Tagged: roboroach

PETA Files Complaint Against Kickstarter Grad ‘RoboRoach’

November 2, 2013 @ 1:59 pm By Charles Luzar |

The crowdfunding campaign for the RoboRoach didn’t come without its fair share of controversy when it launched on Kickstarter back in June. The campaign aimed to crowdfund Arduino-powered kits that integrated with a cockroach’s nervous system and turned the animal into a living robot that… Read More

Read more in: Offerings | Tagged animals, ann arbor, complaint, ethics, kickstarter, michigan, neuroscience, roboroach

RoboRoach Kickstarter Sparks Bugs, Controversy

June 14, 2013 @ 1:13 pm By Charles Luzar |

A campaign currently accepting funding on Kickstarter is preselling a kit that allows anyone to experiment with neuroscience on live cockroaches. The RoboRoach project by Backyard Brains includes a small PCB that the user then physically attaches to a cockroach to create what they are… Read More

Read more in: Offerings | Tagged kickstarter, neuroscience, roboroach, science