NationStates Jolt Archive

In a dubious use of taxpayer money, the U.S. DoD has created and is testing implants that can control sharks. Okay, maybe this is more "Johnny Mnemonic", but it's still pretty interesting.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060307/sc_space/militaryplanscyborgsharks

NUWC is developing a fish tag whose goal is attaining behavior control of host animals via neural implants. This talk discusses a shark tag ... intended for long-term open ocean field efforts investigating viability of animal behavior control and its utility for networked sensing and data acquisition. The tag is centered on a multi-channel neural ensemble reader, a processor to interpret the readings in real-time, and a multi-channel stimulator, intended for both micro and macro stimulation. (From Autonomous Shark Tag with Neural Reading and Stimulation Capability for Open-ocean Experiments)

Oh great, just what the world needs.
* Psycho USA Jaws *

They did it on rats and stuff way before. Its a good technology, but you need someone to control the shark....and what happens if the battery dies lol. I doubt they'd seriously use sharks...it'd not be a wise choice to use the killers to do whatever mission you have...

Espically not to eat illegal immigrants....they'll get a taste for humans. :O

I wonder when they'll get to remote controlled sharks? I can see it now in the headlines.

"Killer shark eats (insert political/business/etc rival) during boating event. No survivors. Experts Baffled"

I wonder when they'll get to remote controlled sharks? I can see it now in the headlines.

"Killer shark eats (insert political/business/etc rival) during boating event. No survivors. Experts Baffled"
Just don't go deep sea fishing with a vice president.