This past week saw two seemingly innocuous stories detailing advances in science. Robot science. Specifically, Robo-animal science.

First, it was revealed that Harvard researches were working on creating robot bees, ostensibly for useful purposes like

“[understanding] how to artificially mimic the collective behavior and intelligence of a bee colony, foster novel methods for designing and building an electronic surrogate nervous system able to deftly sense and adapt to changing environments, and advance work on the construction of small-scale flying mechanical devices,” along with opening the door for “discoveries and practical innovations, advancing fields ranging from entomology and developmental biology to amorphous computing and electrical engineering.”

Uh huh….and now, news hit that another robotic invention may make its way to the public soon. The spider pill resembles a spider and will enter your body and be remotely controlled in order to look for problems that would otherwise remain undetected.

In other news, Dr. Wily has escaped from his prison…

via The Escapist