metamorphoses. In principle, this should lead to a more reliable bio-electromechanical interface to the insect, as compared with the earlier DARPA-funded attempts to glue the electronic module to an adult insect. DARPA´s final demonstration goal is the delivery of an insect within five meters of a specific target located a hundred meters away using electronic remote control and/or GPS
Keywords :
biocontrol; micromechanical devices; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; GPS; electronic module; electronic remote control; hybrid insect MEMS; interdisciplinary research; microelectromechanical systems; reliable bio-electromechanical interface; Art; Explosives; Global Positioning System; History; Insects; Landmine detection; Microelectromechanical systems; Micromechanical devices; Radio access networks; Transmitters;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAP.2006.1703414
